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Learning by Playing (Spanish)

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Woman leans over to help a child adjust a magnifying glass. Another woman and child stand by. Spanish caption. Una de las cosas más importantes.

Examines how daily life seems to offer an endless number of opportunities for children to develop good mental and physical habits. Demonstrates and explains activities to help children learn at home important skills that will help them perform better in school. States that by using games, children will learn responsibility, discipline, and cooperation while increasing their self-esteem and their mental and psychomotor abilities.

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Runtime: 22 minutes 15 seconds

Topic: Counseling and Self-Help, Home and Family, Language Arts, Social Science
Subtopic: Child Development, Parenting, Self-Perception, Social Issues, Spanish Language
Grade/Interest Level: PT/TT
Release Year: 2001
Producer/Distributor: Educational Activities
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Group of children seated cross-legged on the floor, looking in the same direction. Caption. And continue to make literacy important to us.

Closeup of a child drawing with marker on a sheet of paper. Caption. Giving outlets for expressing their feelings.

Child smiles and looks out in a classroom setting. Caption. Narrator. Rapid physical growth marks this stage of development.

Crowd of African people stand in a corridor between 2 dilapidated buildings. Caption. Narrator. With state primary schools now free.

Young girl talks to a man on the sidewalk of a busy urban street. Behind them, teenagers in the bed of a truck and buildings with Thai writing. Caption. In Chiang Mai, Sita is playing Songkran with the grown-ups.

Group of women and babies sit outside on picnic blankets in a park setting. The woman in the foreground dangles a colorful rattle from a ribbon as the baby next to her reaches for it. Caption. So you can see that she wants to grab the rattle.

Woman is signing in front of a red screen with the word, brave, written in white next to her.

Orange text in a playful font on a purple background reads, "How to Catch a Turkey." Turkey is in pale yellow letters with a dark orange outline. Illustrations of a cupcake and carrot are visible in the blurred background.

Woman signs in front of a storybook illustration of scruffy dog licking a boy while other animals look on. Story text appears on screen.

Illustration of a red safari vehicle with 2 people in it approaching a gray tree. A yellow and black toucan and a colorful parrot sit on a branch of the tree looking at the approaching vehicle.