--- title: blog | Play-based learning description: Play-based learning | --- [Skip to content](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning#main-content) ECMS Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Contact us](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning#contact) [Contact us](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning#contact) # Blog Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. 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[Read more](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/building-wonder) [![two children socialising in a kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-129%20cropped.jpeg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/socialising) [Childcare](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/childcare), [Play-based learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/play-based-learning), [Kindergarten](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/kindergarten), [Place-Based](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/place-based), [Teaching and Learning](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/tag/teaching-and-learning) ## [Socialising](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/socialising) [Damian Cowell](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/author/damian-cowell) Sep 29, 2025, 10:00:01 AM Human beings grow through connection. For young children, social development is central to how they ... 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