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This bill establishes the Delaware Play to Learn Program, which aims to promote play-based learning in early childhood education from preschool through second grade. The legislation defines play-based learning as a natural, essential activity that supports children's development across cognitive, physical, social, and emotional domains. It encourages early childhood educators to create learning environments that facilitate child-directed experiences, including movement, creative expression, exploration, socialization, reading for pleasure, art, music, and dramatic play. The bill provides clear definitions for key terms like "guided play" and "child-directed" and outlines that local education agencies may offer professional development in play-based learning techniques. Early childhood educators are encouraged to develop learning opportunities that allow discovery of individual student needs, abilities, and talents, while integrating play into daily practice. The Department of Education is permitted to create regulations to implement the Act, with the ultimate goal of making early childhood education more interactive, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for young learners.

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