Programs
From toddlers to teens to adults, play stimulates creative thought and problem solving, and social relationship skills. The ReThink and ReUse Center has materials and programs designed to engage the child in all of us!
- What it's about
- Early Childhood
- School Age
- Teacher Training
- Activities
Research has proven that the PLAY process is exceptionally powerful in the stimulation of learning.
One of the most effective ways to spark brain growth is through a hands-on experience using materials with no pre-determined use.
Commercial ice cream cartons, wood pieces, feathers, bottle caps, and PVC pipe end cuts, yards of colorful fabric and more items every day are available at the ReUse Center. See our age appropriate programs for free group sessions that demonstrate how to choose materials and guide children in their creative play.
Early childhood, birth to 5 years of age, is a period of remarkable development. One of the most effective ways to spark brain growth is through a hands-on experience using materials with no pre-determined use.ReThinking and ReUsing common materials develop math, science, literacy, problem solving, creative thinking and social relationship skills to foster school readiness for young children.
Schedule to participate in an early childhood program session at your school or schedule a field to our facility to see for yourself how much can be created and learned from simple materials and how children can begin to care for their earth.
School Age: Using materials with no pre-determined use is an excellent method to help children apply principles they are learning in math, science and literacy and to continue their problem solving, creative thinking and spatial reasoning skill development.
Learn about environmental responsibility and preservation through games and creative use of the materials.
Schedule to participate in a school age program session in your class or schedule a field trip to our facility to see for yourself how much can be created and learned from simple materials and how youth can learn and participate in environmental sustainability.
Teens Building: Building interesting projects with the ReThink and ReUse Center's materials helps teens learn to work as a team, develop concrete examples to math or science problems, and enhance their ability to find creative solutions to perceived obstacles.
The teens building workshops can be tailored to specific interests from building bridges and ships to "green" fashion shows or decorative items.
Teacher Training educates caregivers, teachers and families on how to use reusable materials to promote cost effective use of available resources.
Understanding the process of how children learn through hands-on play is critical to providing stimulating age appropriate activities for children.
The ReThink and ReUse Center’s “Play is Learning” program provides educational and participatory training to staff working with children in Miami-Dade County. Teaching staff learn to use materials from the ReThink and ReUse Center in creative, developmentally appropriate, and environmentally sensitive learning play-based learning activities to enhance school readiness skills for all children.
They expand their knowledge of strategies of extending the interests of the children, documentation techniques and environmental consciousness.
Materials are collected by and stored at the ReThink and ReUse Center’s facility. The materials are available at a tremendous cost savings for teachers.
