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title: "Seneca ECE Lab School transformed for students to ‘play’ as part of their studies"
type: "article"
space: "MyNews"
author: "Tiffany Hsieh"
created: 2022-05-18T13:30:33Z
updated: 2022-05-18T13:30:33Z
tags: ["feature-stories"]
url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/112/mynews/articles/feature-stories/6473/seneca-ece-lab-school-transformed-for-students-to-play-as-part-of-their-studies"
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# Seneca ECE Lab School transformed for students to ‘play’ as part of their studies

While childcare has not been operating at the [Seneca ECE Lab School](https://www-preview.senecacollege.ca/school/early-childhood-education/childcare/newnham-school-lab.html) at Newnham Campus due to the pandemic, students, lab educators and professors in the [School of Early Childhood Education](https://www-preview.senecacollege.ca/school/early-childhood-education.html) \(ECE\) have been making good use of the space.

Pre-pandemic, the teaching lab offered Seneca and surrounding communities with a full-time childcare program for children 18 months to four years old. It closed temporarily in March 2020 due to COVID-19, making it challenging for students to work with children and practise theories, curriculum development, classroom design and pedagogy.

[Read the full story](https://www.senecacollege.ca/news-and-events/seneca-news/seneca-ece-lab-school-transformed-for-students-to-play-as-part-of-their-studies.html?utm_source=mynews&utm_medium=ei&utm_campaign=ECE)