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The early stages of childhood are maybe the shortest but most important part of a person's life for development. Learning, both intellectual, social and emotional are highly integrated in this period of their lives. Rather learning corners, sprouting up as one of the most recent innovations, in the educational field, have grabbed with their gaze on the possibility of improving learning results in preschool communities. This experiment is focused on examining the relevance of play corners in kindergartens of Shandong Province, providing the pictures of changing landscape in the education system. Employing an interpretive research methodology and inductive strategy, the study involves the study of the experienced children, the educators, and the stakeholders to understand the complex feelings and thinking as relates to the learning corner. Analysis of a cause-and-effect research design is used to explore the short-term and long-term mechanisms influencing learning outcomes. As an additional technique, secondary data sources are used to collect qualitative data that is then analyzed within a thematic framework - thematic interpretation method. The study aims to reveal how learning corners may influence the outcomes of learning of preschoolers, the importance of learning outcomes to learning abilities, the significance of infrastructure and quality of instruction, and what measures should be undertaken to ensure the development of learning skills. The findings capture the layers of the complexity of different determinants that are a risk to preschooler's learning outcomes, hence motivating the need for learning environments that are inclusive, creative and effective.
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