As an early years educator, it’s not uncommon to face comments from parents who may not understand or appreciate your […]
Exploring Paint: 5 Actions Children Naturally Do and the Benefits of Each
The explore stage is something we need to keep talking about. In a previous post, I talked about the explore […]
The Benefits of Clay Play: Understanding the Clay Exploration Stage in Early Childhood
How many times have you jumped directly to the “create and make” stage when introducing a new material? Yet it’s […]
How to Create Highly Effective Invitations to Play: A Step-by-Step Guide
In this how-to guide, you’ll discover a process for designing and creating highly effective play invitations that include: Introduction Take […]
Loose Parts Play: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators
As an early years educator, I know how passionate you are about creating engaging and stimulating learning environments for your […]
The Play-Activated Learning Model
The Play-Activated Learning™ model is made up of five different phases: Foundation, Environment, Observation, Prompting, and Validation. This framework was […]
How to Bring STEM to Your Play-Based Classroom
There’s so much research linking early exposure to STEM skills and vocabulary with academic success later down the road, that […]
Hands on Heart, THIS is Where I Teach From
Heart-centred educators lead with heart and from heart. Our heart is the compass that guides us. This ‘plays out’ differently […]
Why Play is Crucial for Children’s Social/Emotional Development
When I was a kindergarten teacher, I had a list of academic skills that my school system declared essential before […]
PLAY TRUTH: The Science Behind PLAY as the Motivation to Learn
Over the years, so many people have asked to learn more about the theorists and scientists I have studied. So […]
