This month in our Guided Reflections we are focusing on Advocating for What We Know Children Need. Here is my video discussing prompt 1: What do you know about children’s development that routinely conflicts with policies, pacing guides, or mandates in your setting? Here is the link to the Reflective Worksheet to deepen your thinking: https://bit.ly/AdvocacyPrompt1RW You will be prompted to make a copy of this Google Doc to access it.

Here's my brief video discussion for third prompt on child-led free play: What do children do when they are trusted with extended, uninterrupted play? After you listen to my short discussion, click on this link https://bit.ly/ChildPlayPrompt3RW to open your Reflective Worksheet. You will be prompted to save a copy of this Google doc.

Here is my video discussing prompt 2: How has academic pushdown reshaped play in your setting? And here is the link to the Reflective Worksheet to deepen your thinking https://bit.ly/ChildPlayPrompt2RW You will be prompted to make a copy of this Google Doc, so you can access it.

Hello! Here is the guided video I made for the first guided prompt for our discussion on Child-Led Free Play. Below is the link to the Reflective Worksheet. This is a Google Doc that you must make a copy to access! https://bit.ly/3VwS3YK

The good news is I booked 12 Australian early childhood educators in my Play Pedagogy Theory & Practice course! The bad news is we now meet on Wednesday evening...so I'm moving the live discussion and guided reflection for my Mini-Reflective Course to Thursdays! Hope to see you there!