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After I began writing my most recent article Can We All Be Free? Stories of Collective Liberation Through Play, I developed a keynote to delve deeper into how leading with play frees both the teacher and the students. In addition to my research in Anji, I joined the Hatch Partners in Play program and conducted a year-long study of the teacher's role in play-led environments as part of their PlayLab initiative. I also completed an observation of a play-led private preschool program in Maryland, founded by early childhood educator Kisha Reid. #PlayIsFreedom #PlayIsLiberation To see more of my keynotes and read this article, visit www.djonesconsultant.com

After I returned from Anji, China, with an understanding of how play fosters freedom and liberation, I began delivering keynotes sharing what I had learned. In Centering Freedom Through Play: Free to Develop, Free to Learn, and Free to Teach, I discuss how a commitment to a pedagogy of play frees both the teachers and children. #PlayIsFreedom #PlayIsLiberation #EarlyChildhoodEducation To see more of my keynotes, visit www.djonesconsultant.com

I had a fabulous time on Teacher Tom’s podcast talking about how schooling makes kids uncurious. Click on the link below or the link in my bio to listen!

I became an Anji Play Fellow in 2019 and attended the first True Play Conference in Anji China later that year. This is where I began to understand how play fostered freedom and liberation for children and teachers. I wrote a chapter on The Freedom to Play: Play as Tool for Liberation in the book Play and Social Justice: Equity, Access, and Opportunity. #PlayIsFreedom #PlayIsLiberation #AnjiPlay