E-book | Nurturing Brilliance: Using Play-Activated Learning to Awaken Children's Potential by Sally Fowler Haughey

About the Author

Sally Haughey began Fairy Dust Teaching in 2010 from a desire to share her own journey, bringing play-based education to public school settings that often left little room for imagination, curiosity and wonder. After 20 years working on the frontlines, Sally knew there was so much work to be done—so she began sharing what she had learned about how to bring play-based practices into even the most traditional learning environments. Fairy Dust Teaching has now grown into a thriving team that supports a community of over 298,000 educators—and a worldwide movement that is changing the face of childhood education, day by day.

Understand and defend young children’s need and right to play.

Acclaimed educator Sally Haughey distills decades of research and experience to advance our understanding of children’s play and learning so we can best nurture their innate brilliance. Sally’s illuminating Play-Activated Learning model gives educators and families an understanding of a child’s behavior in the classroom during free play, including the growth unfolding in the brain. It also offers a view of your role as the educator in supporting the child’s learning and development. Explaining the incredible unfolding and blossoming that happens during play, Nurturing Brilliance provides a science-based approach to communicating that growth and development to parents, while highlighting the expert you already are and providing you a way to bridge gaps in understanding so that all well-intended parties can support the ultimate goal—children’s growth and learning.

Age Focus: 3-8. 144 Pages
Available May 2025