Webinar | Designing Play-Based Classrooms

Facilitators

Presenter - Mariah Douglass Bruehl
Mariah Douglass Bruehl is an educator, founder, and author of the books Playful Learning: Develop Your Child’s Sense of Joy and Wonder and Real-Life Rules: A Young Person’s Guide to Self-Discovery, Big Ideas, and Healthy Habits. She has been in education as a teacher and leader for over 30 years with a Master of Science degree in education from Bank Street College. In 2008 she brought her expertise online, creating Playful Learning, a website for educators and parents with access to play-based curricula and hands-on experiences. Playful Learning Studio opened its doors in the spring of 2015 and provides preschool programs for local children ages 18 months to six years. Bridging the world of research and practice, Playful Learning shares curricula, professional development, and support with teachers, schools, and families worldwide seeking to implement guided-play programs.

Moderator - Jacki Schulze
Jacki Schulze serves as the Director of the Playful Learning Studio, as well as a member of the curriculum team. She has been working in the field of education for close to 20 years. She is an experienced elementary and early childhood teacher, private tutor, and curriculum writer. Through her love of exploring, experimenting, and creating she strives to help facilitate the natural ways children learn every day. Jacki has a B.A. in Art History and an M.A. in Childhood Education. She previously worked as an Elementary Teacher and Learning Specialist at Ross School in Bridgehampton, New York. After having her own children, she worked as a Head Teacher at It Takes A Village, a nature-based preschool in Hampton Bays, New York. When not working with students at Playful Learning you can find Jacki gardening, cooking, walking her dog, and trying to keep up with her active and creative family.

Description

A thoughtfully prepared classroom environment can have a powerful impact on a child’s learning and behavior. This edWebinar guides early childhood teachers through the process of designing classrooms that bring the learning process to life while increasing student engagement. Throughout our time together we share inspiration for creating areas that invite children to engage in reading, writing, science, art, and more. We also discuss organization, storage, and selecting materials for different ages and stages of child development.

Join Mariah Douglass Bruehl, educator and author, for some teaching inspiration and back-to-school preparation—and leave feeling ready to dive into your classroom setup with practical tips and resources that you can put to good use right away. Viewers receive:

- A downloadable workbook with slides of the presentation, practical setup ideas with photos, and a list of favorite playful picks to start the year off right
- One week of free lessons and resources created by Playful Learning’s talented team of teachers and designers
- An opportunity to talk shop as we prepare for a brand-new school year full of playful-based learning

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-3 teachers, school leaders, and district leaders.

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