Another name to call early childhood educators is Brain Architects. Early childhood is inarguably the most crucial time for brain development. Caretakers of young children hold the upmost important role of building children's brains through experiences.

Play has long been the most developmentally appropriate practice for young children and in today's episode we discuss why and how brain architecture and play set the crucial foundation for children's later academic learning.

For more information check out these article from Harvard on the subject of brain architecture.

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This week talk all about the stages and types of play. We get down to the basics so that you as a teacher have the foundation you need to incorporate more play in the classroom.

This weeks episode discusses what each stage looks like and what each kind of play looks like. We discuss the benefits of play and how to observe and read children's play.

Have some struggling students when it comes to play skills? Have a student stuck in one area? We discuss strategies and ideas for helping push these children forward.

We discuss the go to book on play in the classroom, Purposeful Play by Kristine Mraz, Alison Porcelli, and Cheryl Tyler.

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In this week's episode we talk all about where the play has gone and how to incorporate more play into your classroom through open-ended teaching strategies. We all know why play is beneficial in the classroom, but it still only shows up for 30 minutes a day in structured choice times.

What are we doing instead? Academics. What can we do to incorporate more play? Open up your teaching style to a more open-ended child-led style and make play the pulse of the classroom. Making the shift in small easy to do steps can start to help incorporate more play a bit at a time.

Finding balance in the classroom between free play and guided play, open-ended and close-ended materials, and child-led and teacher-led learning will get you well on your way.

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