Early Education in the Age of AI

EP 33 | How to Use AI for Play-Based Planning


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🟢🟣 This episode is for every educator who has felt the "Sunday afternoon panic" of trying to fill out a weekly program with a balance of play based activities and intentional teaching. I’m taking you beyond generic planning themes and Pinterest boards to explore how AI can become your "educational thinking partner". You'll learn how to use AI to better understand child-led inquiry , create meaningful provocations , and differentiate your planned experiences without creating unnecessary writing or extra work.


🟣 What You'll Find Out:


✅ How to stop the Sunday planning panic 

✅ Why generic weekly themes can make it harder to see the real learning taking place

✅ How to use AI as an "observation detective" to analyse play 

✅ Using AI to create 'provocations' that extend thinking 

✅ How to differentiate one setup for multi-age groups 

✅ Practical AI prompts you can copy and paste into ChatGPT or your preferred AI tool


🟣 Resources Mentioned In This Episode


The AI Empowered Educators Membership: 


Explore specialised ECE tools and AI assistants mentioned throughout this episode…


Empowered Educator AI Assistants:


➡️ Pippa the Planner (inside the Extension Ideas Creator form)

➡️ Dottie Documentation & Ellie EYLF

➡️ Eden Environments

➡️ Maisie Mindful Inclusion


Empowered Educator AI Smart Forms:


➡️ Extension Ideas Creator

➡️ Junk to Gem Idea Generator & Loose Parts Play Spark

➡️ Multi-Age Activity Modifier


🟣 Visit this episodes resource page HERE for more tips and prompts you can copy

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Early Education in the Age of AIBy Jodie Clarke - The Empowered Educator