Join Kristen, Samuel Broaden and Willy Villalpando as we give a primer on terminology associated with gender and sexuality and the LGBTQ+ community.  

This is part one of two!

You can find more Samuel here:

https://www.honoringchildhood.org

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Venmo: @honoringchildhood

You can find more Willy Here:

https://mrwillyprek.com

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Venmo: @wvill002

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Kayla Souza, M.Ed. joins Kristen for a conversation about the benefits of play for all types of learners.  Noting that we are both still learning and not experts on the topics of play for nuerodivergent learners and children with learning disabilities, we talk candidly about Kayla's own experiences with play based learning and her daughter.  

You can find Kayla's website here: https://www.littlelilacpreschool.com and you can find her IG here: https://www.instagram.com/littlelilacpreschool/

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Laura Shea from @little.stories.that.stick joins Kristen to talk about the power of storytelling and storyacting with young children in an early childhood environment.

You can find Laura on IG: https://www.instagram.com/little.stories.that.stick/

or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/little.stories.that.stick

and you can grab some free story starter prompts from Laura HERE!

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Samuel Broaden from honoringchildhood.org  and Kristen have a conversation about the events taking place in Ukraine after Kristen received a message via IG from a woman asking for resources to help children and families through war induced trauma.  

Kristen and Samuel also chat about how to have conversations about war and other big events in other parts of the world that are confusing for children.  

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

What does success look like in terms of a play based program.  Success is a relative term and Kristen encourages you to really take some time to unpack what you think success is to better serve the children in your care!

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Kristen happened upon a thought the other day and thought is was too important not to share.  In this episode she will talk about the last, greatest risk we allow children to take.  You will also learn 3 actionable ways to support risk taking in early childhood.

For some great, free, letters to adults of the children in your care, Kristen has created a series of 5 letters that explain some of the hot topics in play based learning - including one on RISK!  

Free Resource (5 letters to grownups on play topics)- Letters to families

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

One of the most asked questions:  What does you daily schedule look like in a play based program?  Kristen answers that in this episode!  It is a lot more simplistic than you would imagine!

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resource- Planning in a play based classroom

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Children are often labeled as 'bad' for engaging in battle play or play fighting.  It is loud and big and makes adults uncomfortable.  Kristen explains why this type of play is normal and how to support it in your early childhood environments.

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

Kristen chats about the characteristics of process based art, creative thinking in early childhood and it's importance, and a really cool study that proves that creativity is unlearned as we grow older.

Resources:

Tedx Tucson George Land YouTube video

Ted Talk by Sir Ken Robison

Loose Parts Books:

Loose Parts:  Inspiring Play in Young Children by Lisa Daly and Miriam Beloglovsky

Loose Parts 2:  Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers by Daly and Beloglovsky

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course

This is the first podcast in a two part release!  You can find the second part of this series (you will hear Kristen talk more in the 2nd part) over on the podcast called Embracing Childhood (apple podcast link)

Spotify link

You can find more of Samuel Broaden on his website, Honoring Childhood.

And he loves to hang out on IG @honoringchildhood

Find Kristen here: @kristen.rb.peterson or at KristenRBPeterson.com

Free Resources (Free mini course on the basics of play) - The Play Basics Course