Week One - Play

The more we remind ourselves of the true nature of play the more equipped we become in ensuring that our settings are less about learning, activities and outcomes and more about the most important facet of childhood - play.

Week One

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Week 1

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Teacher Tom: The Loose Parts of Language in Play

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Marc Armitage: An evolutionary explanation about play

Teacher Tom

Tom "Teacher Tom" Hobson is an early childhood educator, international speaker, education consultant, teacher of teachers, parent educator, and author. He is best known, however, for his namesake blog "Teacher Tom's Blog," (http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.com), where he has posted daily for over a decade. Teacher Tom has authored two books, aptly named Teacher Tom’s First Book and Teacher Tom’s Second Book respectively.

Marc Armitage

Vicky Edwards