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SUMMARY:Engaging Exchange Online Conference: Protecting Play
DESCRIPTION:Years of extensive research affirm that providing time\, space\, and appropriate adult support for children's play leads to optimal learning and development. Yet\, over the past decades\, children's play has been under threat as the focus on adult-directed activities has increased\, time in nature has decreased\, and educators feel increasing pressure to meet rigidly imposed learning standards.\n\n\n\nConference attendees will: \n\n	Gain a deeper understanding of the benefits of play in multiple learning domains\n	Consider the relationship between care\, imagination\, and play\n	Explore new ways to support educators in scaffolding children's play\n	Discover strategies to help families understand the importance of play\n	And much more!\n\nJoin the Exchange community on December 5\, 2025 from 12   4 pm EST as we uplift play and build a community of play advocates!\n\n\n\nRegister
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;"><span style="color:black\;">Years of extensive research affirm that providing time\, space\, and appropriate adult support for children&rsquo\;s play leads to optimal learning and development. Yet\, over the past decades\, children&rsquo\;s play has been under threat as the focus on adult-directed activities has increased\, time in nature has decreased\, and educators feel increasing pressure to meet rigidly imposed learning standards.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;"><span style="color:black\;">Conference attendees will:&nbsp\;</span></span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;">Gain a deeper understanding of the benefits of play in multiple learning domains</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;">Consider the relationship between care\, imagination\, and play</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;">Explore new ways to support educators in scaffolding children&rsquo\;s play</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;">Discover strategies to help families understand the importance of play</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin:0px 0px 0px 15px\;color:rgb(31\, 73\, 125)\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;"><span style="color:black\;">And much more!</span></span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:comic sans ms\;"><span style="letter-spacing:0.25pt\;"><strong><a href="https://hub.exchangepress.com/shop/protecting-play/">Join the Exchange</a></strong> community on <strong>December 5\, 2025 from 12 &ndash\; 4 pm EST</strong>&nbsp\;<span style="color:black\;">as we uplift play and build a community of play advocates!</span></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://hub.exchangepress.com/shop/protecting-play/"><strong><span style="font-size: 16px\;"><span style="font-family: &quot\;comic sans ms&quot\;\;">Register</span></span></strong></a><br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:Register for FREE
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URL:https://members.elcaschools.org/events/details/engaging-exchange-online-conference-protecting-play-271
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