Hello all! Last night I held my first Live Guided Reflective Discussioin and we had an amazing conversation about the need to reclaim early childhood education and care! Below is the link to the recording and the password for you to access. https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/wVGG_wiZ6MhBUjb2H9WWyCd9f4mzmA6H1_aSpATQB53y9BB6vhKCstMPgdIV9gXv.RYCxcxDz3o5N04DW?startTime=1772060634000 Passcode: vG110C=F Also, I'm going to allow you to continue to have free access to the Mini-Reflective Course until March 1st. After that you will be removed from the course. But if you upgrade your subscription to $10 a month you will get access to each mini-course...upgrade today!

I'm so excited to have you here! I've been sharing lots of stuff, so please take some time to view the older posts. Here are a few announcements I want to share with you: 1. Beginning on Wednesday this week, I will give every member of this community 7 days free access to my first Mini-Reflective Course, Reclaiming Early Childhood Education and Care. More details to come on Wednesday. 2. This week, our guided reflection topic is Joyful Teaching. Check out the guided reflection prompts! 3. On Wednesday, 2/18 at 6 pm EST, I will host a free live guided discussion about joyful teaching. The live will happen here in the Skool community! 4. Check out this Padlet of Resources I created for you. I will add more resources, so if you have a favorite that aligns with one of the monthly guided reflection topics, please share it with me!

Check out this video I made introducing you to this community!

After I began writing my most recent article Can We All Be Free? Stories of Collective Liberation Through Play, I developed a keynote to delve deeper into how leading with play frees both the teacher and the students. In addition to my research in Anji, I joined the Hatch Partners in Play program and conducted a year-long study of the teacher's role in play-led environments as part of their PlayLab initiative. I also completed an observation of a play-led private preschool program in Maryland, founded by early childhood educator Kisha Reid. #PlayIsFreedom #PlayIsLiberation To see more of my keynotes and read this article, visit www.djonesconsultant.com

After I returned from Anji, China, with an understanding of how play fosters freedom and liberation, I began delivering keynotes sharing what I had learned. In Centering Freedom Through Play: Free to Develop, Free to Learn, and Free to Teach, I discuss how a commitment to a pedagogy of play frees both the teachers and children. #PlayIsFreedom #PlayIsLiberation #EarlyChildhoodEducation To see more of my keynotes, visit www.djonesconsultant.com