It’s been a busy, but fun year for Let’s Play Together! Mary and Laura just returned from an exciting 2 day training in Milford, Nebraska where they presented to an enthusiastic group of early childhood teams. They’re already planning a follow up training for next year.
This school year has been full of new opportunities to discuss the importance of movement and meaningful play in the lives of young children. It started off with Mary and Laura presenting at the National DEC conference in Kansas City, where they discussed the importance of providing universally designed curriculums so children of all abilities can play and learn together. They also made two trips to Texas…Houston and Austin…where they provided one day trainings to teachers and therapists. We were very excited that every participant at both of these workshops received a Play & Learn book, a Let’s Play with the ElastaBlast Handbook, and an Elastablast, thanks to each of their Regional Centers.
In March, Mary and Laura traveled to Reno to provide an all day pre-conference workshop at the Nevada DEC conference. In-between Reno and speaking at the Minnesota Autism Conference, they taught a class for Early Childhood Special Education graduate students at St. Thomas. So, it really has been a busy and very energizing year.
Let’s Play Together is already looking forward to partnering with our good friend and colleague, Kimberly Dye, at the National Dance Conference in Minneapolis this fall.
Best wishes to all for a safe and playful summer!
Thanks to everyone who attended our Play & Learn session at the DEC conference in Kansas City. We enjoyed sharing some of our favorite intentional interventions for facilitating play for ALL children. We also learned some great new strategies at the sessions we attended. We had fun exploring some of the sights in beautiful Kansas City…82 degrees and sunny!
You can order a Play & Learn book or Let’s Play with the Elastablast Handbook at the workshop discounted prices…plus free shipping! Just e-mail us at info@letsplaytogether.org if you didn’t receive an order form at the conference.
Laura and Mary will be presenting at the DEC conference in Kansas City on Friday, Oct 15 at 3:30 in the Washington Park Place Theater 3 on the lobby level. Join us for their presentation: Play & Learn: A Universal Design Curriculum for Children of ALL Abilities.
Thanks to everyone in Region 4 who did such a wonderful job of organizing the summer institute. The technology Center in Houston is beautiful and the perfect setting for a conference. The Safari adventure theme was also so much fun!
We gave two half day overview presentations of Play & Learn, our newly revised universally designed curriculum, to enthusiatic participants. Thanks to everyone for helping with all the sensory breaks and the ElastaBlast demonstration. You can see some photos of the participants “in action” on the Let’s Play Together page on Facebook. We are looking forward to returning to Region 4 on February 21, 2011 for an all day conference.
Best wishes for a safe and relaxing summer!
Laura and Mary
Thanks to all of the participants who attended the Play & Learn session at the Early Intervention Summer Institute. It was a great conference! To check out some photos and more information about our session go to the Center for Early Education and Development web site at 2010 Minnesota Early Intervention Summer Institute.
Have a great summer!
Laura and Mary
Hello world! We’re excited to launch our first Let’s Play Together official blog. We are a nonprofit organization that partners with children, families, and educators to develop creative learning strategies which recognize innate strengths and encourage friendships between children of all abilities. We hope this blog provides you with a deeper insight into our work and who we are, and we’re very excited to be out here talking to you!
Keep on the lookout for upcoming posts from us this week and beyond.
Thanks so much for visiting our blog. Enjoy!
- Let’s Play Together team
