Presented by Cathryn O’Sullivan, Consultant, AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation
Moderated by Stephanie Roselli, Executive Editor, Gryphon House, Inc.

Sponsored by Gryphon House

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In this edWebinar, early childhood educators receive simple tips on how to integrate purposeful play into their day-to-day practices in a developmentally appropriate way that supports children’s holistic development.

Educators are encouraged to continue to focus on using child-centered, play-based approaches and intentional interactions to help their children to thrive, and to encourage parents and guardians to do the same. This is especially important in the current environment where many Pre-K programs, including publicly funded programs, are becoming more academically driven and focused on rote learning, which can be detrimental to children’s long-term development. This session aims to be as collaborative as possible with viewers encouraged to share their strategies and tips with each other as well.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to early childhood educators.

About the Presenter

Cathryn O’Sullivan is an early childhood education consultant and is currently a curriculum developer for AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation. She has worked in a number of areas in early childhood development including as a researcher, teacher trainer and the founding principal of Bloom Early Childhood Centre of Excellence, Jamaica, a laboratory preschool of The University of the West Indies in Jamaica. She has a Master of Education in international education policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and has published children’s books and songs in the Caribbean and the United States. She is also the author of School-to-Home Connections: Simple Strategies for Early Childhood Educators, which will be published by Gryphon House in April.

About the Moderator

Stephanie Roselli is the executive editor at Gryphon House, Inc., the leading publisher of educational resources for teachers and parents, where she acquires and develops the latest books from today’s top early childhood experts.

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