Presented by Kenisha Bynoe, Educational Consultant and Early Reading Coach; and Angelique Thompson, Educational Consultant and Early Reading Coach

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Transform school culture and create sustainable structures for learning through intentional play. This stimulating edWebinar explores play-based approaches to classroom programming that are infused with culturally relevant and responsive teaching. When instructional methods honor play, we can build on learners’ strengths, meet their needs, and nurture the growth they require to be successful academically.

Join Kenisha Bynoe and Angelique Thompson, authors of the book The Gift of Playful Learning, as they share three ideas for creating spaces that engage, motivate, and encourage children to think deeply and critically. In this edWebinar, you:

• Explore the learning cycle using authentic classroom experiences and how they can be entry points for curriculum content.
• Learn how to evaluate learners and their strengths, needs, and interests to consider how to offer play-based learning opportunities.
• Uncover the components of an Invitation for Learning and how it supports diverse needs through differentiation.

Viewers gain practical strategies, lesson ideas, and a clear understanding of how to implement purposeful play-centric programming that supports all learners.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to Pre-K through Grade 3 educators, librarians, school and district leaders.

About the Presenters

N. Kenisha Bynoe, M.Ed., is an early reading coach in the Toronto District School Board (Canada) and teaches courses for in-service educators on reading and kindergarten instruction. Kenisha is the author of Shades of Me, Shades of Happiness, and The Right Shade for Me, children’s books that unearth the complexities of skin complexion and shadeism and address social justice issues. Kenisha earned a Master of Education at the University of Toronto in the department of Sociology and Equity Studies in Education. Passionate about anti-bias approaches to teaching that foster equity and embrace play, Kenisha is an educational consultant for Coaches Corner EY.

Angelique Thompson is an early reading coach in the Toronto District School Board (Canada). A graduate of York University, Angelique is the recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Equity Award from the Elementary Teachers of Toronto, and with her colleagues, the Toronto District School Board’s award for Program/Project Excellence. Angelique also received the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario Writer’s Award for her article, Sisters in the Struggle: Racialized Women and Microaggressions in the Workplace. Angelique is passionate about addressing equity and social justice issues using play-based approaches to learning and is an educational consultant for Coaches Corner EY.

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