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NERD_0390 Self Active Play for the Grown Ups with Carly Bedard

NERD_0390 Self Active Play for the Grown Ups with Carly Bedard

Update: 2025-11-26
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Carly Bedard, a play facilitator for adult early educators, joins host Heather Bernt-Santy to discuss the ways that self active play can transform early childhood practitioners’ practice with young children. Listen in as Heather shares the ways participating in one of Carly’s workshops at a recent teacher retreat reminded her of the importance of being an adult who plays in order to provide spaces and programming where children can play. 


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NERD_0390 Self Active Play for the Grown Ups with Carly Bedard

NERD_0390 Self Active Play for the Grown Ups with Carly Bedard