The Powerful Role of Play in Early Education: Part 1 - Play Matters by WestEd published on 2022-06-10T21:41:05Z All children are born hardwired to play. Through play, children notice what goes on around them and experiment with, and joyfully investigate, objects and people. In play, they seek to discover new things and to figure things out. Play is essential for young children’s learning; yet despite this, play is disappearing from childhood and early learning settings. This session introduces, The Powerful Role of Play in Early Education, an exciting new CDE publication that invites us to reflect on what is needed to reverse this alarming trend. In this webinar audio recording, panelists discuss why play is important to children’s learning and what each of us can do to re-center play as the primary context for early learning. Webinar Moderator: Mary Jane Maguire-Fong Panelists: Denisha Jones and Elizabeth Crocker Read the Transcript https://www.wested.org/pitc-webinar-series-the-powerful-role-of-play-in-early-education-video-transcript-part-i/ Listen to Part 2: Play at the Center of the Curriculum https://www.wested.org/resources/part-two-play-at-the-center-of-the-curriculum/ For more information about the PITC, visit us online at www.pitc.org. Genre Learning