Welcome back to a playful episode about play! While I intended for this episode to be about play theorists, the benefits of play, and how play and learning are interconnected, I ended up taking a walk and capturing some recent reflections from my own practice and experience about how I value and notice play, lately. Here, I share my hot takes on keeping play alive in our language and observations, what I've been learning about Anishinaabe perspectives about animals (and how that, to me, feels playful) and what children need post-COVID. I also included a voice note on my phone where I reflect on my own experience with play and sound lately, and Jean Clinton's idea of positive upwards spirals/Carol Anne Wein's suggestion of supporting the wirldwind effects of synergy and positive energy in classrooms. I'd love to hear your thoughts on play as well - how do you keep the play alive in your life?

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