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THE PLAY PROVISIONS CLUB
TEACHING OTHERS ABOUT PLAY HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER
The Play Provisions Club will help you advocate and teach others about play by providing you with monthly provisions to take the stress and headache out of communicating the benefits of play to the adults outside your play-filled walls!
Imagine if you could stop pulling your hair out trying to get others on board with play?
After hearing from many early childhood educators, owners, directors, and admin about the headaches they encounter when trying to get "others on board with play", I have created a monthly, play-topic based membership program to help you!
With this membership, hopefully these hair pulling issues will go away...
- "I believe in play, our philosophy is play based but I am having a hard time getting teachers on board."
- "The parents pull their children from my program to send them to *real school*"
- "I can't seem to get across to the at-home-caregivers that play IS learning."
- "The parents/at-home-caregivers don't read ANYTHING I send out."
- "The parents/at-home-caregivers want me to teach the ABCs and 123s and think I should be sending worksheets home."
- "The at-home-caregivers want structure. They think play is a free for all."
- "My coteacher says they believe in play but they still do really long calendar time and a lot of teacher directed activities."
BUT....
There's just one problem...
Getting others "on board" is challenging.
- Teachers are overworked and stretched thin with lack of prep and planning time let alone time to take in professional development
- It is more comfortable to stay status quo than to go against the traditional ways of teaching young children.
- Parents/at-home-caregivers are stressed and stretched thin with work and home responsibilites
- Parents/at-home-caregivers haven't been given the information in small, easy to digest ways so they can see the magic of play!
- And the biggest challenge... people aren't receptive if they aren't ready to change their mind on something
Here's the truth:
It doesn't have to be this way!
In this fast paced, tech ridden, digital world, parents/at-home-caregivers and teachers are overwhelmed with the amount of info coming at them. By harnessing the power of short-form content and simplified, easy-to-understand play information, we can feed anyone we want to "get on board with play" information over time to make them go "AHA!!!! I get it now!"
Let me explain how I can help...
Introducing
The Play Provisions Club
A monthly membership to help you get others on board with play!
Monthly Topics
Each month we will introduce a new topic to your staff, teachers and/or parents/at-home-caregivers. A topic focus each month will get people's attention!
Monthly Social Media Templates
Let's face it, all of your staff, co-teachers and at-home-caregivers use social media. Use the templates we provide to bring attention to the monthly topic.
Research Digests!
Ever hear "where is the research on that?" We've got you covered. We find the research and summarize it for you along with key quotes and proper citations.
Monthly Trainings
You will receive two, on-demand, trainings each month. One for staff and one for parents/at-home-caregivers.
Monthly Letter PDF and a Newsletter Template
You will also get a monthly letter for at-home-caregivers you can use to document the learning around the month's topic!
Monthly Book Recommendations and Storytelling Resources
Get a curated list of children's books that connect to the month's topic and some ideas for oral storytelling. Share with families!
Here are the play provisions you will get each month delivered straight to your inbox...
A monthly topic of "study"
Each month we will introduce a new topic to your staff, teachers and/or parents/at-home-caregivers. Topics will include things like risky play, school readiness, process vs. product, discipline (social/emotional learning), nature play, and why play based programs don't do things like worksheets, calendar time, forced sharing and MORE!
Social Media Templates
Let's face it, all of your staff, co-teachers and at-home-caregivers use social media. We provide 4-6 Canva templates for you to use to teach others in an easy-to-digest way. You can use them "as-is" or tweak them with your colors and branding, just drop in photos of your kids playing!
Research Briefs
Ever hear "Where is the research on that?" We've got you covered. We will provide a research brief that includes a summary and key quotes on at least 2 articles! You can share these with anyone you'd like to "prove" that play is learning.
Monthly Trainings
You will receive two, on-demand, trainings each month. One is meant for a more in depth look at the month's topic led by me (Kristen) or an expert in the field. You will also receive a PD certificate for this training. This training is great for teachers and admin.
The other training is a shortened, to the point private podcast episode, meant for the parents/at-home-caregivers that are on the go and don't have much time!
Literacy Resources
Everything is always better when books and stories are included! Each month you'll get some book recommendations that tie to the topic. These books might inspire children explore concepts differently or learn about the world around them.
Additionally get some tips or resources to support oral storytelling on the same topic. This can help build up your literacy toolbox and can be shared with families or at-home-caregivers to use at home too!
Monthly Letter PDF and a Newsletter Template
You will also get a monthly letter that you can send via email or share a paper copy with whomever you'd like. The letter will reiterate the month's topic and give information about why it is important (or "why we don't do calendar time"). The newsletter template will have a place for you to upload your own photos and make learning visible to the at-home-caregivers.
I am ready to become a member!
Plus a bonus when you become a Play Provisions Club member now!
Documentation Bundle
Make learning visible by using our handy, 50+ page language guide to show other grown-ups that learning is play! We provide a template to use on Canva to add in your photos as well as the learning outcomes that are happening for over 75 classroom activities (ex. play dough, scissors, tape, blocks, dress up, magna-tiles, painting at the easel, balancing on a log etc.)
Click the button below to see an example of what it looks like once you pair the language we have provided with a photo that you take of the children in play! You can email them out or print them and give to the at-home-caregivers (or hang them on the wall in the classroom for other teachers that have a hard time trusting play to see!)
This bundle ALSO includes a free training on documentation to support you and your team to become play detectives.
Download an example!Watch this video walkthrough of all the provisions you will get this month!And the bonus!
How does this sound?
Free up your mind and time to focus on what really matters... the children.
- Spend your time observing children. When you aren't overwhelmed trying to get people "on board" you can give children your full focus! Let us do the heavy lifting for you!
- You can pay attention to the children, maybe you will see more magic and have more AHA moments yourself after sharing all of these great resources and trainings with others!
- With 12 hours of PD over 12 months, you are well on your way to (or maybe even done) with your requirements for the year.
- You can stop trying to figure out what to post on social media next. We have you covered for at least one educational post a week!
Ready to jump in? Choose your payment option.
Meet your Play Provisions Creator!
Hi, I'm Kristen!
I started teaching in a traditional preschool program. When I "found play" I realized that I needed to start my own program to give children a true, developmentally appropriate childhood and learning experience!
I found it hard to convey the value of play to other grown ups to "get them on board" with play based learning. And I hear the same from thousands of other early childhood educators they have trouble with the same thing.
That is how The Play Provisions Club was formed! Educators and admin kept asking for help teaching others and showing that play is learning. I am here to help! I am doing all the legwork for you to help YOU help others see the value in play. I am going to provide you with tools, printables, trainings and more each month. I can't wait to watch what this can do for your program or classroom!
Are you ready for me to hand you all the provisions each month?
I am going to pick a topic each month to dive into... Risk, rough and tumble play, the value of process art, math, school readiness, messy play... and then will create resources for you/your staff to use to make learning visible to the at-home-caregivers / parents!
Monthly newsletter templates, research that has been complied for you and paired down into digestible and easy to understand chunks, trainings (for staff and at-home-caregivers), book recommendations and story ideas.
You can stop pulling your hair out trying to convey that play is learning. I am setting you up with a great system that you can rely on each month!
Our money-back guarantee
Try our program for 1 month, risk-free
Sign up and become a member! We are sure you will find so much value in The Play Provisions Club. But, if you don't find value, we will give you your money back for the one month of membership.
This is for you if:
- You want time back to focus on the children.
- You want to convey that play is learning in a planned, predictable way.
- You want to stop stressing over what others are thinking and feed them the information they need to know to start getting them "on board" with play!
- You have a hard time coming up with the language to describe the learning taking place!
This isn't for you if:
- Everyone automatically believes you when you say "they learn through play"
- You like spending your time creating trainings for others about the value of play
- You know that you already do a great job at communicating the learning taking place through play!
Are you ready to stop stressing and start focusing on the children?
Become a member today! You will receive an amazing documentation bundle that will help you describe the learning that happens through play and includes an additional free training! Don't wait! Time is ticking to take advantage of this offer while it's still available.
ENROLL NOWFrequently Asked Questions
When will I be billed?
Can I use this for my whole program/school/child care center?
Are there PD certificates available each month for the video trainings?
Are the video trainings live?
What if I want to cancel my membership?
Who can I contact with more questions?
How do I get my stuff each month?
I only teach for 9 months... I don't need a whole year.
Real talk, my friend
It's your time to be a member of The Play Provisions Club!
Join us and feel a little lighter. A little more organized. A little less stressed. AND a lot more at ease knowing that you are doing everything you can to show others that PLAY IS LEARNING!
Here's what's waiting for you when you enroll:
- Immediate access to the bonus (The Documentation Bundle)
- Your first play provisions in your inbox! They're all about Risky Play.
- Access to the course platform where you will be able to access the provisions as they drip out over the next 12 months.
