Play is Not Recess from Education; it IS Education.

Teacher Tom is a preschool teacher, blogger, speaker, artist, and author. Parenting experts recognize him as one of the world’s leading practitioners of democratic play-based education. His blog covers many engaging topics on early childhood education.

Peter Gray – Peter Gray, Ph.D., is a research professor at Boston College, and author of Free to Learn and writes articles for Psychology Today. His current research and writing focus primarily on children’s natural ways of learning and the life-long value of play and shares that play is intrinsically motivated—means are more valued than ends. Peter Gray | Substack

Sally Haughey brought play-based education to public school settings that often left little room for imagination, curiosity, and wonder. After 20 years working on the frontlines, Sally began sharing what she had learned about how to bring play-based practices into even the most traditional learning environments through Wunderled™ which now supports over 240,000 educators changing the face of childhood education. Wunderled

Denita Dinger is a self-titled “Professional Brain Developer” fostering the development of little minds in her Family Childcare Program since 1998. She is a defender of play and a believer in letting young children lead their learning through self-motivated discoveries, ideas, and imagination. Denita’s 71,000 enthusiast followers on her Listen to the Children facebook group are a testament to her work.