Playing is vital for brain development

Learn what research reveals about how playing is the best way to prepare children for school

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Award-Winning Educator

Author & Educational Consultant

Dr. Jennifer Fraser

Jennifer is Founder of The Bullied Brain https://www.bulliedbrain.com/. She is an award-winning teacher and best-selling author. After earning a PhD in Comparative Literature, she taught for twenty years at University of Toronto, Humber College, and several independent university prep schools. Her latest book The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health (Rowman & Littlefield) hit the shelves April 2022. Award-winning, internationally renowned neuroscientist Dr. Michael Merzenich says The Bullied Brain is "scientifically the most thorough treatment of the subject on planet earth." If you like it, please leave a review on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Bullied-Brain-Scars-Restore-Health/dp/1633887782 Jennifer lives on the west coast of Canada with her family. Her goal is to design a world with the brain in mind.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Continuing Education Credit in Florida

    • Continuing Education Credit

    • Quiz Questions
  • 2

    ONE Play is Important for Learning Brains

    • 1. 1. Introduction

    • 1.1 Introduction Video

    • 1.2 Course Overview

    • 1.2 Course Overview Video

  • 3

    TWO Early Academics Put Play in Jeopardy

    • 2.1 Debunking the "Faster is Better" Myth

    • 2.1 Debunking the "Faster is Better" Myth Video

    • 2.2 Blocking Children's Innate Drive to Learn

    • 2.2 Blocking Children's Innate Drive to Learn Video

  • 4

    THREE Play versus Academics

    • 3.1 Play is Learning

    • 3.1 Play is Learning Video

    • 3.2 Learner-Led Play

    • 3.2 Learner-Led Play Video

  • 5

    FOUR Evolution Primes Brains to Play & Reflect

    • 4.1 Evolution Primes Brains to Play

    • 4.1 Evolution Primes Brains to Play Video

    • 4.2 Mirror Neurons & Reflecting Brains

    • 4.2 Mirror Neurons & Reflecting Brains Video

  • 6

    FIVE Play from a Brain Development Perspective

    • 5.1 Neuroscience of Play

    • 5.1 Neuroscience of Play Video

    • 5.2 Play, Piaget & Empathy

    • 5.2 Play, Piaget & Empathy Video

  • 7

    SIX Piaget, Play Theory & Early Mathematics

    • 6.1 Piaget & Play Theory

    • 6.1 Piaget & Play Theory Video

    • 6.2 Play & Learning Math

    • 6.2 Play & Learning Math Video

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    SEVEN Open-Ended Play & Self-Regulation

    • 7.1 Open-ended Play Fertilizes Brains

    • 7.1 Open-Ended Play Fertilizes Brains Video

    • 7.2 Vgotsky & Self-Regulation in Play

    • 7.2 Vgotsky & Self-Regulation in Play Video

  • 9

    EIGHT Play, Socialization & the Developing Brain

    • 8.1 Neuroscience & Vgotsky

    • 8.1 Neuroscience & Vgotsky Video

    • 8.2 Play & Socialization

    • 8.2 Play & Socialization Video