Annie Friday is joined this week by Kristen Peterson (soon to be Kristen Day), play advocate, educator, trainer, speaker, author, and a true play queen! Kristen shares how discovering play changed her trajectory forever. Play was also the catalyst for her family’s decision to re-prioritize how they were spending their time. By living in attunement with her kids’ needs and her own passions, Kristen has developed a lifestyle of lifelong learning in her family. This has included homeschooling, unschooling, and conventional schooling. Kristen shares how this type of interest-based learning breaks the school mold and allows for critical thinking and deep engagement. Kristen aims to reach parents, educators, and caregivers with the message that school should not juts be something to survive. By creating access to true, authentic play, kids and adults can shine in their own individual strengths.

Keep your eye out for Kristen’s content-rich resources, workshops, classes, and new book coming out soon called I’m Not Getting Them Ready for Kindergarten: Breaking tradition in early childhood education 

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