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Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education
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Play, Learn & create with Edx Education. This podcast series discusses play being creative and learning for all children. Join Heather Welch sharing knowledge, information and support on play based learning we will explore the benefits, value, different stages of play and so much more. Play to the untrained eye can look meaningless, however there is a lot more going on than you can see. When children are playing, they are engaged, their imagination is sparked and they are developing confidence and key foundation skills. Play is the way children learn about the world and themselves especially in the early years.We have spoken with many educational experts, founders of charities, award winning author, international presenters, expat parents and so many more. #learningthroughplay #handsonlearning #parents #teachers #family #educationforall
Episodes
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Big Feelings, Brilliant Minds: Supporting Emotionally Intense Children
Is your child easily frustrated, quick to anger, or overwhelmed by change? In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch explores why some children experience emotions more intensely and why these “big feelings” are often a sign of a brilliant, deeply thinking mind....
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Why Wiggling Matters: The Science of Play, Balance & Learning
In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch author of Happy Children Play and General Manager of Edx Education UK explores why movement-based play is not just enjoyable for children, but essential for their learning, wellbeing, and development. We take a closer look…
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Play Bridges Minds, Voices & Hearts: Autism, Early Years & the Power of Play
In this heartwarming and practical episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch, General Manager of Edx Education UK and author of Happy Children Play, early years inclusion specialist and advocate for neurodivergent children. Explore how play bridges communication…
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Supporting Every Mind, Inclusive Learning for Neurodivergent Children
In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch, Author of Happy Children Play and General Manager UK at Edx Education, explores how we can make classrooms more inclusive for neurodivergent children including those with Autism, ADHD, AuDHD, Dyspraxia, and other diverse...
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The Secret to Raising Creative, Confident Thinkers
As parents and caregivers, we all want children who can think for themselves creative, confident, and resilient problem-solvers. But how do we nurture these skills from an early age? In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch author of Happy Children Play and…
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Beyond Movement, Supporting Children with Dyspraxia Through Play
Dyspraxia, also known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), is often misunderstood as just a movement difficulty but it’s so much more. It can affect a child’s ability to organise, concentrate, write, plan, and even express their ideas clearly. These challenges can make everyday school…
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Sensory Play for Neurodivergent Children with Edx Education
At Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, we believe play isn’t just fun it’s essential, especially for neurodivergent children. In this episode, we explore why sensory play is a powerful, therapeutic tool for children with autism, ADHD, and other additional needs. From calming water trays to...
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Transitioning Back to School with Confidence with Edx Education
As the holiday season wraps up, how can we help young children return to school feeling confident, curious, and ready to learn? In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, host Heather Welch and education experts explore the importance of play in easing children through…
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Build, Learn, Play & Grow: Developing Thinking Skills Through Construction Play
In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, discuss into the world of construction play and how it sparks powerful thinking skills in young children. From building towers with Linking Cubes to exploring possibilities with MyGears® and Rainbow Pebbles®, we explore how handson play...
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Think Outside the Toy Box: Nurturing Young Minds Through Playful Thinking
In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, Heather Welch explores the importance of teaching children how to think creatively, critically, and independently through the power of play. Drawing from our latest blogs, we unpack the three key types of thinking: convergent, divergent,...
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STEAM unlocks playful learning
Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, the podcast where we dive into the wonderful world of play based learning and explore how it shapes confident, creative, and curious learners. In this episode, we’re focusing on the importance of STEAM, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and…
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Play unlocks neurodivergent children's potential
Discover how Play unlocks neurodivergent children's potential in the latest episode of the Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education podcast, This engaging and heartwarming episode dives into the powerful role of play in supporting neurodivergent children—including those with autism, ADHD…
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Toy Safety 101: CE, UKCA, and What Every Parent Needs to Know buying online
In this must-listen episode, the Edx Education hosts discuss safety in toys looking atinto the critical topic of toy safety, breaking down the key differences between the CE (European Conformity) mark and the similar markings The hosts highlight the risks of buying uncertified, cheap toys from...
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Play Your Way to Wellness: Boosting Kids' Mental and Physical Health
We explore the vital connection between children's physical and mental health and the pivotal role that play has in nurturing both. Edx Education hosts highlight the importance of supporting well-being through play-based learning, delving into key concepts like risk assessment, resilience, and...
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Nurturing Children's Well-Being Through Play with Edx Education
Tune in to the Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education podcast as Edx Education discusses the powerful connection between play and a child’s mental and physical health. In this episode, she unpacks how play fosters resilience, helps children manage stress, and builds essential social and…
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From Hangry to Happy: Helping Children Manage Their Emotions
Edx Education experts discuss the importance of self-regulation for children in the early years, focusing on how it affects their social and emotional development, learning, and ability to make friends. The hosts argues that understanding the five domains of self-regulation – biological…
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Mindfulness and our Children, Happy, Healthy Minds
What are the benefits of mindfulness for children, explores practical ways to incorporate mindfulness into everyday family life. The Edx Education hosts emphasizes the importance of helping children understand and manage their emotions, particularly in challenging situations. She then provides a...
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Importance of Role Playing in Early Childhood and All Ages
Play, Learn, and Create podcast explores the value of children's play, specifically highlighting the importance of role-playing for their development. The Edx Education hosts discusses different types of role-playing: real-life situations, occupational role-playing, and fantasy role-playing. Each...
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Caregivers as First Teachers - Play in Child Development
Welcome to another enriching episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education. In today’s episode, we discuss the vital role caregivers play in a child’s development and how fostering a playful environment can transform everyday moments into powerful learning experiences. At Edx Education, we...
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The Power of Play, Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs through Inclusive Play
In Series 3, Episode 6 of the Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education podcast, hosts Edx Education experts sit down to discuss Heather’s insights from her book, Happy Children Play. This episode focuses on the importance of play for children with special educational needs (SEN), covering a range…
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Teaching Children to Think: Nurturing Critical and Creative Minds
In this episode 5 of series 3 Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, we dive into one of the most important yet overlooked aspects of early childhood education—teaching children to think. Our Edx Education hosts explore how critical and creative thinking are essential skills that lay the...
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Happy Children Play, Social and Emotional Learning
In this exciting episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, we discuss into the powerful role of play in developing essential social and emotional learning (SEL) skills in young children. As parents and caregivers, we all want our kids to be happy, resilient, and confident. But did you...
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Stages of Play: Nurturing Child Development Through Playtime Adventures with Edx Education
"Play, Learn and Create" explores the different stages of play that children go through as they develop. Edx Education experts highlights the work of sociologist Mildred Parten who identified six stages of play: unoccupied play, solitary play, onlooker play, parallel play, associative play, and...
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Developing Social and Emotional Superpowers for Children Through Play
In this exciting episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, explores the powerful role that social and emotional learning (SEL) plays in early childhood and how play-based learning can help children build essential life skills. Welch breaks down the five key SEL areas—self-awareness,...
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Unlocking the Power of Play: How It Shapes Your Child's Future with Edx Education
In this episode of Play, Learn & Create with Edx Education, discussing the Play Value, Childhood Development, free play and learning through play experts gather to discuss the incredible value of play in children's development, highlighting insights. Heather Welch passionately advocates for play…
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Ready, Set, Play, Building School Readiness Through Fun
Join the Edx Education hosts in this insightful episode as they explore the vital connection between children’s physical and mental health, highlighting how play is key to school readiness. They discuss the benefits of play-based learning in building resilience, encouraging risk assessment, and...
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Benefits of play with Special Education Needs (SEN)
Join Heather Welch chatting about Benefits of play with Special Education Needs (SEN) Looking at Children and the benefits of play with Autism, ADHD, self regulations and understanding the different domains to creating an inclusive classroom or home environment for everyone. Highlights of the…
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Play ideas for children in the holidays
Join Heather Welch chatting about Play ideas for children in the holidays Let's discuss many different types of play from sensory, construction, Role, Active, Music, Mindfulness and self-regulation play. You may have minimal equipment to play at home or in the classroom, however let's make it…
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Emotional Wellness, social and emotional learning with Talia Filippelli, Starr Therapy
Join Heather Welch, Edx Education in conversation with award winning therapist - Talia Filippelli, Founder of Starr Therapy, discussing Emotional Wellness, social and emotional learning, trends in the USA for children, an exciting project with The Genius of Play ideas for promoting...
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Why Play Is Important In Children For Their Physical And Mental Health
Join Heather Welch chatting about The relationship between physical and mental health for a child’s holistic development through play or 'Why Play is important in children for their Physical and Mental health'. When all three factors ;'mental health, physical health and well-being'; are balanced,...
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Self Regulation, Play and children in the Early Years
Self-regulation refers to a child’s ability to consciously control their own thoughts, feelings and behaviours. It begins to develop in toddlers and continues into adulthood. In this episode, Heather Welch, Edx Education discusses, self regulation, play and children in the early years. Here are...
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Children, Play & Mindfulness with Edx Education
Join Heather Welch, Edx Education chatting about play, learning and mindfulness. In this episode, we’re going to discuss the benefits of mindfulness with children and understanding their emotions. Being aware of our emotions and understanding that they manifest in our body isn't something that...
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Benefits of Calm Play Ideas with Edx Education
We often as caregivers find we have rowdy children and the best way to calm them down, is for them to run all their energy off. Join Heather Welch in this episode, we look at the benefits of calm play opposed to running around, jumping up and down or chasing dogs. Sometimes, there are moments…
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Role-play and what we learn from children playing
Join Heather Welch, Edx Education chatting about Role Play and what we can Learn about children playing. When children play, they tend to be more open and communicative about their day, their feelings and even problems which they haven't solved yet. In this episode, we look at what we can learn...
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Play, Children with SEN
In this episode we are joined by Ione Inness, founder of SEND tutoring. We discover why play is important for children and especially children with additional needs. Ione shares with Heather Welch her inspiration for SEN, importance of play and role of caregivers in play. Highlights in this...
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Ideas to Motivate Play in Children
Join Heather Welch chatting about play, over the past two years, we have spoken with many experts who have each shared their ideas on how we can motivate play in children. In this episode, we dig even deeper and explore the values of play, social and emotional learning and the different stages of...
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Parents, Caregivers and Teachers' Role in Play
I'm Heather Welch from Edx Education and today I'm chatting about my favourite topic which is Play or as we like to say "play based learning" or "learning through play." Last podcast we looked at the value of play, Social and emotional learning, stages of play and today we are discussing our role...
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School Readiness and Play
In today’s podcast episode join Heather Welch talking about School Readiness and Play Last podcast we looked at the value of play, Social and emotional learning, stages of play Teaching our children to think and today we are discussing School readiness and play Is your child emotionally ready for...
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Teaching Our Children How To Think with Edx Education
In today’s podcast episode join Heather Welch talking about how you can teach your children to think and why it is so important. As caregivers sometimes we can make decisions for our children without even realising it, like choosing an outfit for them to wear each day, or what they are eating for...
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Different Stages of Play with Edx Education
Join Heather Welch , Edx Education sharing knowledge on different stages of play, what they are, what it looks like how to encourage children to play and how to integrate this through play in the early years… Children have so many different stages of play and types of play. If you have a chance...
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Developing Social and Emotional Learning Through Play
Episode 59 - Social and Emotional Learning Through Play Heather Welch is chating about Play or as we like to say play based learning or learning through play at edx education. Over the past 2 years we have chatted on the podcast with so many experts on this topic, created amazing educational...
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The Value Of Play
Episode 58 Join Heather Welch talking about Play! In a new series for this podcast , I'm so excited to chat about my favourite topic, which is Play. Play is so underestimated in how important it is for children, especially in the world we have created with so many extracurricular activities…
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Tess Burrows, Adventurer, Peace Activist, Author, Speaker In Conversation with Edx Education
Heather Welch, Edx Education will be in Conversation with Tess Burrows, adventurer, peace activist, author, speaker, healer, mother and grandmother. Tess is passionate about collecting messages from individuals and speaking them out from far high places - to help peace and harmony - already from...
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Sheila Akbar, COO & President of Signet Education In Conversation With Edx Education (USA)
Ep 056: Join Heather Welch, Edx Education In conversation with Sheila Akbar President & COO of Signet Education. In this episode I talk to Sheila Akbar – President of Signet Education. Sheila loves to work closely with students to help them overcome any challenges they may face. Today, we discuss...
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Liz Arriens, Founder Coraline and Us in Conversation with Edx Education (UK)
Heather Welch Edx Education today will be in Conversation with Liz Arriens, founder Coraline and Us Coraline and Us which is about their story with Coraline (their daughter diagnosed with Downs Syndrome at birth. Today we are chatting with about her journey with Coraline, what is play for…
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Kim West, Award winning Author, Founder The Sleep Lady, In Conversation with Edx Education (USA)
Episode 54: Heather Welch from Edx Education today we will be in Conversation with Kim West, Award winning Author, Founder The Sleep Lady & The Gentle Sleep Coach and certificate program Kim West, has been a practicing child and family therapist for over 27 years. she has helped over 20,000 tired...
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Dr Roseann Capanna-Hodge, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Author, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health, (USA)
Episode 53- Heather Welch from Edx Education is In Conversation with Dr. Roseann Capanna- Hodge Award winning Childrens mental health expert, Author, keynote speaker, founder of The Global Institute of Children’s Mental Health, Rosanne is based in the `USA however is known globally she has been...
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Shaunak Roy CEO & Founder at Yellowdig, Tech Entrepreneur In Conversation with Edx Education (USA)
Heather Welch from Edx Education today we will be in Conversation with Shaunak Roy CEO & Founder at Yellowdig, Tech Entrepreneur In Conversation with Edx Education Yellowdig is a community-driven active learning platform adopted by over many colleges and universities, K12 schools, and corporate...
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Dr. Matthew Courtney, educator, researcher, and policy maker In Conversation Edx Education (USA)
Episode 51: Heather Welch from Edx Education will be in Conversation with Dr. Matthew Courtney, Educator, Researcher, and Policy Maker Matthew specializes in using data and research to support schools and teachers as they work to improve teaching and learning. His vision is to provide high…
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Brantley Turner Education Management Expert, Principal In Conversation with Edx Education (China/USA)
Episode 50: Brantley Turner, Education Management Expert, Currently Principal, American International school Shanghai Qibao Dwight High School, In Conversation with Edx Education Brantley is recognised for her pioneering work with East-West school leadership and impeccable Chinese communication...
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Play, Learn & create with Edx Education. This podcast series discusses play being creative and learning for all children. Join Heather Welch sharing knowledge, information and support on play based learning we will explore the benefits, value, different stages of play and so much more. Play to the untrained eye can look meaningless, however there is a lot more going on than you can see. When children are playing, they are engaged, their imagination is sparked and they are developing confidence and key foundation skills. Play is the way children learn about the world and themselves especially in the early years.We have spoken with many educational experts, founders of charities, award winning author, international presenters, expat parents and so many more. #learningthroughplay #handsonlearning #parents #teachers #family #educationforall
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