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Professional Development by Childsplay
EYEPlay (Early Years Educators at Play) is a creative drama program designed specifically for preschool. It transforms story times into spaces of active literacy, language and social emotional learning, engaging children of all abilities and language levels in deep exploration of a picture book. EYEPlay offers teachers tools to implement drama-based lessons in their classrooms, including lesson plans, online learning, job-embedded professional development, and placement of teaching artists in classrooms.
Empowering Preschool Teachers Through Drama
EYEPlay equips early educators to confidently lead drama-based lessons that boost language, literacy, and emotional growth. Explore the research and impact behind this transformative program.
Lesson Plans
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Online Learning
Childsplay’s online learning tools bring drama-based exploration into your classroom or home. Our playful techniques inspire critical thinking, creativity, and immersive learning, no stage required.
Bring EYEPlay to Your School
There are many options for incorporating creative drama into your preschool classroom – let us know what works for you!
Resources
The EYEPlay program has been rigorously field tested by independent researchers from Arizona State University. Evidence suggests that the intervention is a powerful model for improving the pedagogical approaches of preschool teachers and arts and language learning outcomes of children.