Drew Vernon, Marketing Director, Tonies In Conversation with Edx Education (USA)

Episode 36 - Heather Welch, Edx Education we will be in conversation with Drew Vernon, Marketing Director at Tonies Drew is making learning fun and exciting through storytelling empowering children to use their imagination. Today we are chatting with Drew about early years education, importance of storytelling, hands-on learning in the early years and so much more. Welcome Drew it is wonderful you could join us today and talk about a subject I love which is about Play and learning or as we like to say ‘Learning through play’ Here are the highlights: {1:24} Seeing the impact of play at LEGO {3:40} We can give our kids tool to learn how to learn better {4:31} The Tonies {8:27} Being creative within set boundaries {11:05} Starting with the vision {14:47} Helping kids become better thinkers and better problem solvers {18:45} Taking more active roles as parents {21:13} Processing one piece at a time {23:55} We get in our kids' way more than we want to admit #edxeducation #learningthroughplay #creativekids #tonies

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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