Click below to view Porch Play Chats via the IPA USA YouTube channel. Please note, videos will not be available prior to the date listed below their title.

Porch Play Chat with Gemma Medina – Preservice Teachers and Overcoming Their Play Deprivation!
January 2, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Kristi DeGraff – The lies we tell ourselves to avoid play
January 9, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Korri Loew – Advocacy in action: How children should be hanging upside down
January 16, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Nadiyah Taylor –Through the lens of Anti-Bias Education; “Seeing Ourselves”
January 23, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Jennifer McCarville – Marvelously Made, A School Dedicated to Saving Childhood
January 30, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Heather Bernt Santy – Schema Play Theory, Advocacy, and the “Playing Teacher”
February 6, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Mike Huber – How do our structures/ institutions disable children from playing?
February 13, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Meynell Walter – Developing an understanding of play and playwork
February 20, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Debbie Rhea – How important is recess for elementary, middle, and high school?February 27, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Dr. Cathy Ramstetter and Dr. Charlene Brickman – Advocating for Recess

March 6, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Danielle Hunter – The Value of Play in a Post-COVID World

March 13, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Carla Ward – Building a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom

March 20, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Ellen Cogan – Joy and Engagement in the Classroom

March 27, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Heather Von Bank Talking to Parents
about letting Kids Take Risks  

April 3, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Sarah Coles: Outdoors Play for Mental Health  

April 10, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Kim Adams: It might get messy  

April 17, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Heather Bernt Santy: Five Barriers to Play  

April 24, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Mike Huber The body as a thinking tool or embodied cognition  

May 1, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Jesse Danger The Game of Life

May 8, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Heather Bernt Santy Reframing ‘Misbehavior’ Using Schema Play Theory

May 15, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Angie Nastovska ECE risk-taking and its impact on Education and Life

May 22, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Nadiyah Taylor on Anti-Bias Education and Play   RePlay

May 29, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Lindsay Brauer Dzielski Pop up Play Days, Bringing Play Back to the Community

June 5, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Sharon Jackson Building Advocacy for Play Among Pre Service Teachers

June 12, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Rachel Larimore Small Changes toward Nature Play

June 19, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Sally Haughey Why Process Art Matters

June 26, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Meynell Walter Developing an understanding of play and playwork   Replay

July 3, 2023

Porch Play Chat with Walter Drew The Art and Joy of Self Active Play

July 10, 2023

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