Celebrate our 10-year anniversary in August 2025 with us by joining us for some FREE online PD!  These are NEW sessions…you are getting a sneak peek of what’s coming in 2026!

Lunch & Learn

Paper Play ~ Unlocking Creativity with Paper

Join us for a playful and practical lunch and learn session exploring the joyful world of paper play! Educators will explore the endless possibilities of paper as a rich, open-ended material for play, creativity, and exploration. From tearing, folding, crumpling, and twisting to constructing, designing, and storytelling, paper invites children into joyful experiences that support fine motor development, sensory engagement, and imaginative thinking.

Together, we’ll reflect on how simple materials like paper can inspire curiosity, foster problem-solving, and offer meaningful invitations to play across ages and developmental stages. The session will also share practical ideas for creating paper-based invitations to play that are responsive to children’s interests—such as offering long rolls for collective art experiences, or using large sheets for immersive explorations of texture, sound and movement, or scraps of paper for storytelling prompts. Together, we’ll reflect on how simple materials like paper can inspire curiosity, foster problem-solving, and offer meaningful, inclusive invitations that adapt to children’s emerging ideas and identities.

Outcomes:

1. Participants will gain practical ideas for using paper as an open-ended material to support children’s sensory exploration, creativity, and imaginative play.
2. Participants will reflect on how to design paper-based invitations to play that are responsive to children’s interests, inquiries, and emerging skills.

Things to Keep in Mind:

• Limited spaces available!
• Registration closes 12 hours in advance!
• Certificate of participation will be available to participants who join us for the LIVE session only.
• All registered participants will have 30 days access to the webinar recording.
• This workshop will be held online through the Zoom platform.
• You will need access to a smartphone, laptop, tablet or computer with audio capabilities to join us.
• A link will be emailed to you 24 hours prior to the workshop. Please click the link 10 minutes before the workshop begins to join in.

Zoom link is included in your ticket email. Reminder emails will be sent out 24-48 hours prior to event.

*Alberta PD funding & time release funding is NOT available (as this is a free workshop!).*