This webinar will dive into the Playful Learning Landscapes City Network and the lessons learned for funders. Playful learning seeks to enrich social and learning experiences for children and families outside the classroom by creating fun, interactive community spaces where families naturally spend time together. Several cities provide rich examples of how to support and promote playful learning. We’ll hear from the funders and fellows who have supported these projects about what they learned; answer your questions during the webinar Q&A; share what’s next on our EdFunders Playful Learning Journey; and provide resources and ideas for where funders can go from here.
Speakers:
- Gregg Behr, Executive Director, The Grable Foundation
- Amanda Charles ,Interim Program Officer; Senior Program Associate, William Penn Foundation
- Jesús Oviedo, Manager of Playful Learning Landscapes, Metropolitan Family Services
- Bryan Stokes, Director, Education Portfolio, Robert R. McCormick Foundation
- Jennifer Vey, Senior Fellow, Brookings Metro, Director, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, Brookings Institution
About the Playful Learning Journey
Join Grantmakers for Education, William Penn Foundation, The Grable Foundation and the Brookings Institution on a journey to learn about playful learning: the science, the outcomes, and the promise it holds for advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. Playful learning seeks to augment the education that takes place in schools by transforming everyday places such as bus stops, supermarkets, and parks into fun and interactive learning opportunities for children and families. We’ll explore examples of successful community collaborations and dive into the role funders can play in advancing this unique approach to making out-of-school learning relevant, engaging and accessible for our youngest learners and their caregivers.
On this journey, the partners will offer two webinars (The What and Why of Playful Learning on April 25, and How Funders Can Embrace Playful Learning on May 22), as well as other learning opportunities, including engagement at the EdFunders annual conference.
This event is intended for GFE members and other education grantmakers.
There is no cost to attend this Grantmakers for Education program. Registration closes 15 minutes prior to the program time; each registration is viewed in advance.