PLAY IS THE WAY® Methodology Manuals Volume 1&2

All you need to successfully use PLAY IS THE WAY® in your classroom or school.

The PLAY IS THE WAY® Methodology Manuals Volume 1&2 is the culmination of over 20 years experience of teaching social and emotional learning. Condensed into a concise, student focused, and teacher friendly resource.

Note: All activities from the Life Raft Manual, 5 x A4 Key Concept posters plus 1 x Self-Mastery Checklist poster are included with this program.

Social and emotional development at your fingertips in these two durable (because you’ll use them a lot) manuals that give you all the information you’ll need to improve the living and learning of children, using PLAY IS THE WAY®.

Think of Volume 1 as the vital organs of the program. The inner workings built around five central chapters that inform, support and sustain teachers.

VOLUME 1: The "who, what, where, when and why" of PLAY IS THE WAY®

• PREPARATION: Behaviour education using wisdom, not force.
• THE LANGUAGE: A simple precise way of talking that strengthens the educator/student relationship.
• SELF-REGULATION: The pathway to independent, self-motivated participation in learning and living.
• PROFESSIONAL LEARNING: Insightful articles that add depth to understanding and effectiveness to application.
• LIFE RAFT: Five key concepts plus six reflective questions that guide children in the building of a genuinely safe school community (includes 6 x A4 posters).

VOLUME 2: The “how” of PLAY IS THE WAY®

• A year long timetabled program of games that immerses children in a wide variety of developmental experiences. And because the games can be played at increasing levels of difficulty and with challenging variations, the program can be a regular part of every student’s journey through school.
• These PLAY IS THE WAY® games come with detailed instructions, helpful hints and an issues and observations section that lifts each game into something far more than a game.