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Happy Work Together Wednesday! Learning to play together builds the self-regulation children need to work together in school and in life. At Tools, we propel children’s development through our approach to make-believe play.

Want to learn six ways to propel children’s development through make-believe play? Sign up to access a 15-minute webinar and get a tip sheet to supercharge children’s use of props. Your sign-up also enters you into a drawing to win a free spot at a full-day virtual workshop, Bite of Tools: The Playful Path to Self-Regulation. You’ll leave this six-hour virtual workshop with actionable strategies to incorporate all six elements of make-believe play into your classroom and so much more.

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Working together, playing together from classrooms to schools to home!

Get inspiration for amplifying make-believe play at home and school in these posts from Tools for Thought, our blog with the latest thinking in early childhood education and neuroscience.

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Classroom play becomes school-wide play 

Educators in New Jersey planned a school-wide event around the classroom play theme Restaurant.

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Play at home becomes play at school

Thinking about what you want to do differently next school year? Tips to launch play at home to ease the back-to-school transition.

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See how our Teachers of the Month
support playing together while working together

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Ms. Novielli's PreK launches a grocery theme 

Meet our November 2024 Tools Preschool Teacher of the Month, Cassandra Novielli, and see how her students head to the grocery, make-believe-play style. 
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Ms. Wanta's class shares play themes throughout the year

Meet our October 2024 Tools Preschool Teacher of the Month, Tiffany Wanta, and read about how her Wisconsin preschoolers develop playful and trusting relationships with peers! 
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Ms. Gilbert's PreK class dives into medical theme

Meet our February Tools Preschool Teacher of the Month, Michelle Gilbert, and see how she and her preschoolers became medical professionals (and patients!). 
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Ready to bring the power of Tools to your school?

Tools is the comprehensive early childhood program that develops every
child’s self-regulation in every activity. Research shows that self-regulation
is the biggest predictor of success in school and life.