A LIVE VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Brave Play
How to Bring Safe Risky Play Into Your Preschool Without Fear, Fines, or Angry Parents
Live class October 8 at 5-7pm Arizona time. Replay included.
You didn't sign up to spend your day saying no.
“Be careful.”
“Get down.”
“That's too dangerous.”
“Don't touch that.”
If your day sounds like an endless loop of those four phrases, you're not alone, and you're definitely not doing anything wrong. You're doing exactly what you were trained to do: protect kids from getting hurt.
But somewhere along the way, protecting turned into hovering, and hovering turned into exhausting. You're on high alert all day, scanning the playground, ready to grab a kid off a log before anything happens. And your classroom is full of the safe, flat, boring stuff. Nobody signed up for that. Not you, not the kids.
Here's everything you get for $9
Live 2-hour Brave Play training, October 8th from 5 to 7pm Arizona time, plus replay access
Live Q&A, bring your specific classroom questions
The Bravery Ladder: 10 activities ranked from toddler-safe to big-kid brave
The Angry Parent Script Book: exact language for the moment a parent walks in mid-climb and panics
The PD Funding Pitch Kit: a 2-minute script to get your director to cover the cost
Picture the version where you're not the anxious one.
Kids climbing, balancing, using real tools, actually testing themselves. And you, standing back, relaxed, watching with the kind of calm that comes from actually knowing what you're doing, not just hoping nothing goes wrong.
Parents nodding at pickup instead of asking questions. Co-teachers asking how you got so chill about all of it. That's not a fantasy. That's what happens once you have a plan for risk instead of just a fear of it.
Why I'm talking about this in October, not March
It's a lot easier to get your co-teachers and parents on board with risky play right now, while routines are still forming and parents are still deciding how much they trust you, than it is in March after six months of established assumptions. Start now and you're just setting the tone. Wait until spring and you're fighting an uphill battle.
What teachers said last time
"Realizing things aren't as risky as I make them out to be in my head."
"Instead of simply saying no, I am now challenged to find out why I'm saying no."
"Instead of simply saying no, I am now challenged to find out why I'm saying no."
One workshop.
A completely different classroom.
One workshop. A completely different classroom.
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and apply.
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Yes. Everyone who registers gets the replay. This offer, replay included, closes at midnight on September 30th and won't be available again.
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Register anyway, you'll get the replay link automatically. You'll just miss the live Q&A, so if you've got specific classroom questions, try to catch it live.
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Maybe. Once the cart closes, Brave Play comes down. This isn't a wait-for-the-next-round kind of thing.