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Playvolution HQ Podcast

Playvolution HQ Podcast

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 The Playvolution HQ Podcast dives deep into play and early learning, from loose parts and power play to school readiness and curriculum. This weekly, short-format show goes beyond the resources available at playvolutionhq.com, delivering original content like DIY ideas, terminology deep-dives, commentary, news, early learning history, and more.Explorations Early Learning Parentalité Relations
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    • PHQP_0025 Instead of NO

      PHQP_0025 Instead of NO
      Jun 23 2025
      In PHQP_0025 Instead of NO, Jeff discusses the value of following up a "No" with a "But" in order to better support playful learning. Episode Video Watch Now: PHQP_0025 Instead of NO Episode Notes No links for this episode. The Instead of NO Transcript Welcome to the Playvolution HQ Podcast, I'm Jeff Johnson, thanks for pushing play, I'm with the show. So I was on a walk the other day and I ran across an Easter game, kids were playing a game of dodge croc. This is, you can imagine, dodge ball using a croc shoe, you know, those really ugly shoes, instead of a ball. Nobody wanted to run home and get a ball, so somebody kicked off their shoes and they were playing with the croc. And they were using a pinkish, purplish colored croc, I think crocs of any color will work if you want to play dodge croc. But I thought this was ingenious, it goes to show how creative kids are, how versatile loose parts are, and how kids are wired to make do. We don't need a lot of fancy toys to make play happen, we just need space and an environment and interest and kids will come up with all kinds of things for the props necessary to make their play work. When I do write up the dodge ball post for the Playvolution HQ collection of classic kids games, I will make sure to include dodge croc in there as a game variation. What are we going to get into next? Well, we've got one topic for this week, and that is no but. This kind of is related to the dodge croc, right? Anybody got a ball so we can play dodge ball? No but, I do have this croc, and that's the way they move forward. I think no but is a much better option when it comes to dealing with activities kids are choosing than no, because often times for adults we get in this habit of saying no and just putting things to a complete stop when kids are doing things that we don't approve of. Now, absolutely there are times when we need kids to stop what they're doing. It's okay, I mean I'm not saying never say no to kids, what I am saying is much of the time when it comes to supervising and keeping play safe and promoting learning, we can opt for something less than no, and I think no but is a good variation there, because it's easy for no to become the default response. Along those lines, my experience is also, since I do a lot of training and talking about caregiver burnout, saying no all day, no, no you can't do that, no you can't do this, no you can't do this, I can't have you, really has an impact on our mindset, and we start taking on the negative mindset of that no, and one of the strategies for reducing burnout just a little bit for caregivers is to create an environment where you're not saying no as much, because it truly does have an impact on your mindset. Maybe that'll be a future episode. So instead of no, we can start going with no but, and that curtails the children's activity and learning, just like no does, but it offers another option, and that's where it becomes valuable. So instead of shutting down the activity completely, it offers them a way to move forward with it with slight changes. And look, this is basically redirection, right? And I think it's more thoughtful if we think about it in these terms of looking for ways to support the thing, because oftentimes just basic redirection is they redirect, the child is redirected 180 degrees from what they are already doing, and what we're talking about here is making minor changes to what they're already doing so they can keep doing some version of it. I think that's the difference between basic redirection and no but. Yes, might be impossible, impractical, or inconvenient. That just happens. There are going to be, like I said, there are going to be those times where we do absolutely have to say no to kids, and no but could be that alternative. No but provides options and choice and a little bit more power and control for the kids instead of being redirected to something that may be 180 de...
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      15 min
    • PHQP_0024 Proprioception And School Readiness

      PHQP_0024 Proprioception And School Readiness
      Jun 16 2025
      In PHQP_0024 Proprioception And School Readiness, Jeff explores proprioception, the body's ability to sense its position and movement, and its critical role in preparing young children for school. Episode Video Watch Now: PHQP_0024 Proprioception And School Readiness Episode Notes Proprioceptive System Balanced And Barefoot | Quote 02043 The Important Role Of Kinetic Chains In Early Learning 5 Simple Ways to Support “Heavy Work” Balanced And Barefoot | Quote 02289 Balanced And Barefoot | Quote 02544 Balanced And Barefoot | Quote 02555 Heavy Work Simplified Balanced And Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children The Proprioception And School Readiness Transcript Welcome to the Playvolution HQ podcast. I'm Jeff Johnson. Thanks for pushing play on with the show. So, uh, I, uh, if you listen to the show, I've been, I've been, I talked about this before. I decided I was going to learn to play the guitar. That's going to be my new scary thing. And a little bit of an update. I've started developing finger calluses. You can't see them, but I can feel the skin getting thicker on my, on my fingers because of the, uh, the pain of, of the guitar strings. And that's, that's one of the amazing things about our bodies. Our bodies are adaptive. And so after a while, it's not going to be so painful to play. But the other big thing I've found is, uh, related to the topic for the day, proprioception. I am, I was amazed at how poor my proprioception is in relation to the skills you need to learn how to play the guitar because, um, well, we'll get into proprioception in a little bit, but it's about awareness of, of your body's position in relation to other parts of your body in part. And I've got to be able to put my left index finger and my left, left middle finger, my left pinky, all in specific places. Well, my heel is tapping. Well, my right thumb is strumming in the right direction and it's, it's a lot. And, and so one of the, one of the struggles for learning something like this, especially when you're, you're old, like I am, is it literally takes rewiring the brain to build these, these new skills that, that come naturally when we're in kids. And that's why for our topic today, I wanted to get into, um, proprioception and school readiness because maybe if I would have been more proprioceptively prepared in kindergarten, I'd be a better guitar learner now. I don't know if that's true or not, but something we're thinking about. So I wanted to dig into proprioception and its relation to school readiness because, you know, we talk about school readiness in the early learning field a lot, and it's about ABCs and blocks and knowing how to write your name and, and things like that. But a big part of it is having your body physically ready to do the job of going to school. And a lot of kids are heading off to school with bodies that are, are not ready. And part of it is the way we handle programming in early learning settings. And part of it probably has to do with, uh, with other things like, uh, you know, how, how human children have never been more sedentary than they are right now in 2025. Um, and so really proprioception is, is a, is a big part about body awareness. And so let's get into a little bit of that. Um, part of it is being aware of where body parts are in relation to other body parts. Now for just walking around, your brain needs to be aware of where your left heel is and where your right toes are and where your left elbow is and where your right elbow is, and the position of your head and the position of your torso and all of this. Your body, your brain has to be aware of, of all of those things to coordinate things like walking. For me, I'm struggling with the guitar. It's, it's the, the awareness of where individual fingers are in relation to other individual fingers. And this is,
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      17 min
    • PHQP_0023 Fit For Care

      PHQP_0023 Fit For Care
      Jun 9 2025
      In episode PHQP_0023 Fit For Care, Jeff examines why early learning programs should consider adopting staff fitness standards, as well as making accommodations for staff who are unable to meet such standards when necessary. Episode Video Watch Now: PHQP_0023 Fit For Care Episode Notes No special notes for this one. The Fit For Care Transcript Welcome to the Playvolution HQ Podcast. I'm Jeff Johnson. Thanks for pushing play on with the show. So, a little update, a couple, a handful, I don't know, maybe a dozen episodes back, I was talking about a kid playing at taking the garbage out, doing all kinds of spins and twists and flips with the garbage bag. My wife, Tash, reported the other day that she saw an adult male doing kind of the same thing. He was doing curls with the garbage bag, one hand and then the other, as he walked it out to the trash receptacle from the house. So, I like to see that it's a, at least a multi-generational activity, that we humans find ways to entertain ourselves, even with mundane chores like hauling out the trash. So, topic, the only one for this episode, is caregiver fitness standards. I think a lot of people underestimate the physical demands of working in early learning programs. Now, in the burnout work that I do, I talk a lot about the emotional labor that we do, dealing with the emotions and feelings of people that we interact with. But there's also a lot of physical labor, if we're going to do this work. There's hefting and toting of kids up and down off of changing tables, and there's moving of equipment, and there's hopefully running and chasing around with kids outside and inside, and getting our hearts pounding. And then maybe in emergency situations, there are things we need to do, and that requires a certain level of physical fitness. And I don't know any kinder way to say this, but some early learning staff are not physically fit for the job of working in early learning. They're incapable of meeting all of those physical demands, and to some extent, that's okay. This is a sensitive topic because of that, but look, accommodations and inclusion are really important around this topic. I've met over my 30-ish years working the field a number of caregivers who would fall short of the physical requirements for doing the job for one reason or another, and who are incredibly gifted in other areas of the work that I would want them not in the field. So I think for many people, accommodations can be made, and we want to include people in this profession with differing abilities. And we do need some level of fitness for probably the majority of staff in the majority of programs for a number of reasons that we'll get into. So I'm not trying to be a jerk talking about this topic, and I don't want to exclude or forbid people from working in the field because they physically can't do certain things, but I think it's something we need to discuss. Sedentary adults encourage sedentary kids for one thing. I've said it many times, we live in a world where human children have never been more sedentary than they are right now in 2025. And if we want kids to be moving more, it's probably a good idea to surround them with adults who are moving more. And so programmatically, having more physically active, physically capable, physically interested adults is probably a good idea, just from a curriculum standpoint. If we want kids to move, we need them to be around adults who can and do move. There's also a relationship here to burnout, because over the years, I've written a couple books and done a lot of speaking and thinking about burnout in this profession. And I've noticed this kind of burnout fitness spiral, and it tends to happen to people because when you work in this profession, you do that emotional labor, and you start burning out. Burnout puts blinders on you, and you get kind of this narrow focus, and you burn up a lot of emotional energy.
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      15 min

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