Understand and defend young children’s need and right to play.

Acclaimed educator Sally Haughey has distilled decades of research and experience to create the Play-Activated Learning model for understanding children’s play and learning and nurturing their innate brilliance. Sally’s illuminating model gives educators and families an understanding of a child’s behavior in the classroom during free play, including the growth unfolding in the brain. It also offers a view of the role of the educator in supporting the child’s learning and development. Explaining the incredible unfolding and blossoming that happens during play, Nurturing Brilliance provides a science-based approach to communicating that growth and development to parents, while highlighting the expert you already are and providing you a way to bridge gaps in understanding so that all well-intended parties can support the ultimate goal—children’s growth and learning.

Age Focus: 3-8. Softbound. 144 Pages

Available May 2025