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Playful Schools Conference 2026

Enjoy the recordings of our 2026 Playful Schools Conference!

"Teachers for teachers"

Camilla Uhre Fog & Idah Khan O'Neill

International School of Billund

Welcome to the 2026 conference

Ben Mardell

Newtowne School & LLK

Playful learning and climate change: Reflections of a PoP researcher on his return to the classroom

Cas Holman

Heroes Will Rise

The Playful Classroom: How to Nurture Curiosity and Resilience Through Play

Duncan Johnson

Tufts University

Snapbots: Collaborative coding with pencil, paper, and Generative AI

Alessandra Landini

I.C. A. Manzoni in Reggio Emilia

Enhancing playful learning and engagement through mystery novels, role-playing games, and an investigative approach in a k-13 curriculum

Anne van Dam & Fiona Zinn

The Learning Square & Fiona Zinn Consulting

Vitality, creativity and meaning making in play

Marina Benavente Barbón

International School of Billund

How can peer-created, playful video tutorials help students navigate new platforms, stay organized, and retain key material during the transition from PYP to MYP?

Zhiying Zhong

International School of Billund

AI as a Thinking Partner: Preparing PYP students for exhibition

Charlotte Blæhr, Robyn Pierce & Nanna Arnadottir

International School of Billund

Thinking Styles & Education: Our Students, our teaching, our learning

Athina Ntoulia

International School of Billund

Maths Café ran by students for students

Lisa Goddard

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia/Fondazione Reggio Children

There’s always ways of making things more playful: Playing toward ecological thinking with teachers

Mathilde Lam

International School Älmhult

How a snowy winter lead to a completely different approach of our 'gardening unit' in Design

Liu-Constant, Traynham, Berube, Gonzalez, Hurwitz, and Towle

Playful Learning Institute and Neighborhood Villages

Infusing Public Education with the Power of Play: The playful learning institute

Teboho Makhetha

Care for Education

From Project to Practice: Making playful learning sustainable in schools

Lucas Intagliata

International School of Billund

Could this be an email?

Mario Casas

International School of Billund

Creativity beyond the individual

Gilleon Clark

International School of Billund

Play IS learning

Athina Ntoulia, Merete Vester & Jacqui Stephen

International School of Billund

Creative and playful note-taking in Maths

Charlotte Bowes

St.Joseph’s Primary School, Edinburgh

Playopoly: Reimagining play-based pedagogy

Pritika Joseph

Papagoya Education

It Takes a Village to Play: Extending play beyond the school

Kierna Corr

Windmill Integrated Primary School & Nursery Unit

Starting the day outdoors

Naomi Paxton

International School of Billund

Math Literacy: Differentiating with play

Iris Bay & Amber Jakobsen

International School of Billund

Can playful, out-of-the-box practices, guided by an understanding of neurodiversity and ‘kids do well when they can’ help children build a toolbox for life efficacy?

James Nicholas Bell

International School of Billund

From Play to Purpose: Maker-centred learning for meaningful design

Eric Clark

International School of Billund

Beyond the Classroom: Cultivating a culture of action

Playful Schools Conference 2026

Teachers for Teachers

We hope you have enjoyed this year's Playful Schools Conference! We encourage you to reach out to each other and keep in touch!
Remember to Stay Curious, Stay Playful and Be Kind. The world needs it!