Playful Schools Conference 2026

Ben Mardell

Newtowne School & LLK

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

To recording

Cas Holman

Rigamajig

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

To recording

Duncan Johnson

Tufts University

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

To recording

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

To recording

Anne van Dam & Fiona Zinn

The Learning Square & Fiona Zinn Consulting

Vitality, creativity and meaning making in play

To recording

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?

To recording

Zhiying Zhong

International School of Billund

AI as a Thinking Partner: Preparing PYP students for exhibition

To recording

Charlotte Blæhr, Robyn Pierce & Nanna Arnadottir

International School of Billund

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

To recording

Athina Ntoulia

International School of Billund

Maths Café ran by students for students

To recording

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

To recording

Mathilde Lam

International School Älmhult

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

To recording

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

To recording

Teboho Makhetha

Care for Education

From Project to Practice: Making playful learning sustainable in schools

To recording

Lucas Intagliata

International School of Billund

Could this be an email?

To recording

Mario Casas

International School of Billund

Creativity beyond the individual

To recording

Gilleon Clark

International School of Billund

Play IS learning

To recording

Athina Ntoulia, Merete Vester & Jacqui Stephen

International School of Billund

Creative and playful note-taking in Maths

To recording

Charlotte Bowes

St.Joseph’s Primary School, Edinburgh

Playopoly: Reimagining play-based pedagogy

To recording

Pritika Joseph

Papagoya Education

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

To recording

Kierna Corr

Windmill Integrated Primary School & Nursery Unit

Starting the day outdoors

To recording

Naomi Paxton

International School of Billund

Math Literacy: Differentiating with play

To recording

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?

To recording

James Nicholas Bell

International School of Billund

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

To recording

Eric Clark

International School of Billund

Beyond the Classroom: Cultivating a culture of action

To recording