Professional Development
Play is central to children's development and they learn best through play. Cultivating school and community cultures that value and support learning through play is now more important than ever. Our training courses and workshops share pedagogies and practices of play we use that make a difference in children's learning and growth.
We also provide volunteer training for professionals and corporate staff who participate in programmes with children.
For enquiry, please get in touch with us at share@playeum.com.
ECDA-ENDORSED COURSES
In partnership with the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), we offer online training courses to support early childhood educators with the knowledge and skills to become effective facilitators in the classroom.
Educators will earn CPD professional development hours upon successfully completing the courses. Course fee subsidies from SSG and ECDA are available, subject to eligibility. The final course run in 2025 starts in October.
ECDA-certified educators can register directly on the ONE@ECDA portal.
We also welcome social workers, parents, and adults who work with and care for children to apply for the course through SkillsFuture Singapore.
Online Synchronous Course
Learning Through Play: Building Competence and Skills of NEW Early Childhood Educators in Facilitating Play
Course Code: CPABCSN17E
A 16-hour course that provides insights into children’s development through play, and learn basic strategies to design and implement a play environment for children to build 21st century skills. Attention is given to Early Childhood Pedagogical Practice and Learning Environment Design. The course is delivered by play and creativity specialist Dr Esther Joosa (PhD).
Online Synchronous Course
Learning Through Play: Building Competence and Skills of EXPERIENCED Early Childhood Educators in Facilitating Play
Course Code: CPABCSE17E
A 16-hour course that provides strategies on how to provide playful and engaging learning experiences for children to build 21st century skills and develop reflective teaching practices in the classroom. Attention is given to Early Childhood Pedagogical Practice and Reflective Practice for Educators. The course is delivered by play and creativity specialist Dr Esther Joosa (PhD).
EDUCATORS' WORKSHOPS
These workshops empower educators and educarers to embrace play as a powerful tool for learning, fostering engagement, curiosity, and a sense of belonging in the classroom. Through experiential activities, participants will explore play-based strategies, design principles, and environmental influences that enhance professional experience, child development, and curriculum goals.
For Primary School Educators
Designing a Playful Curriculum
This series of workshops enable educators to identify their play personalities and understand how play personalities influence engagement and foster a sense of belonging in the classroom. Educators will explore in an experiential way how they can design lesson plans that integrate play-based strategies to enhance critical and inventive thinking.
The workshops are designed for educators to experience play and the affordances it offers. They will also be introduced to 3 design principles for playful classroom practices that can promote curiosity and joy alongside the achievement of curriculum goals.
Themes that can be covered
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Play Personalities
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Playful Check-ins
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Embodied Learning through Playful Movement
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Introducing Open-ended Curriculum Exploration through Loose Parts Play
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Inventive Hacking of Games with Rules
Duration and Pax
Opt for a full-day workshop or offer your staff a series of 3 half-day workshops for a minimum of 30 and up to 100 educators.
For Preschool Educators
Free Play as a Learning Disposition
This dynamic, hands-on workshop invites educators to reconnect with the joy and power of free play. You will activate your innate playfulness and learn how to tap on free play as a powerful learning disposition that can foster deeper, more meaningful engagement with children.
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Explore your own play personality and how it shapes your teaching, and/or
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Design free play environments that spark curiosity and creativity, and/or
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Pick up mindful practices to combat burnout for yourselves and your young learners.
Duration and Pax
Our workshops are available as a half-day, full-day, or 1.5-day programme.
Caters to a maximum of 30 educators per workshop.
For Infant Educarers
Self and Space as Tools for Playful Learning
This interactive workshop explores the world of infant play with fresh eyes, heart, and hands. Through designing immersive play experiences and spaces, you’ll rediscover the power of yourself as a vital tool for learning, connection, and care.
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Explore how daily routine care can become rich moments of brain-building and/or
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Gain the skills and confidence to design nurturing spaces that invite free play, wonder, and reflection.
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Cultivate self and group reflective practices that enhance awareness of your journey as an educarer.
Duration and Pax
Our workshops are available as a half-day, full-day, or 1.5-day programme.
Caters to a maximum of 30 educators per workshop.
Book Your Workshop at share@playeum.com
Partners who have joined us to PLAY!
Anderson Primary School
Association for Early Childhood Educators (Singapore)
Bedok Green Primary School
Bukit View Primary School
Clementi Primary School
E-Bridge Preschool Headquarters
E-Bridge Preschool @ Bukit Batok West
E-Bridge Preschool @ Montreal Link
E-Bridge Preschool @ Sumang Lane
Ednovation Group
Evergreen Primary School
Jurong Primary School
KidSTART Singapore
Lianhua Primary School
MOE Cluster West4 (Principals & Vice-Principals)
MOE Kindergarten @ Naval Base
Naval Base Primary School
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
North View Primary School
Princess Elizabeth Primary School
Raffles Girls’ Primary School
Skool4Kidz Preschool @ Sembawang Sunbreeze
Singapore University of Social Sciences
Sports Lab (now Sports Schooling)
St James Church Kindergarten
West View Primary School
White Sands Primary School
Woodlands Primary School
Yangzheng Primary School
