Workshops

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Rachel Arnold 

Board Certified Behavior Therapist & Licensed Educator 

Designing Inclusive Learning Spaces: Creating Environments that Foster Joint Engagement and Play-Based Learning 

Inclusive classrooms aren’t just about who is present—they’re about how every child can truly participate. In this session, we’ll explore how thoughtfully designed Early Years environments can increase learning opportunities by fostering joint engagement and play-based learning. We’ll highlight how space, materials, and routines can reduce barriers for learners with a range of abilities, expanding entry points for participation. Attendees will leave with practical strategies for arranging environments that invite collaboration, spark communication, and ensure all young learners feel valued, engaged, and included.

Lara Small 

Dulwich College Seoul 

Curious Thinking and the Role of Scaffolding 

Moments of awe and wonder can be transformed into meaningful learning by intentionally building on children’s questions, theories, and discoveries through rich communication and language. Through practical examples, this session examines how skilful scaffolding and purposeful dialogue extend thinking, strengthen communication and language, and deepen learning while preserving children’s natural curiosity.

Mark Kelly 

Dulwich College Seoul 

The Write Stuff: Using role play and drama as a lead into literacy in the Early Years. 

The workshop will explore how to provide young children with learning experiences both inside and outside of the classroom that encourage a link with literacy. The workshop will provide opportunities to reflect how as a practitioner, both role play and drama can be utilized for children to write for a variety of purposes. 

Andrea Carrera

Psychologist - Dwight School Seoul

The psychological role of play: what happens in the brain when children play? 

This workshop explores the neuroscience behind play and its essential role in children’s emotional, social, and cognitive development. Participants will learn how play shapes neural pathways, strengthens executive functioning, supports regulation, and fosters creativity and resilience. Through practical examples and guided reflection, educators will understand how playful experiences act as a natural mechanism for learning and well-being. The session offers strategies to intentionally integrate developmentally meaningful play into daily practice.

Nina Burrows 

Early Years Teacher

Small Worlds Open Possibilities - Designing Small World Play that inspires curiosity, stories and collaboration 

This workshop explores how intentionally designed small world environments can open up possibilities for curiosity, storytelling, and collaborative play. Participants will consider how materials, space, and adult interaction can support rich narratives, shared thinking, and social communication, while allowing children’s ideas to lead the direction of play and learning.

Raquel Pavia 

Dulwich College Seoul

Risky Play: Building Confidence, Resilience, and Independence 

This workshop explores the role of risky play in supporting children’s physical development, self-regulation, and risk awareness in the early years. Participants will consider how appropriate challenge and managed risk help children build confidence, resilience, and decision-making skills within a safe and supportive environment.

Annabelle Ambrose

Dulwich College Seoul

Loose Parts for Magical Thinking 

This workshop explores how loose parts can be used across the curriculum to promote imagination, curiosity, and flexible thinking. Participants will consider how open-ended materials support problem-solving, narrative development, and rich communication and language.

YoungHoon  Elementary School

Maggie Goddard 

Dulwich College Seoul

Learning Outdoors: Play, Schemas, and Possibility 

Lisa Lilyerd 

This workshop explores the power of outdoor learning as a rich context for play and schematic behaviour in the early years. Participants will consider how outdoor environments support deep engagement, physical development, problem-solving, and sustained play, while allowing children’s schemas to drive meaningful learning experiences. 

This workshop explores the power of outdoor learning as a rich context for play and schematic behaviour in the early years. Participants will consider how outdoor environments support deep engagement, physical development, problem-solving, and sustained play, while allowing children’s schemas to drive meaningful learning experiences. 

Gemma Stanton and Renee Lawson 

Dulwich College Puxi 

Capturing Magical Moments of Learning 

This workshop explores how to notice, capture, and document moments of awe and wonder in the early years. Participants will consider meaningful and authentic ways to record children’s thinking, questions, and discoveries, and how thoughtful documentation can make learning visible, support reflection, and strengthen shared understanding with children, colleagues, and families.

Carolyn Hill 

International School Busan 

Developing a forest school programme to support play in nature

This session will explore the importance of reconnecting children with nature and the powerful role of outdoor play. Participants will gain insight into the philosophy underpinning Forest School, its impact on children’s wellbeing and development, and the practical considerations involved in establishing and sustaining a successful programme. 

Louisa Ramsden and Hosana Lee

Dulwich College Seoul

Scientific Wonder: Nature as a Source of Exploration 

This workshop explores how simple science provocations, natural materials, and outdoor experiences can ignite curiosity, prediction, and investigation in the early years. Participants will consider how weather, seasons, and the natural world inspire awe, imagination, and meaningful scientific thinking. 

Hannah Sharp and Cindy Neo  

Dulwich College Seoul 

Playful Pathways to Mathematical Thinking 

This workshop supports teachers in presenting mathematics as beautiful, surprising, and joyful. Through storytelling, natural patterns, and playful exploration, participants will explore ways to spark curiosity, deepen mathematical thinking, and cultivate a sense of awe in the classroom. 

Genevieve Kung 

Dulwich College Seoul 

Dulwich College Seoul 

From Chaos to Calm: Supporting Big Emotions in the Early Childhood Classroom

Early childhood classrooms are full of big emotions—sometimes all at once. Grounded in Managing Emotional Mayhem by Becky A. Bailey and Conscious Discipline, this workshop helps educators shift from managing behavior to teaching self-regulation. Participants will explore how adult responses shape student behavior and learn practical strategies to support emotional safety, connection, and learning.

This workshop supports children to explore and understand their emotions through games and playful strategies, strengthening emotional regulation and personal, social and emotional development. 

Kate Beith

An invitation to play outdoors: the role of provocations in outdoor learning  

Drawing upon her role as a Trustee for Learning through Landscapes, Kate will lead a practical workshop on developing awe-inspiring outdoor environments. However, limited or amazing your provision is, perhaps because of space or weather, Kate will guide you in focusing on creating enchanting provocations outdoors that draw children into sustained, self-directed play. 

Kate Beith

Learning stories: The voice of the child, practitioner and family   

Kate will explore and share practical examples of developing Learning Stories, a narrative-based tool used to capture a child's learning through a positive, storytelling lens. From individual stories to group floor books, a Learning Story focuses on what a child can do and is often written directly to the child. A positive way of capturing children’s schemas and engaging parents. Through writing, work samples, photos, and videos.  Kate will encourage participants to share their own feelings, giving the story a heart! She will also emphasise how the child’s voice is at the centre of their  Learning Story, by sharing their stories with them and recording their reactions. 

Greg Bottrill

Story Dreaming 

Greg will be share a range of ideas that can turn up the dial of imagination, nonsense and 'story dreaming' to early childhood. Introducing the Cheese Rabbit. Binjamin, Super Codes and the Cheese and Jam song, Greg takes us on a joyous journey into the delights of the Imagined World and its magic with all their impact on language, creativity and connection. 

Greg Bottrill

Play Plots 

Using his concept of 'Play Plots', Greg will explore how four simple graphics can open up a world of possibilities for both children and the adults around, those that understand play and those who need more confidence. Play Plots act as a powerful way to see childhood, a lens through which to look that can empower children and adults alike to truly value their choices and creativity.  

Alice Sharp

Cognition and Meta Skills for Play 

This workshop explores the power of purposeful play as the foundation for learning in the early years. Participants will examine how play supports language, physical, social, emotional and cognitive development, and gain a deeper understanding of how children build knowledge through experience and exploration. We will also explore the concept of meta skills, including self-management, social intelligence and innovation, and discuss practical ways to intentionally nurture these higher order skills so children become adaptable, resilient and confident learners.

Alice Sharp

Cosmic Connections: Experimentation & Discovery for 3-6 year olds 

This workshop invites participants to step into a child’s world, where everything is new and full of possibility. Through interactive demonstrations, educators will explore how early experimentation supports the development of physical skills such as balance and coordination, social skills including collaboration and empathy, and language skills such as questioning and expressive communication. Participants will also discover how simple provocations, cause and effect experiences, and open ended materials can create rich opportunities for children to explore, experiment and connect with others