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Welcome to the IPA USA 2024 Conference, The Right to Play, RIGHT NOW! To ensure ease in registration, here are a few tricks.

Once you have purchased your ticket for the conference, you will be directed to a Registration Form. This form is not just a document; it’s a key part of our planning process, and your participation is highly valued. Please complete it to help us track attendees for each of the special events.

If you wish to enhance your conference experience by adding a T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration, you can do so by visiting this page: https://ipausa2024right2playnow.sched.com/?iframe=no

To add the T-shirt or the Saturday Evening Celebration to your registration, click on the ’Reserve Tickets’ button and select the option/s you want to add on.

If you want to attend the Pre-Conference, please follow the link below to register.

PreConference Session – Wednesday, September 25 – 9:30-2:30 pm
Connecting Children with Nature: A Practical Workshop for Educators
Follow this link to register for the preconference——https://events.humanitix.com/connecting-children-workshop

Looking forward to seeing you in Greenville, SC

Deb, President, IPA USA



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Nature is Full of Surprises: Emergent Curriculum Embraces Curiosity and Promotes Joyful Learning
Friday September 27, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Children's Museum Rm Be Anything Place -- LOWER LEVEL
As all things in nature move in a cyclical process, so does PLAY. The “life cycle” of play has several key components that provide children the opportunity to explore and investigate topics of interest in meaningful ways and to co-create the learning experience. Happening upon a Cicada emerging from its shell while on a nature walk, kindergarteners embarked upon a multidisciplinary study of these fascinating insects through a variety of play-based activities structured around creating larger-than-life collaborative projects to showcase their lush engagement across multiple domains of learning.
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Cornelia McKeehan

Kindergarten Teacher, Vanderbilt University: The Acorn School/Kindergarten
Master Degree in Educational Psychology, University of Colorado, Denver. Teacher in play based preschool and kindergarten in Denver, Colorado for 12 years. Currently serve as lead teacher for Owls Kindergarten Program at Vanderbilt University. We follow a Reggio inspired emergent... Read More →
Friday September 27, 2024 4:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
Children's Museum Rm Be Anything Place -- LOWER LEVEL
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