Shows
Create2learn - The Play Podcast94 - Voices for Nature series No 4- Eco-sensory therapy.Chris West, fellow Occupational Therapist and co-founder of Eco Sensory Therapy in the UK, discusses the power of nature as co-therapist. Www.createcatt.com
2024-12-1911 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast93-Voices for Nature series No 3-Nature Connection in the PhilippinesDr Francis Dimalanta, Developmental Paediatrician in the Philippines discusses the importance of Nature Connection for children.
2024-10-2911 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast92-Voices for Nature series No 2 - Nature and Ground Up InitiativeBingyu Cai from Ground Up Initiative (GUI) Singapore shares why engaging with nature and getting hands in the soil is so important for urban children developing important connections and skills for life.
2024-10-2111 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast91-Voices for Nature series No 1- Nature in schoolsCatching up with Rachel Tomlinson Head Teacher at Barrowford Primary School, Lancashire, about building a love of learning and nature. The first of our Voices for Nature series. Www.createcatt.com www.barrowford.lancs.sch.uk
2024-09-1610 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast90 - The Caroline’s reconnect on nature, nurture and sensory playThe Caroline’s reconnect and review the important role of play for nature connection, nurture and sensory development. 8 years on from their first podcast in rural India tune in to hear where they have been and what’s next. Www.CreateCATT.com
2024-08-0112 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast89 - Why Play Matters -Introducing our new bookInterview with author and CEO of CreateCATT, Caroline Essame, on the inspiration for her new book -Why Play Matters 101 Activities for Developmental Play to Support Young Children out now with Routledge Publishing . Www.developmental-play.com
2023-09-2511 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast88 - Right to Play - story of their global outreachAli Khayam from Pakistan shares the work of “Right to Play” with examples from across the world focusing on how they support children’s social and emotional well-being through play. Www.righttoplay.com, www.developmental-play.com
2023-06-2509 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast87 - Self Care Matters -Engaging head, heart and handsCaroline Essame from CreateCATT chats with Deborah Thurley, positive psychology and mindfulness practitioner, about how creativity and play combines with mindful practices for positive self care as we emerge from the pandemic. www.CreateCATT.com
2021-06-2815 min
Still Here Still HealingEpisode 8: SJ OkemowIn this episode, I speak with SJ Okemow. She is a Cree medical illustrator and PhD student based in Toronto. Her work is focused on cellular animations that enable us to learn about our bodies, and thus our connection to the world around us. In this episode we chat about her career, her studies, a bit about medical racism, some of the projects she has worked on, as well as her connection to culture.
This episode was created in partnership with Create to Learn, a TakingITGlobal Program. www.createtolearn.ca @create2learn
2021-04-0936 minStill Here Still HealingEpisode 7: Casey Desjarlais & Dakota BearJoin me on this conversation with Warrior Entrepreneurs Casey & Dakota. We talk about their Create to Learn Series, their business Decolonial Clothing Co., Indigenous parenting & intergenerational trauma, as well as activism and resistance to colonialism.
Websites:
www.dakotabear.ca/justiceforindig
www.defund.ca
www.tinyhousewarriors.com
Decolonize your feed:
@decolonialclothingco
@casey.desjarlais
@dakotabearofficial
@braidedwarriors
@pam_palmater
@tinyhousewarriors
@kanahus.tattoos
@wetsuweten_checkpoint
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2021-03-1950 minStill Here Still HealingEpisode 6: Hal CameronIn this episode I speak with Hal Cameron. We talk about his video series for the Create to Learn program, his sources of inspiration for his artwork, and his journey as a Cree language learner. We also discuss the topic of Indigenous languages being taught in Western education systems.
Find Hal and check out his artwork on instagram @creeativeartwork
This episode was produced in partnership with Create to Learn, a TakingITGlobal program.
@create2learn
www.createtolearn.ca
2021-03-0549 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast86 - The answer is in the trees - The Importance of being in nature for wellbeing and resilienceCaroline Essame CEO of CreateCATT and Dr Andrew Duffy discuss the importance of engaging with nature post COVId and how the natural world can support our social, emotional, cognitive and physical wellbeing in these unprecedented days. #theanswerisinthetrees #playmatters www.developmental-play.com
2020-10-0411 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast85 - Movement matters in lockdown -Create2learn - The Play PodcastSue Allen discusses the importance of movement and understanding the sensory systems in child development as during lockdown the neurobiology of children has been changing. In this chat with CreateCATT director Caroline Essame they explore ideas on how to mitigate some of the developmental challenges resulting from the pandemic. #playmatters #movementmatters www.developmental-play.com
2020-08-2417 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast84 - Keepers of the brain -play and physiotherapy in neonatal careTamlyn Tan, physiotherapist and pioneer Play practitioner in Neonatal care shares her work and passion for supporting holistic development with premature infants. In conversation with Caroline Essame www.developmental-play.com
2019-12-1412 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast83 - Humanitarian Play Labs -play to learn play to healSyeda Sazia Zaman shares her work with BRAC developing play labs for children across the globe -play for learning and play for healing and their work with the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh www.bracied.com www.createcatt.com
2019-12-0617 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast82 - The body and play, understanding dyspraxiaMaude Le Roux explains what dyspraxia is and how children learn about their bodies through play. An expert Occupational Therapist do check out her online resources at www.maudeleroux.com. In conversation here with Caroline Essame www.createcatt.com for Create2learn podcasts.
2019-11-2812 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast81 - Doctors for PlayDr Francis Dimalanta, Developmental Pediatrician in the Philippines shares his passion for Play and why he believes it is what we should be prescribing for the well-being of our children. #playmatters #createcatt #playmanila2019
2019-08-1510 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast080 - The Right to PlayLive interview from 1st International Developmental Play Conference in Manila with Dr Pablo Stansbery, Regional Advisor for UNICEF Early Childhood Development in East Asia and Pacific Regional Office about a child’s right to play and how play needs to start from birth. Check out the free resources on the “internetofgoodthings” to support children to learn through play and visit www.developmental-play.com/conferences to find out more details of regional resources in play from UNICEF. Www. CreateCATT.com #playmatters
2019-04-2710 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast079 - Play early for a brighter futureInterview with Monaliza Guce from KTLC about the importance of early intervention and play for exceptional children in the Philippines #playmatters www.developmental-play.com
2019-03-2114 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast078 - Professor of Play and play researchProfessor Paul Ramchandani shares his work at PEDAL (Play Education Development and Learning) at the University of Cambridge and how research in play is developing our understanding of how and why play works and matters. In conversation with Caroline Essame from www.createcatt.com
2019-02-2708 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast077 - Six Bricks playing to learnBrent Hutcheson and Linda Smith from Care for Education, South Africa, talk about the power of manipulatives and how playing with Six bricks can transform learning. An interview with Caroline Essame from www.createcatt.com
2019-02-2710 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast076 - Puppets and playfulness -the Sesame workshop initiativesDr Rosemarie Truglio talks about how the Sesame Street puppets encourage playfulness and social impact across the world particularly in relation to parenting skills and upcoming work in refugee camps in collaboration with The LEGO foundation and BRAC. Www.sesameworkshop.org. An interview with Caroline Essame from CreateCATT at the Pan Africa Play Conference live in Pretoria ... so we apologise for the early background noise!
2019-02-2611 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast075- More Green less ScreenProfessor Louise Zimanyi talks to Caroline Essame about the importance of nature in education and how linking nature play in early childhood education supports sustainable development goals. More information on her Green Blue Spaces:Where Play and Learning are Natural available at www.playfutures.net and play in nature is part of The Developmental Play Foundations course at www.developmental-play.com/academy.
2019-02-2619 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast074 - Bringing museums to life.Dr Helen Charman talks about the power of museums to inspire creativity, learning and celebration and explains the concept of design thinking. Meeting at the Pan Africa Play Conference in Pretoria with CreateCATT
2019-02-2614 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast073 - Research in play in the PhilippinesArvie Andal and fellow trainees in Developmental play in the Philippines share how the Developmental Play approach is changing their practice with children at risk and how they are measuring impact. Www.developmental-play.com
2019-02-2109 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast072 - Play in a natural disasterDeepti Special School partners with CreateCATT in rural Kerala during the floods to reach out to children in the local community to bring joy through playfulness.
2018-08-1706 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast071 - Free play and performance -for understanding childrenCreateCATT interviews Developmental play trainees at Deepti Special school in rural Kerala, India , about how free play and giving children the chance to sing, dance and perform show us how much children can do. Www.developmental-play.com
2018-08-1506 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast070 - Essential PlayPlay is essential -Caroline Clay leads a discussion with Caroline Essame and Professor Sue Jennings at the Bristol Summer School, UK.
2018-07-2809 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast069 - Filipino playfulness in therapy and educationInterview with Monaliza Guce from Kaleidoscope Therapy and Learning Centre in the Philippines about the partnership with Developmental Play and CreateCATT to bring play to ALL children, particularly exceptional children in the Philippines and beyond.
2018-05-0312 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast068 - Schools that we needPasi Sahlberg , Professor of Education Policy, originally from Finland talks about how we need schools with equity, play and transformational Teachers. Recorded at #LEGO ideas2018.www.createcatt.com
2018-04-1011 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast067 - Creativity - the key to a balanced educationLord Jim Knight, Labour Peer from the UK talks about the importance of creativity in education. Sharing his own journey from theatre into politics and education he highlights how creativity is imperative for balance in education and highlights examples of exciting Creative practice in education across the globe.
2018-03-2720 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast066 - Smartmove -integrating body and dreamsInterview with Brinda Jacob Dancer and expressive arts therapist in Bangalore, India. She talks about working with the body and soul together for transformation, healing and growth.
2018-01-3114 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast065 - Nurturing care, an exciting new initiative from WHODr Bernadette Daelmans from WHO shares why love and play matter for wiring the brain so children don’t just survive but thrive and can go on to transform the world we live in. The care for child development intervention can support everyone who works with children and more information can be found on www.who.int
2017-12-1012 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast064 - Creating a world of difference for children -IDPAC in MumbaiInterview with Dr Roopa Srinivasan from Ummeed Child Development Centre in Mumbai about the great gathering of like minded people determined to make a world of difference in the lives of today’s and indeed tomorrow’s children, particularly those at risk. #worldofdifference # Developmental Play
2017-12-1013 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast063 - Developmental Play -A model for everyoneReddy Venkatesh talks with Caroline Essame about what developmental play is and how understanding the developmental play pyramid can support learning and wellbeing in adults and children alike.
2017-10-2815 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast062 - Developmental Play in rural India Part 2Trainees from Developmental Play level 2 and 3 share their experiences of playwork at Deepti Special school in rural India www.developmental-play.com
2017-10-2705 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast061 - Developmental Play training in rural India Part 1Trainees from Developmental Play level 2 and 3 share their experiences of playwork at Deepti Special school in rural India www.developmental-play.com
2017-10-2706 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast060. Developing play across IndiaThe Caroline's give an update on training in developmental play at Deepti Special School in rural Kerala - we apologise for the crackles on our recording ;)
2017-10-2508 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast059. Storybags for storytellingIllustrator Barnaby Duffy shares how his pictures can help in the creation of imaginative storytelling.
2017-08-2508 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast058. Playfutures -an international communityCharlotte Wieder introduces Playfutures a Lego Foundation initiative promoting learning through play for global impact. Www.playfutures.net
2017-07-1007 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast057. Ways of seeing from Reggio EmiliaMarianne Valentine shares the Reggio Emilia approach from Italy and how it helps us understand and appreciate how children create and learn.
2017-07-0916 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast056. Out of Africa -play and learningRebecca Ngaywa shares her passion and experience of play based learning in Kenya and shares how her journey has led her to set up her own pre-school-Embu. #createcatt.
2017-07-0912 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast055. Play in education, development and learningDr David Whitebread talks about the PEDAL centre at the University of Cambridge and how their work and networks are promoting and proving the importance of play in childhood.
2017-06-2112 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast054. Developmental play spreads to MalaysiaShanthini Venugopal shares about her theatre company The Jumping JellyBeans and how attending the developmental play course inspires practice and a desire to take it out across Malaysia.
2017-06-1711 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast053. Developmental Play Applied level twoExploring the level two Developmental Play course and seeing how to apply play in therapy, education and IT. Interview with Rachel Yang and Reddy Venkatesh.
2017-06-0408 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast052. Create,Play,LoveCaroline Clay talks about working with trauma and attachment issues in teens and how Creative felt making can help.
2017-05-3008 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast051. Explaining Neuro-Dramatic Play (NDP)Professor Sue Jennings explains her early childhood play Paradigm NDP.
2017-05-0712 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast050. Mess and Monsters workshopCaroline Essame and Prof Sue Jennings discuss their Creative Art Therapy workshop on exploring the shadow through metaphor, ritual and meaning making and why it is important for health and wellbeing.
2017-05-0606 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast049. Jungle playfulnessProfessor Sue Jennings shares her lifetime of work with the Orang Alsi in Malaysia and how her jungle experiences have shaped her understanding of playfulness and human relationships.
2017-05-0517 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast048. Language and playCreate2learn discusses the language of play with Filipino speech therapist Liza Baccay and how play is the foundation of learning and using language.
2017-03-1414 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast047. Sensory play and autism training-participants feed back.Participants from a course at Deepti special school in rural India share how understanding developmental play and sensory processing has, and will, impact on their practice in the special needs field.
2017-01-2507 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast046. Creative approaches to training through TranslatorsTwo CreateCATT Trainers discuss how Creative and multisensory tools can help enhance learning when working through Translators when training adults in the special needs field in rural India.
2017-01-2505 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast045. BritIndia Creative partnershipsArtist Ketna Patel discussing her creative journey and the role of the arts in keeping and creating cross-cultural stories and heritage. www.ketnapatel.com, www.createcatt.com
2016-12-1010 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast044. Building bridges through creativityHi Ching International Artistic Director shares how creativity and technology can build global bridges across Asia and UK. www.aaaha.co.uk, www.createcatt.com.
2016-12-1008 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast043. Healing hurts - a Cambodia storyCarrie Herbert, arts psychotherapist based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia talks about how the arts and music helps in healing, well-being and restoration. Live from Singapore www.createcatt.com. www.facebook.com/songkites. www.facebook.com/ragamuffininternational.
2016-11-1611 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast042. Why the arts and play matterThe Caroline's live from India discuss "Fighting the Dragon, Finding the Self.." Caroline Essame's new book on why arts and play are so important in child development and how the book is supporting child's play across the Asian region. Available at www.createcatt.com
2016-10-2908 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast041. Mess to form - Developmental Play in IndiaThe Caroline's broadcast live from a play training in Adoor, rural Kerala where participants explore how children develop and grow from water play to creating meaning and narrative.
2016-10-2607 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast040. Creative Social Entrepreneurs in IndiaCaroline Essame, Caroline Molloy Clay and Dr Susan Mathew at Deepti Special School discuss creativity and social enterprise.
2016-10-2407 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast039. Hidden benefits of the artsNandhini Wijayaratnam, clinical psychotherapist, explores how children learn through the traditional arts in Sri Lanka.
2016-10-1908 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast038. Art Development for people with intellectual disabilitiesInterview with Miss Ruby Lou in Macau about the important role of the arts for people with intellectual disabilities and her work promoting creativity in this field.
2016-10-1806 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast037. Promoting children's open ended creativityInterview with Anna Salaman, Executive Director of Playeum, Children's Centre for Creativity in Singapore about how to encourage children's play.
2016-09-2112 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast036. Children's creativity through dramaInterview with Peter Hodgson, Director of Centre Stage School of the Arts in Singapore about the Creative process of drama and how it benefits children.
2016-09-1507 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast035. Autism and creating positive relationshipsInterview with Suvi Pitkola, Occupational and Music Therapist on her work with children on the autism spectrum disorder and the importance of positive relationships.
2016-09-0913 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast034. Arts with a MissionInterview with Red Pencil Art Therapists Laurence Vandenborre and Lama Majaj about humanitarian work through the arts
2016-08-2408 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast033. Masks transforming stories of homelessnessInterview at Edinburgh Fringe with Will Pinchin from Theatre Temoin about their innovative work in "The Marked" and how through mask making workshops they facilitate storytelling with homeless groups in the UK.
2016-08-0713 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast032. Acting and adapting to learnTheatre students Kate Lansdale, Annabel Redgate and Bethany Lewis discuss the Creative process at the Edinburgh Fringe and what they are learning.
2016-08-0610 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast031. Our writer from Edinburgh FringeInterview with Sam Essame, writer and director of a new play at the Edinburgh Fringe talks to Caroline Molloy Clay about creativity and Writers block.
2016-08-0605 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast030. Passionate about creatingChristian Dixon interviews cofounder of create2learn, Caroline Essame, about her work and passion and the power of creativity and the importance of child's play. Www.createcatt.com
2016-08-0109 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast029. Romanian Play and Drama TherapyOana Ion, course leader for the Play And Drama Therapy training in Romania discusses the associations pioneering work.
2016-07-2907 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast028. Play in the outdoorsAlison Chown UK play therapist talks about the importance of outdoor play and how stillness and healing can be found in nature and outdoor spaces.
2016-07-2913 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast027. The Voice of the childDrama therapist Penny McFarlene from the UK shares her passion for helping the child find their voice and how by working with metaphor and story this voice can be integrated into family work.
2016-07-2907 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast026. The arts of changeChristian Dixon, UK based drama therapist and Shakespearean actor, talks about the arts for change and transformation.
2016-07-2810 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast025. Autism artsInterview from Brasov, Romania, with Abigail Barragry who combines psychology and creativity in helping children with autism learn.
2016-07-2808 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast024. Creativity training in RomaniaIntroduction to Neuro-dramatic play in Romania featuring interviews with Christian Dixon, Abigail Barragry and Caroline Molloy Clay.
2016-07-2705 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast023. Kids are made to moveDr Deborah Morgan from USA talks about the importance of moving for learning and well being.
2016-06-2107 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast022. Born to play and learnLive from Singapore early childhood conference Caroline Essame and Prof Sue Jennings discuss the importance of play for learning .
2016-06-2104 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast021. Playing to learnInterview with Dr Sirene Lim in Singapore about the importance for play in early childhood learning.
2016-06-0107 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast020. Creating affirmation dollsInterview with "the art therapy gypsy" Krupa Jhaveri about storytelling and embodiment in doll making.
2016-05-1609 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast019. Artists, creativity and rural IndiaInterview with artist Ketna Patel on her creative journeying and her current project in Himachal Pradesh, India, using art for extracting and celebrating village narratives. www.shopartshop.com
2016-04-2714 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast018. Developmental play for health and educationThe two Caroline's catch up and discuss new developments for CreateCATT from HQ in Durham UK.
2016-04-2609 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast017. Creativity in higher educationDr Karen Quigley talks about teaching theatre at York University in the UK and the importance and power of the Creative process for developing transferable life skills and finding our voice.
2016-04-2614 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast016. Generation Y-creativity mattersInterview with UK university student Jo Willis about what creativity means for him and how it helps him study.
2016-04-2409 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast015. Attachment and child developmentInterview with Professor Sue Jennings on attachment and bonding in child development. What it is and why it matters.
2016-04-1615 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast014. Circles and their importanceCaroline Essame and Professor Sue Jennings explore why circles are so powerful and important for safety, culture and expression.
2016-04-1506 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast013. Why play mattersProfessor Sue Jennings talks about play and brain development and how to rediscover the joys of playful learning.
2016-04-1509 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast012. Moving to learn - understanding the senses with Sue AllenSue Allen occupational therapist and sensory integration specialist talks with Caroline Essame about how we learn through our senses.
2016-03-1511 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast011. Creating a safe spaceCaroline Essame interviews psychotherapist Anne Mathison on how to create a safe space so that people are able to learn and grow.
2016-03-0407 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast010. Playfulness and businessInterview with Dr Andrew Duffy about why playfulness is important for corporations and how it helps develop successful business.
2016-02-2607 min
2016-02-1501 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast009. Connecting creativity and the two Carolines.Hear the Caroline's stories and how to connect more with their work.
2016-01-3106 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast008. Connecting through art therapy in IndiaCaroline Essame interviews art therapist Krupa Jhaveri about her pioneering work at Auroville, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016-01-3007 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast007. Body and mind -creativity and mental healthCaroline Molloy and Caroline Essame discuss why creativity matters in mental health while in Tamil Nadu
2016-01-2907 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast006.Play, medicine and therapy -introducing Creative play in CMC Hospital, VelloreCaroline Essame and Caroline Molloy visit Christian Medical College (Vellore) with Dr Susan Mathew to share how Creative play can impact children in hospital for rehabilitation.
2016-01-2609 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast005. From one mothers story to many -an interview with the Founders of DeeptiAn interview with Dr Susan Mathew and Dr Mathew Vargheese founders of Deepti special school and rehabilitation centre in Rural India.
2016-01-2412 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast004. Setting up a Creative Arts Day - we share how.Hear how and why we are doing an arts day at Deepti special school in rural India.
2016-01-2206 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast003. DEEPTI Mothers Express Themselves Through art.Caroline interviews one of the mothers at the Deepti Centre and asks her about what it us like to have a disabled child, and what coming to to centre means to her. Together the mothers created an art work expressing their vision for the future of their children with their own hopes and dreams.
2016-01-2103 min
Create2learn - The Play Podcast002. create2learn live in IndiaThis broadcast introduces you to our 2016 Create Play Move and Learn project , live from Kerala, India at the Deepti Centre.Follow the 2 Carolines on spreaker, as we work with children with special needs across India.
2016-01-1704 min