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Play-Based STEAM Strategies with Adam Peterson

In this episode of the STEAMY Summer podcast, we sit down with Adam Peterson, an award-winning educator from Illinois and a nationally recognized speaker.
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In the first episode of Osmo Education’s STEAMY Summer podcast series, our guest is Adam Peterson. Adam is an award-winning educator from Illinois and a nationally recognized speaker. After spending more than a decade as a kindergarten teacher, Adam now uses his knowledge and talents to inspire, educate, and motivate other teachers to create classrooms and play-based steam strategies that encourage creativity, play, and hands-on learning. He is author of the recent book Teach, Play, Learn.

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Adam discusses the reasons why play is an important part of learning in the STEAM subject areas, shares some “non-obvious” opportunities to incorporate play-based learning, describes strategies used in kindergarten that are also useful for upper elementary grades, and more.

Tip: To close out the episode, Adam shares his number one “Tip” for teachers using Osmo learning tools to begin the next school year: letting students explore by creating a space in the classroom that is a dedicated “Osmo area” where kids can use the tools anytime.

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    Adam Peterson is an award-winning educator from Illinois and a nationally recognized speaker who spent more than a decade as a kindergarten teacher. He is the author of Teach, Play, Learn!, and works with teachers on play-based, hands-on classroom strategies, including play-based STEAM. He was a guest on Osmo Education's STEAMY Summer podcast series in 2021.

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