Episode 5: Intentional Play-Based Learning with Infants and Toddlers

Let’s Talk Pedagogy · Apr 30, 2026 · 12m

When infants and toddlers feel safe, they play, and when they play, they learn.

In this episode, we explore what intentional play-based learning looks like alongside children from birth to three years, and how deeply it is woven into relationships, care and everyday moments.

For infants and toddlers, play doesn’t begin with learning experiences or resources. Rather, it begins with emotional safety. Learning at this age is profoundly embodied, sensory and relational. Care, play and learning are not separate; they are deeply intertwined.

We reframe intentional teaching as being less about…