Weaving Threads of Learning & Play:
Children as Playful Citizens of the Planet
This conference brings together three educators who have a deep commitment to children's rights, agency, and global responsibility. Rooted in the principles of agency, democracy, playful learning and earthcare, their work invites us to reimagine young children not as passive recipients of adult knowledge, but as active, capable citizens of the planet - already contributing meaningfully to their communities and environments.
Through stories from practice, provocation, and dialogue, this conference explores how educators can create spaces where children's voices are heard, their questions are valued, and their actions can ripple outward to shape a more just, sustainable, and connected world. Together, we will examine how pedagogy, documentation, and relationship can be powerful tools for fostering playful citizenship, ecological awareness, and collective responsibility from the earliest years of education.
Join us for a weekend conference in Dubai on 4th & 5th October, 2025 that centres our collective thinking on the intelligence, courage, and creativity of young children - and challenges us to walk alongside them as co-citizens in the shared care of our world.