Online Resources
Practical tools for purposeful play.
Discover online courses, activity guides, and programs that help educators, home daycare providers, and parents support children’s learning through play. Explore each collection below for resource details and purchasing options.
Schema-Based Activity Guides
Turn children’s interests and repeated play patterns into meaningful learning opportunities. Explore ready-to-use activity guides connecting play schemas with literacy, STEAM, process art, and physical activity, along with seasonal collections to inspire your planning.
Online Courses
Learn at your own pace with recorded courses you can access anytime, fitting professional development around your schedule. Explore STEAM, play schemas, process art, and creating meaningful invitations and provocations, with practical ideas you can bring into your learning environment.
Learning at Home · Ages 1–5
Raising Bright Early Learners
Support your child’s learning at home with a play-based preschool program for ages one to five. Based on the Four Pillars of Learning, the program includes age-based activity plans, parent videos, and guidance to help you create a simple, purposeful learning routine using everyday materials.
A Free Resource from Susie
Schema Play Materials Guide
A free guide to loose parts, tools, and toys that support common play schemas—including connecting, transporting, positioning, and more.
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Listen. Reflect. Be inspired.
The ECE Classroom Podcast
Join Susie Beghin for conversations about early childhood education, with practical ideas and fresh perspectives for educators, home care providers, and parents.
Professional Development & Life-Long Learning in Early Childhood Education
Susie and guest Ana Valle Rivera explore lifelong learning, educator well-being, and ways to put professional learning into practice.
