I’m honored to introduce December’s guest speaker – Walter F. Drew, EdD. Dr. Drew is a nationally known early childhood consultant whose workshops feature hands-on creative play with open-ended reusable resources. As founder of the Reusable Resource Association and the Institute for Self Active Education, he has pioneered the development of Reusable Resource Centers as community-building initiatives to provide creative materials for early childhood programs. He is also the creator of Dr. Drew’s Discovery Blocks. I had the wonderful opportunity of meeting Dr. Drew this past summer at the NAEYC National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development here in MN. I was immediately drawn to the block tower on display at his booth. After having a delightful conversation about 3-dimensional play, it was decided that Dr. Drew would be a future guest speaker on the blog.

Dr. Drew’s blocks have received many honors. The pictures below demonstrate the many ways that children (or adults) could play and learn with them. The videos below demonstrate (adult) cooperative play and solo play. Click HERE to tune in to Dr. Drew’s exclusive message for the blog regarding exploratory play using three dimensional objects. Come back tomorrow for Dr. Drew’s BLOCK GIVEAWAY!