The 6th Annual Art of Play and Wonderment Conference:
Nurturing Compassion

May 31, 2025

324 W 15th Street, New York, NY

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

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The Art of Play and Wonderment is an early childhood education conference designed to provide a space for educators, administrators, students, professors, and researchers to gather and reflect upon, celebrate, and share what we bring — and wish to bring — to our early childhood classrooms, professional practice, and research. In particular, we examine how play, joy, inquiry, and wonderment impact and inspire meaningful teaching and learning.

The 6th annual conference, taking place Saturday, May 31 at Corlears School in partnership with Brooklyn College, will be centered on the theme Nurturing Compassion.

Programming is designed by Colleen Goddard, Ph.D., the Early Childhood Division Director at Corlears School and an adjunct professor in the Early Childhood department at Brooklyn College. On the programming side, we are also joined by Brooklyn College associate professor Dr. Xia Li, who presented last year on the topic of playful and developmentally appropriate math activities for children ages 2–5.

We hope to share information about our keynote in January, with a schedule of workshops to follow sometime in March. Until then, view last year's schedule to get an idea of the learning opportunities you can expect.

For those interested in presenting a workshop at this year's conference on the theme of Nurturing Compassion, proposals are accepted through this form.

Have questions? Get in touch with the team anytime at wonderment@corlearsschool.org.