Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
Executive functions like working memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility don’t emerge through compliance, they grow through safe relationships, movement, play, and repetition. In the early years, the brain’s “control center” is under construction, and every game of freeze dance, pretend play, turn-taking, and silly problem-solving is literally building the neural pathways for learning and self-regulation. This session will connect the brain science behind executive function growth with practical, joyful activities educators can use immediately, because for young children, play isn’t a break from learning… it’s how the brain actually learns!
Hi, I’m Layne Pethick, a Brain Nerd with a Passport, decoding why humans do what they do. Texas-based behavior and autism consultant, educator, and speaker with 30+ years’ experience. I translate neuroscience into practical, human-centered strategies for learning, behavior, and... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 9:00am - 10:15am CDT Worship Center
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
Executive functions like working memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility don’t emerge through compliance, they grow through safe relationships, movement, play, and repetition. In the early years, the brain’s “control center” is under construction, and every game of freeze dance, pretend play, turn-taking, and silly problem-solving is literally building the neural pathways for learning and self-regulation. This session will connect the brain science behind executive function growth with practical, joyful activities educators can use immediately, because for young children, play isn’t a break from learning… it’s how the brain actually learns!
Hi, I’m Layne Pethick, a Brain Nerd with a Passport, decoding why humans do what they do. Texas-based behavior and autism consultant, educator, and speaker with 30+ years’ experience. I translate neuroscience into practical, human-centered strategies for learning, behavior, and... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 10:45am - 12:00pm CDT Worship Center
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
This session concept is basically professional development meets playground neuroscience! You’ll jump into playful games, movement challenges, and simple activities designed to do what young brains need most: build executive function, regulation, attention, flexibility, and social problem-solving. Every game we play connects directly to the developing young brain, showing how play isn’t “extra,” it’s neurodevelopment in action. You’ll leave with a toolbox of easy, research-aligned recess activities that strengthen working memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, and learning readiness, because the truth is simple: you can’t grow a child’s brain through compliance and control…you grow it through play!!
Hi, I’m Layne Pethick, a Brain Nerd with a Passport, decoding why humans do what they do. Texas-based behavior and autism consultant, educator, and speaker with 30+ years’ experience. I translate neuroscience into practical, human-centered strategies for learning, behavior, and... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 1:30pm - 2:45pm CDT Worship Center
Limited Capacityfull Adding this to your schedule will put you on the waitlist.
This session concept is basically professional development meets playground neuroscience! You’ll jump into playful games, movement challenges, and simple activities designed to do what young brains need most: build executive function, regulation, attention, flexibility, and social problem-solving. Every game we play connects directly to the developing young brain, showing how play isn’t “extra,” it’s neurodevelopment in action. You’ll leave with a toolbox of easy, research-aligned recess activities that strengthen working memory, impulse control, emotional regulation, and learning readiness, because the truth is simple: you can’t grow a child’s brain through compliance and control…you grow it through play!!
Hi, I’m Layne Pethick, a Brain Nerd with a Passport, decoding why humans do what they do. Texas-based behavior and autism consultant, educator, and speaker with 30+ years’ experience. I translate neuroscience into practical, human-centered strategies for learning, behavior, and... Read More →
Thursday July 9, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT Worship Center
