This professional learning opportunity offers a day of play that promotes literacy and language acquisition across content areas. There will be three pathways to explore: Mindful, Identity-based Curriculum that Meets the Social and Emotional Needs of Children • Design, Invent, and Experiment: Multimodal Literacies across the Disciplines • Storytelling: Building on the Cultural Resources of Children This PD will provide time for educators to engage in learning experiences that they can take back to their own classrooms. All of the learning experiences are focused on bringing the PLAY back into the classroom while simultaneously affording children time to master the TEKS.