2019年5月6日至7日，卡尔加里大学的沃尔克伦德教育学院在SSHRC Connection Grant，Calgary University副校长研究和Werklund教育学院的支持下，举行了戏剧和扫盲智囊团。Approximately 40 teachers, early childhood educators, facilitators in outdoor and indoor physical literacy and active lifestyle, and researchers gathered to listen to world-renowned scholars Bryan Kolb, PhD, Sebastian Suggate, PhD, and Magdalena Janus, PhD, speak about brain development (Kolb and Gibb 2011), the impact of play and fine motor skills on learning (Suggate, Stoeger and PUFKE 2017），以及EDI衡量的当前加拿大幼儿园准备措施（Guhn等，2016）。本文的启发来自该事件的讨论。Lorraine D Reggin是卡尔加里大学心理学系的博士生。Penny M Pexman是卡尔加里大学心理学系教授