Mud Play = The Perfect Screen Break – Lauren’s Learning Lab Featuring Rusty Keeler

In this episode of Lauren’s Learning Lab, mom, architect and teacher, Lauren Magee is joined by author, educator and natural playscape designer, Rusty Keeler. Together, they work to design and create the perfect outdoor space for Lauren’s three young children, ages 9, 7 and 3. Lauren’s children (and Lauren!) enjoy the outdoors and embrace mud and messy play as a way to break from screens, slow down and restore mentally. Watch to learn more about the benefits of unstructured, outdoor play.

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Lauren Magee

Lauren Magee is the design principal at LK Magee Architecture + Design. Her years of professional experience as an executive level architect, her role as an associate professor of architecture at Drexel University and Illinois Institute of Technology, her recent tenure as an elected school board member, her previous work as Guidecraft's director of environmental design, and her current work with students and teachers at all levels combine to enrich her inspired approach in the design of learning environments.

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