The document provides instructions for participants attending a webinar on supporting the development of make believe play. It includes a checklist for participants to complete as they go through introductory slides, such as ensuring their audio is working and familiarizing themselves with interaction icons. It informs participants that the chat room will be used by the presenter and moderator during the webinar and for a post-evaluation. Participants are asked to think about how they played as a child and type answers to questions about their favorite game, why they liked it, who they played with, and how it made them feel into the chat box.

1. Welcome to the Supporting the
Development of Make Believe Play
webinar presented
by Patricia Chamberlain, Erikson Institute
Please advance the welcome slides by using the arrows above
and complete the checklist as you proceed. When you
approach Slide 3, please review the questions and type the
answers into the chat room, for discussion, when we begin.
Once the webinar begins and throughout, the chat room will
be utilized by the presenter and moderator only, until the end
of the webinar for the final interactive slide and Q&A session.

2.  To ensure your audio is working properly, please go to the top of the Toolbar,
click Audio, then Audio Setup Wizard and follow the prompts. You will hear
silence until we begin.
 Please familiarize yourself with the icons in the participant window as these
will be used as part of the interaction. In particular the “A, B, C, D Multiple
Choice”. Also note where the chat room is located.
 A link for an evaluation will be immediately posted to the chat room at the
conclusion of the presentation for you to complete. Please take a few
moments to complete. Further directions will be provided at the end of the
training on how to receive your certificate.
 Don’t forget to tell a friend or colleague about Early Childhood’s online
trainings and workshops we offer. Visit our website at
www.thecenterweb.org/ec. Visit us on Irc Early Childhood and
IRCEarlyChildhood@IRCEC
This online training is sponsored by the Illinois State Board of Education, and coordinated by the Illinois
Resource Center: Early Childhood Professional Development in Collaboration with StarNet Region V

3. Think about how you played as
a child. Type your answers to the
following questions in the chat box
 What was your favorite game when you were
a child? NOTE: Try to combine all
answers into one single
 Why did you like it? response, rather than separate.
(i.e. I played hopscotch because I
 Who did you play with? could play alone or with friends
and it made me laugh.)
 How did you feel?