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Miriam Beloglovsky
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Miriam Beloglovsky (born March 11, 1958) is a professor of early childhood education, public speaker, coach, and co-author of the Loose Parts Inspiring Play award-winning books series.. Beloglovsky is a play advocate, founder and CEO of Playful Transformation, a company dedicated to advocating for the right to play and find joy in life. The Playful Transformation Framework weaves together play, collaboration, public policy, education, critical reflection, inquiry, creativity, and innovation to enhance play opportunities for young children and educators. Personal life Miriam Beloglovsky was born in Jalisco, Mexico, in 1958. At the age of 20, she moved to the United States to carried out her professional studies. She has a Master’s in Education and a Master’s in Child and Family Therapy from California State University, Northridge. Also, she has a Master’s Degree in Marriage, Child and Family Therapy from the Phillis Graduate Institute. Before embarking on her journey as an early childhood educator and play advocate, Miriam was a newscaster, weather reporter, and media executive in California. Miriam Beloglovsky is mother of 2 daughters and currently lives in California where she is professor of Early Childhood Education at Cosumnes River College. Beloglovsky is, as well, CEO at Playful Transformation, a position that has led her to carry out conferences, courses and workshops about the methodology of play with “Loose Parts”, intending to share the concept of Loose Parts to create a pedagogy based on democracy, liberation, and equit Loose Parts: Inspiring Play Loose Parts belongs to a series of books written by Miriam Belogovsky in collaboration with Lisa Daly. Loose Parts are ordinary objects and materials that children use in play. Loose parts promote children's learning and development from infancy. Since the first book was published, there has been an international interest in the implementation of Loose Parts into early childhood environments. This interest has shifted the discourse about early childhood education and refocused it on the importance of play as a vehicle for learning and as a catalyst for equity. The original concept of Loose Parts emerged from the writing of architect Simon Nicholson. Publications # Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children (2014) # Early Learning Theories Made Visible (2014) # Loose Part 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers (2016) # Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments (2018) # Loose Parts 4: Inspiring 21st Century Learning (2019) # Design in Mind: A Framework for Sparking Ideas, Collaboration, and Innovation in Early Education (2021) Awards * 2015: Winner of the Tilliwig Toy and Media Award Brain Child Award, Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children * 2015: Winner of Tilliwig Parent Favorite Products, Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments * 2016: Foreword Indies Best Published Educational Book Award, Bronze Medal Winner Loose Part 2: Inspiring Play with Infants and Toddlers * 2017: Winner of the Teacher’s Choice Award by Learning Magazine, Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children * 2019: Winner of the Tilliwig Toy and Media Award Brain Child Award, Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments * 2018: Finalist of the Foreword Indies Best Published Educational Book Award, Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments * 2019: Finalist Midwest Book Award, Loose Parts 3: Inspiring Culturally Sustainable Environments. Playful Transformation Founded by Miriam Beloglovsky in 2021, Playful Transformation is a company that promotes play as the core of learning. Her methodology seeks to promote play ecosystems for children and adults, students and educators as an integral part of human training and transformation. Playful Transformation Framework The Playful Transformation Framework transforms early childhood ecosystems into equitable, resilient, and liberating environments. It strives to ensure that the concept of Loose Parts play and playfulness is not rooted in a Western-centric perspective based on a social construct of privilege. Play is afforded to a limited population (demographic) of children, families, and families and communities. The Playful Transformation Framework acknowledges how various play perspectives (including Loose Parts) have shaped and influenced our conversation about access, opportunity, social justice, and equity for all young children, adults and communities. 
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