Where the Wild Things Are! Providing Effective Active Supervision You turn for 30 seconds and BAM! The children are climbing the shelves, running over, around and under things, biting is now a sport and chaos has erupted in your play space! What happened?! How can you ensure children's safety when chaos is happening? As early […]
No Waiting! Get Them Shaking! Learning Effective Transition Strategies I can see it like it was just yesterday...the children are climbing over each other as we help them put on their snow pants, jackets and boots to get them ready to go outside. It's a nightmare come true! Wait! This was yesterday! The reality sets […]
IN-PERSON COMMUNITY WORKSHOP Ooey Gooey Messy Fun! Designing Sensational Sensory Experiences @Discoveryland Daycare, Edmonton West Sensory fun for everyone! Are you ready to explore with all your senses? Are you ready to get hands on and messy with some sensational sensory ideas? That's what we will explore in our workshop all about sensory play. Sensory […]
IN-PERSON COMMUNITY WORKSHOP The Daily Struggle: Facilitating Conflict Resolution with Young Children @St. Albert Day Care Society Conflict is something that we all experience on a daily basis. We all have our own perceptions and experiences and opinions, and with children...these opinions can get very vocal! It's up to us, the adults in their lives, […]
SATURDAY, IN-PERSON COMMUNITY WORKSHOP Inspiring Curiosity to Play: Creating Provocations and Invitations to Play @Granville Bambini, Edmonton West How do we create an environment that extends on children's natural curiosity and interests in the classroom? How can we introduce new ideas, based on our observations and our understanding of possibilities for children? What activities can […]
Welcome to our September Centre Stage Webinar! We are so excited to invite Sherry Duncan to share with us her amazing knowledge and experience about this amazing topic. Here is what she will share with us this evening: Where do I start with reconciliation in my early childhood space? If this is something that you […]
Lunch & Learn Mini Webinar: Image of the Child Welcome to our Lunch and Learn mini webinars! These are online community webinars that give you some effective strategies you can implement right away! Lunch and Learn webinars are only 30 minutes and are offered over the lunch hour of 12:30-1:00PM. Each month we will present a […]
Welcome to our Community Workshop PD Day! Exploring the Emergent Curriculum Approach We're bringing back our in-person community workshops! Our first community workshop will be a full-day event! When: Saturday, March 16, 2024 Time: 9:00AM - 3:30PM Investment: $135.00+GST Host Location: Tiny Hoppers Summerside, 2359 - 90b Street SW, Edmonton, AB Topic: Exploring the Emergent […]
Unlocking the Magic of Emergent Curriculum: An Introduction to the Emergent Curriculum Approach Step into the magical world of emergent planning – where children are the key! The way we plan play experiences for children is changing as we focus on the interests and abilities of the children as the core concept behind planning classroom […]
Approaches to Play: Exploring Play Schemas “Why do they keep throwing things?!”“I don’t know how to capture children’s interests… they’re just playing.”“They keep doing the same thing over and over!”“What do you mean spinning in circles is Play?!” If these questions sound familiar, you’re not alone. Many early childhood educators wonder about the behaviours they […]