Beautiful Oopsies: Exploring the Creativity of Open Ended, Process Oriented Art Experiences Ready to explore your creative side? Ready to help the children explore their creative side? Creativity and creative expression are different for everyone, so it’s important to provide a variety of creative outlets for children to express their own personal creativity. Providing open […]
Ooey Gooey Messy Fun! Designing Sensational Sensory Stations Learning through the senses is exactly what children need to explore the world around them. So, let’s respond to these needs and get messy with Ooey gooey sensory stations! This workshop will give participants hands on opportunities to explore a variety of sensory stations for all ages […]
Laughter and Learning with ABCs! Planning Exciting & Engaging Language and Literacy Activities Do you sing the ABC Rock and Roll song? Have you read the story, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Boom? Do you have natural letter blocks? These are great tools for children for learning language and literacy skills and there’s way more out […]
Caring Connections ~ Interactions that Matter The comfort of an encouraging smile. The caring reassurance after a fight with a friend. The excitement of co-celebration as they discovery a new skill. How we interact with children has a huge impact on children's growth and development, not only their social emotional development, but also in their […]
We All Belong ~ Inclusion Practices in the Early Years We live in a world that is wonderfully diverse - not only culturally but also in our unique abilities. Some of us can sing while others can solve Sudoku in a couple minutes. Children all learn at their own rate and in their own way. […]
Wonderful World of STEM: Exploration and Discovery Through STEM, STEAM & STREAM STEM - Science, Technology, engineering and Math; STEAM - Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math; STREAM - Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Arts and Math. No matter which acronym you use, STEM activities are bound to be a hit with children as they encourage problem solving, […]
From Crying to Smiling: Understanding Challenging Behaviors Ever wonder WHY some children react in ways we just don't understand? The screaming, biting and hitting came from no where! When a seemingly small situation throws them right into a major meltdown. Feeling like you're at a standstill of what to do next? Well, then this webinar […]
The Daily Struggle: Facilitating Conflict Resolution 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, to facilitate how to resolve conflicts constructively so that our children […]
For the Love of Language ~ Creating Joy Through Language and Literacy It is one of the best moments we can experience with children ~ sitting down with them or laying under the shade of a tree and reading a book together! How often do we actually do this with children though? Language and literacy […]
Adventure of Play ~ Exploring Risky Play Taking risk is a necessary part of play. It's part of how children assess what they can do, what challenges them and what to leave until a later date to try. However, many of us face obstacles, barriers and reluctance to accept this into children's play. Join me […]
