March Pop Up Play Workshop: Elevating Sensory Play: Designing Multidimensional and Immersive Sensory Play Experiences Inspired Minds ECC Pop-Up Play Workshops are in-person, intentionally designed professional-learning experiences offered four times a year in communities around Edmonton. These workshops are hands-on, interactive, and reflective, inviting educators to actively engage in play, explore materials, and participate in […]
No Waiting! Get Them Shaking! Exploring and Extending Engaging Transitions I can picture it as clearly as if it were happening right now—children wiggling, climbing, and weaving around one another as we navigate snow pants, jackets, and boots. The scene feels chaotic, overwhelming… and all too familiar. Transitions are hard. Whether it’s the legendary “clean-up […]
The Third Teacher: Creating Responsive Environments to Support Children’s Behaviours Children experience big feelings and have big actions to communicate these feelings with the people around them. It’s important that early childhood educators create an environment that is safe, physically, mentally, and emotionally, for children to learn about these emotions and discover ways to express […]
☕Introducing the ECE Play Café – The Professional Voice: Advocacy, Language & Identity in Early Childhood Take a 30-minute pause in your day to reconnect, reflect, and spark new ideas in your practice. Join us 12:30–1:00 PM (MST) on the second Tuesday of each month for bite-sized sessions designed to fuel your passion for play […]
Playful Planning: Exploring the Planning Process with the Emergent Curriculum Approach Playful learning experiences promote a sense of curiosity, exploration, and confidence, which are what we all strive to achieve when we plan for our early childhood environment and our children’s experiences. One of the most popular and best approaches to achieve this is the […]