Inspiring Early Childhood Environments Creating a space that promotes curiosity, exploration, discovery and play is not a simple task. Trends change over time...so what's the latest and greatest in creating an environment that truly does captures the image of the child and children's play? It's a setting that focuses on the child, creates a natural […]
Creating Provocations to Play 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 we do that promote play? Rooted in the emergent curriculum approach, setting up provocations […]
Cultivating Creative Hearts & Minds: Open-Ended Art Experiences for Young Children Creativity is intelligence having fun! Alberta Einstein had it right with his quote on creativity. Children are natural artists, as all their masterpieces are a visual representation of how they see the world around them. Let us foster this self expression through open-ended creative […]
Ooey Gooey Messy Fun! Designing Sensational Sensory Experiences 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 play is a multi-model approach to learning […]
Creating Trauma-Informed Childcare Spaces: A New Perspective on Self-Regulation This free, 1-hour webinar will support early childhood educators in creating inclusive, trauma-informed child care spaces. In turn, this will promote increased self-regulation for the children they work with. We will explore the meanings of popular buzzwords such as "self-regulation" and "trauma". Participants will learn about […]