Webinar – Using Loose Parts to Encourage Creativity in ECE Programs
During this workshop we will focus on the importance of loose parts and how to use them in various ways to promote the creativity in young children and implement a child friendly curriculum. We will also reflect on the image of the child and the role of the educator. In addition, we will explore the importance of relationships with materials and how to promote inquiry and investigation in the classroom.
Living Inquiries:
- Well-being and Belonging
- Engagement with Others, Materials, and the World
- Communication and Literacies
Pathways:
- Joy in relationships with people, place, materials and ideas
- Language and Communication
- Individual differences
- Interests and inquiries
- Multiple modes of communication
- Interrelationship of humans and their common worlds
Suitable for ECE students, intermediate and experienced early care and learning professionals working with children of all ages and abilities, from infants/toddlers to school age children.
Facilitator(s): Pooja Kalsi
Pooja has a Master’s degree in early childhood education from State university of New York. She has 26 years of experience in the Early childhood field as a teacher, facilitator, supervisor, director and instructor. She is very passionate about finding ways to promote children’s creativity. She currently teaches at Langara College in the ECE department. She is a mother of two children and believes that she continues to learn from the world around her.
Register here: Webinar – Using Loose Parts to Encourage Creativity in ECE Programs :: Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre (wstcoast.org)
- Capacity: Spaces Available
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