10 Reasons to Choose Quality Early Learning and Child Care

Expert knowledge Early childhood educators are experts in child development and are trained to create inspiring learning environments!

Intentionality Early childhood educators provide your child the gift of time and attention. They will stop and explore the new flowers or jump in the mud puddles with your child.

Young at heart Early childhood educators know how to have fun! They’re not afraid to be silly and laugh with your child; all while nurturing your child’s creativity and helping to build their self-confidence.

Setting limits Every child needs reasonable boundaries, such as no playing ball inside. Early childhood educators set limits and support families in doing the same.

Love of literacy Early childhood educators read and tell stories, sing songs, and do puppet shows to inspire a love of language and to build early literacy skills.

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Confidence boost Early childhood educators provide safe opportunities for your child to be independent and to become confident in their personality and decision making skills.

Inspired learning Early childhood educators ask open-ended questions to inspire creative thought and curiosity, to encourage children to explore, and to make learning fun.

Life skills Early childhood educators use their expertise to develop programs that use play as a tool for teaching math, literacy, science and essential life skills that last for life!

Making friends Early childhood educators are educated to appropriately support children to gain social skills, which are so important in making friends and developing positive relationships!

Helping hand Everyone gets stumped by parenting from time to time - juggling schedules, demands, and behaviours. When it gets tough and you need someone to talk to, reach out to your child’s early childhood educator!

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Provocations and Invitations; What Is Our Role As An Educator? with Kathleen Couture

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What is our role as an educator in a play-based curriculum? As we set up our classrooms, what materials should we be using to engage children in play, curiosity and exploration? How do we set up meaningful experiences that will allow children’s learning to reach new levels?

This workshop focuses on exploring provocations, their meaning, their purpose and the simplicity of the "how to". We will...

Discuss what the difference is between provocations and invitations, their set up, their meaning, and the possible natural outcomes that can be derived from such experiences.
Introduce the concept of how to tie the provocations to the five developmental domains of learning to use in our documentation.
Explore loose parts and how to use them in every area of your classroom and as well as how loose parts plays a huge role in the success of children’s learning.
Be able to see the direct correlation between provocations with emergent curriculum, inquiry-based teaching and scaffolding.
Discuss how provocations and invitations can be used for documentation, parent boards, children’s developmental assessments and program planning.

There will be time for hands-on experiences in exploring and creating provocations using simple readily available materials.

Facilitator Bio for Kathleen Couture:

I am an Early Childhood Educator, Director and Mentor for over 30 years. I have my Bachelor of Child Studies from Mount Saint Vincent University. I have worked across Canada and in the USA and have a vast knowledge of Early Childhood Education setting and classroom management. I have also been a foster parent of children dealing with trauma for over 9 years. Working with children who have experienced trauma and children with extreme behaviours is a passion of mine for many years. I come to you with knowledge, training and firsthand experience.

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