Reflections of Playful Learning: Making Children’s Learning Visible with the Emergent Curriculum Approach (presented by Tina Geers)

Registration Available Wednesday, April 23 to Monday, May 19, 2025.

After a full day of play, everyone is exhausted! Oh, but what fun we had! What learning transpired! It was a success! Before we forget of all the adventures and discoveries, it’s time to reflect. Reflection is a main factor when enriching your emergent curriculum approach. Reflection has many facets, and looks different for each educator and each group of children. In this session, we will look at the many different ways to reflect on playful learning; on-the-spot, daily, weekly and monthly reflections that use a variety of forms of reflection and documentation. We will discuss three main reflective documentation formats with you in this session; reflective planning, documentation boards and learning stories. Discover the steps that work for you with reflection! It’s all about showcasing your personal reflections, team reflections and reflections with the children and their families that make this reflective process valuable. It’s time to capture the moments of play and joy in early childhood!
Objectives:
• Review and identify the importance of reflective practices
• Identify various ways to document reflection of children’s learning
• Identify the core elements of reflective practices using reflective planning, documentation boards and learning stories

Tina is the owner of Inspired Minds ECC and the president of a nonprofit play advocacy group, Alberta Early Childhood Play Connection Network (AECPCN), a member of the World Forum Working Group on Play, and a member of the International Play Association and CCCF. Join her as we discover the passion of Play!

This is a FREE workshop intended for all Home Child Care Providers working with children in Chatham-Kent early years settings.