workshops

BCTF Full Day K workshop facilitator

Building Blocks for a Full Day Kindergarten
a quick overview
• Waldorf, Montessori and Reggio Emilia elements
• art of the masters for K
• outdoor play/learning

Looking at Full Day Kindergarten
• why play
• types of play
• putting it into classroom practice
• classroom environment
• building a rhythm of the day, week, year

Building a Purposeful Play Based Kindergarten
• teaching with intention
• learning through play
• building the day around play
• flow of the day

Learning Through Play
above workshop condensed to half a day

Let's Go Outside 
• why should we go outside - body, mind and spirit
• rough and tumble play
• outdoor play and learning for the non-outdoorsy

Making Meaning: Learning Through Loose Parts
• loose parts
• sensory bins
• symbolic play
• creativity and problem solving