This 6-part series will offer your team an introduction to Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years, How Does Learning Happen?, as well as its accompanying document Think, Feel, Act.

Each session is designed to be one 1.5 hours in length and it is meant to be highly interactive.

The proposed objectives for each of the sessions will be as follows. Be mindful that, even though we have a plan for the sessions, there is flexibility on how the ideas are presented, based on the needs of the group and the emerging dialogue from each session:

Session 1 – The View of the Child

• To introduce the foundational document of How Does Learning Happen?

• To reflect on one’s personal image of childhood.

• To gain a greater understanding of the influence that the image of children has on our practice in early learning.

• To reflect on how the team’s image of children relates to the image of children from How Does Learning Happen?

Session 2 - Belonging

1. To learn about the foundation of Belonging from How Does Learning Happen?

2. To better understand ways to build strong connections with children in programme.

3. To analyze the definitions of Respectful, Caring & Responsive relationships.

4. To apply the expectations for programme outlined under the Belonging foundation in How Does Learning Happen?

Session 3 – Well-Being (Part 1)

• To learn about the foundation of Well-being from How Does Learning Happen?

• To reflect on what makes an eating environment positive in the context of early learning.

• To learn about the concept of resilience.

• To reflect on ways that educators can support children’s resilience.

Session 4 – Well-Being (Part 2)

1. To learn about the concept of self-regulation.

2. To reflect with the ideas of stress and calm.

3. To practice reframing children’s behaviours as responses to stress.

Session 5 – Engagement

• To Learn about the foundation of Engagement from How Does Learning Happen?

• To Reflect with the idea of open-ended materials.

• To Practice ways of designing environments that support active engagement and meaningful exploration, based on previous observations of children’s engagement.

• PLEASE NOTE - This session will be accompanied by a programme visit (prior to the session) to collect stories of play that we will use to reflect with during the session.

Session 6 – Expression

• To learn about the foundation of expression from How Does Learning Happen?

• To explore the concept of emergent literacy.

• To reflect about how intentional materials and experiences can support children’s language development.

• To explore how the concept of serve and return can support educators’ engagement in authentic communication with children.

• To review our learning journey in the last 6 sessions.

 

If you would like to bring this session to your programme, please complete the In-Programme Request form below:

In-Programme Professional Learning Request Form