It's About Learning – Reframing Kindergarten Practice Web Conference
In this five-part web conference series, we will explore intentional play-based learning in the context of Kindergarten classrooms. For children, inquiry-based play provides authentic opportunities for learning. It helps children develop socially, emotionally and academically. Inquiry-based play helps children to communicate, problem-solve and self-regulate.
For educators, inquiry-based play is an area of new professional learning that necessitates rethinking traditional practices and co-constructing new practices. Inquiry-based play asks us to reframe some our ideas about assessing, planning, teaching and even classroom organization and management in order to create classrooms that are responsive to both individual and system needs.
If you would like to explore these aspects of your professional practice with Early Years colleagues from across the province, please consider participating in one or all of the following five web conferences. In each web conference, specific video segments from the webcast will be analysed and discussed as participants explore the following misconceptions about intentional play-based learning:
Session1: Misconception about Play-Based Learning #1:
"I don't even have to plan anymore!"
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Session 2: Misconception about Play-Based Learning #2:
"I'm not teaching anymore. I just follow the children's lead!"
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Session 3: Misconception about Play-Based Learning #3:
"If I let them do whatever they want, they won't learn how to follow the rules!"
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Session 4: Misconception about Play-Based Learning #4:
"I don't have literacy centres. We just do inquiry!"
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Session 5: Misconception about Play-Based Learning #5:
"I am doing the curriculum expectations through my themes!"
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Additional Notes
This session has no cost for participants.
Before registering please read the technology requirements to see whether you have the technology necessary to participate in these interactive sessions.