Research has highlighted the importance of children having contact with the natural environment. Find out what this means in practice and how you can incorporate it into everyday activities. This four-part series will look at how educators can incorporate the four 'non-living' elements: Air, Water, Fire, and Earth into an early learning and child care setting and how this aligns with Ontario's Early Learning Frameworks: Early Learning for Every Child Today and How Does Learning Happen? Within each session, participants will have an opportunity to explore the concept of "messing about" and will gain strategies related to reflective practice using A Thinking Lens° for Reflection and Inquiry.
Air is all around us! This interactive workshop will give participants an opportunity to discuss, share, and learn about new activities that incorporate air in an early learning and child care setting. Participants will develop an innovative list of activities which incorporate air to utilize in their setting for both activities for children and the environment. There will also be an opportunity, utilizing loose parts, to make and try out the activities.
