Please join Jaymie Rusnak and Ari Vainio, Toddler Educators from Nanabijou Child Care for an informal conversation about difficulties and solutions educators face communicating with families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jaymie and Ari invite you to an informal gathering for educators to gather virtually and discuss opportunities and hardships that have resulted from these uncertain … Continue reading Communicating with Parents During COVID-19

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  You are invited to join Jodi for a short pedagogical study involving Pat Tarr’s article, Curiosity, Curriculum and Collaboration Entwined: Reflections on Pedagogical Documentation. This is a five-page article that will be the inspiration for a pedagogical conversation about pedagogical documentation. You will receive a copy of the article upon registration.     Abstract: Documentation … Continue reading A Pedagogical Study on Pedagogical Documentation

Please join Jocelyne Schaworski, preschool educator at Nanabijou Child Care Centre for an informal conversation about risky play. This virtual gathering will be an opportunity to explore and discuss risk assessment, types of risky play, talking to parents about risk-taking, and negotiating risky play with your team. Please email early.years@tbdssab.ca to register, or send a … Continue reading Risky Play: A Pedagogical Conversation

Join Marcia Arpin from Nanabijou Child Care Centre for an opportunity to learn Zen Doodling. This experience is two-fold as the creativity and meditative nature can support your sense of well-being, and the techniques can easily be passed along to the children as a relaxation tool. In a year filled with chaos and uncertainty, Zen … Continue reading Zen Doodling

We are happy to collaborate with Karen Longridge from Children's Centre Thunder Bay to offer Self-Care for the Early Childhood Educator 2.0. We all know that self-care is important, yet there are unique challenges when caring for a group of young children (especially during the current Pandemic!). This interactive presentation will help you develop realistic … Continue reading Self-Care for the Early Childhood Educator 2.0 with Karen Longridge