This presentation is a personal growth
workshop for parents and educators that examines how our work with
children is affected by our own childhoods and level of self-awareness.
Bev will present her Conditions for Growing Wiser and offers evidence of
the connection they have to and importance of real play. Presenters: Bev Bos, Michael Leeman,
Dan Hodgins
Creative Art
What it means to be creative and how the
environments we provide for children either encourage or discourage children’s
natural inclinations to explore and create is the focus of this session. Elements of Rhoda Kellogg and her
“Examination of Children’s Art - Evolutionary Steps” along with artist Sylvia
Fein’s “Heidi’s Horse” - will be
incorporated into this presentation.
Looking Through the Eyes of Boys
and Girls
Increase your awareness of boys and girls:
how they learn; how to educate them based on brain science research; and how to
create the ultimate environment that supports boy's and girl's needs. Presenter: Dan Hodgins
Orality - Prelude to Language and Literacy
The
heart of this presentation is orality and its importance in language / literacy
development as well as social and emotional development. Children have to
hear language in order to learn language and orality. Storytelling,
chants, and fingerplays serve as the necessary preparation for what we call
literacy. Presenters: Bev Bos, Michael Leeman
Concert - Storytelling and Music
Bev
and Michael, along with the staff of the Roseville Community Preschool, will
present a storytelling and sing-along concert using songs that nurture the
child inside us as well as songs to sing with children at home and school. Presenters: Bev Bos, Michael Leeman
By examining what distinguishes
a brain impoverished environment from a brain enriching
environment, participants will strengthen their understanding of how
children learn as well as enhance their ability to address the needs of
children both at school and home. Presenters: Bev Bos, Michael Leeman
When adults are dealing with sadness or
the death or dying of a loved one they must be careful not to neglect the needs
of the child. Too often adults think children are incapable of having or
understanding intense emotions. But everyday children are exposed to
views of violence and death with no opportunity for reconciliation.
This workshop is designed to help adults understand the developmental way
children think and react when faced with difficult times. Presenters: Bev Bos,
Michael Leeman, Dan Hodgins
Memories and Traditions
This session centers on the importance of tradition and examines the sustaining value of childhood memories. A focus of the workshop is the role teachers play in establishing environments where children have the opportunity to create memories that will sustain them for the rest of their lives.