The new fall CAPN training schedule is now available! Covering topics such as free play, loose parts, and natural materials onsite at Bernheim’s Playcosystem, the role of play in serving children who’ve experienced trauma, and more.
See the full schedule and descriptions:
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Let’s Play!
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Join us at Playcosystem – KY’s only playground of its kind – designed to promote child-led, unstructured play, in nature! First, we will discover how to define true play, and discuss why it is so important to children’s development. And then we will observe it in real time as we see what children do when they have time and space to actually play! We will conclude by brainstorming some ideas for how you might apply some of these ideas when you go back to your learning environments.
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022
1-3 p.m. Loose Parts and Natural Materials
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Using Playcosystem as our real life play laboratory, we will explore what “loose parts” are and how we can incorporate them into your learning environments. What are children learning when they play with things that don’t really look like traditional toys? How can we support their learning? And how can we use these opportunities to connect children to the natural world around them? Playcosystem provides the perfect environment to explore these ideas and make plans for how to apply them in your classroom.
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Trauma and Play
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All children encounter some level of stress. Some children experience daily stresses that can lead to lasting trauma and poor health. Providing opportunities for play is one way to improve cognitive, physical, social, and emotional health and can be an important way to build children’s resilience. Participants will discover easy-to-implement strategies to value play as an important part of childhood. Think of this workshop as your permission slip to use play to interact and support the children you serve.
Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022
1-3 p.m. Risk and Play
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Providing appropriate opportunities for children to understand, identify, navigate and experience risk through play is a necessary part of healthy child development. Participants will discover the critical difference between hazard and risk and how to apply that understanding to outdoor play environments. Through media presentations, small group activities and large group conversations participants will gain knowledge that can be put to immediate use in providing and managing children in play that allows for risk without compromising safety
Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022
10 a.m.- 12 p.m. What About the Babies? Using Loose Parts for Infants and Toddlers
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The benefits of loose parts hold true for infants and toddlers, yet we rarely talk about how to offer loose parts safely to our youngest children. Join us as we discover the definition of loose parts, what to consider and how to use loose parts in your infant or toddler classroom.
Saturday, December 10, 2022
10 a.m.-12 p.m. What If They Don’t Understand? Communicating with Parents and Caregivers
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Description: Everyone has different knowledge and experiences about play. Participants will work together to develop methods for describing the importance to various audiences who may not know. We’ll build a network of play advocates!
If you have questions, please contact Kim Tabler at kim.tabler.capn@bernheim.org