Wellness program for early care and education professionals
VISIT SPARK'S TRAINING CALENDAR
10/11 @ 10:000am Keeping Children Safe: Systems for Supervision, Tracking & Follow Through - Live Webinar
10/11 @ 10:00am PTQ Resources & Support - This Learning Forum will provide opportunity to discuss with peers the following topics: Readiness checklists, rating visit expectations, various documentation systems, setting up and assessing learning environments and their materials, how to follow the education flowchart and training hours, supporting lesson plans and curriculum using observation/assessment practices, or any other PTQ topics you want to bring
10/11 @ 1:30pm Is My Child Care Healthy - Live Webinar
10/11 @ 5-7pm Ages and Stages Questionnaire - The Ages & Stages Questionnaires (ASQ) provides reliable, accurate, developmental and social-emotional screening for children between birth and age 6. The ASQ has been specifically designed to identify developmental progress and spot potential delays in young children.
10/18 @ 1:00pm Being an Early Childhood Professional (Part 1 of 2) - This is an intermediate to advanced Live Webinar training for program directors &/or administrators, and it is recommended that you complete the Maintaining Professional Boundaries Training Series prior to taking this training.
PTQ documents, readiness checklists, resources and trainings all in one place and divided by program type and level.
get children outside
The Importance of Outdoor Play for Young Children
by Amy Sussna Klein
Simple Stones Activity:
Stones can provide the basis for extraordinarily rich activities. Of particular note is an approach developed by Dr. Diana Suskind, which she calls “Stonework Play.” Her approach, in basic terms, is built around five steps:
- Gathering the stones, which allows each student to exercise his or her own judgement as the stones are selected.
- Constructing an artwork with the stones
- Drawing a picture of the artwork
- Telling others about your work
- Being respectful of the other students’ works
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What you'll need:
| Design
| Display
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What you'll need:
- Leaves
- Wax Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
- Optional items: wire to hang, paper cut into strips for top and bottom support strips, wire to hang, no-flame tealight candle.
Design
- Glue the leaves onto the wax paper.
- Gently roll your wax paper into a tube shape.
- Glue the two edges of the tube together.
- Optional: lay the leaves on a surface that will not burn (ironing board) and lay the wax paper on top. On low heat, iron the wax paper until the leaves adhere. Allow to cool.
Display
- Make sure to use non-flammable lights that are safe for children.
