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Victoria University of Wellington, Early Childhood Workshop Day - July 2010
A Rainbow in my head
A Rainbow in my head
During the Early Childhood Workshop Day on Saturday 24 July 2010, I will be presenting a shorter version of the workshop I presented at the MANZ National Conference in April 2010. This workshop will focus on shifting minds and the importance the frame of mind plays on embedding sustainability into all aspects of early childhood education communities. This is a 1.5 hour workshop -Beyond recycling - Shifting minds to a sustainable community.
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Montessori Aotearo New Zealand, National Conference - April 2010
Montessori - In Service of the Child
At this four day Montessori conference in Christchurch, I presented a workshop - Beyond recycling - Creating a sustainable community. This workshop was attended by around 50 conference delegates from New Zealand and Australia. We engage, we empower, but how do we enact? What is Education for Sustainability, what is a sustainable community and how do we embed sustainability into all aspects of our school community? This workshop explored the potential for sustainable practices through examples and experiences, and sharing our journey to creating a sustainable school community. We also looked at current initiatives, such as the UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development.
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Kidicorp, Wellington Region Conference - August 2009
This was a one day private conference event. I presented a workshop - Inspiring a sense of wonder. This workshop was presented twice, a morning and an afternoon session. During this workshop attendees were taken back to their own childhood and revisited their childhood memories in the natural world. The focus of the workshop was on how we, as early childhood teachers, can create meaningful early childhood memories in the natural world for the children in our care, with some practical ideas.
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Victoria University of Wellington, Early Childhood Workshop Day - June 2008
A Rainbow in my head
This one day workshop event was attended by 750 delegates and 50 workshop presenters. I presented a workshop -New Eyes on Nature - Naturalising your outdoor environment, which was attended by 60 delegates. This workshop catered for early childhood teachers who want to naturalise their outdoor environment at their early childhood centre and who actively want to contribute to children's nature experiences. This is a shorter version of the "Taking Montessori outside" workshop, and caters for a more general early childhood education audience.
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Montessori Association of New Zealand, National Conference - April 2008
Montessori - Personalised Learning in the 21 st century
At this three day Montessori conference in Napier, I presented a workshop - New Eyes on Nature - Taking Montessori outside. This workshop was attended by around 80 conference delegates from New Zealand and Australia. The workshop shared thoughts and insights about creating and managing an outdoor prepared environment and shared our journey as an enviro preschool.
