Encourage adult learning and development in your early childhood community by bringing educational experiences to the location of your choice that utilize experiential role-plays, guided imagery exercises, entertaining games and songs and large & small group discussions, combined with engaging lecturettes to effectively get the point across!
Workshops/Sessions:
All of the following sessions last from 90 minutes to three hours and can be specially tailored in time or content to meet the unique needs of your community. Key to Intended Audiences: P – parents, T – teachers, C – caregivers, A – administrators |
Guidance & Discipline
A Bunch of Monkeys
Positive strategies for guiding positive behaviors and dealing with negative behaviors PTC
Defusing The Bomb
How to systematically de-escalate aggressive or violent behaviors PTC
PREREQUISITE: “A Bunch Of Monkeys”
Theory
Meeting Developmental Needs
Relevant child development theories (Piaget, Erikson, etc.), made accessible to the layperson PTC
Learning About Learning
Brain research, multiple intelligences, Vygotsky, learning modalities and much more PTC
Professional Development
Standing For Children
Explore the unique meaning of “early childhood professionalism” in this powerfully moving workshop TC
Working Together: Teamwork in Action
Colleagues and coworkers learn how to work together more effectively. TC
The Telephone Game
Improve adult verbal and non-verbal communication skills with colleagues, coworkers and kids TCA
Parents Are People Too
Explore strategies for creating more realistic expectations of and effective partnerships with parents TC
What’s Love Got To Do With It?
“Love is the supreme form of human communication. In the heirarchy of needs, love stands as the supreme developing agent of the humanity of the person. As such, the teaching of love should be the central core of all early childhood curriculum with all other subjects growing naturally out of such teaching.” – Ashley Montagu.
This workshop provides a warm opportunity to explore the role of love in a professional setting. TCA
Caring For Kids
Sharing Your Power
Discover, through a revealing role-play, the ways in which we use our power for and against the children we serve PTCA
Play All Day: Activity Planning
How to choose developmentally-appropriate activities for groups of young children C
Room To Grow: Early Childhood Environments
Discover how the classroom environment affects children’s behavior and learning. The guided imagery exercise in this workshop is a thought and emotion-provoking favorite! TC
Nurturing Needs: Group Care Techniques
Create strategies for meeting the needs of individual kids in large groups. TC
What Meets The Eye
The art and science of effectively observing and describing children’s behaviors TC
Tender Topics
Talking with children about difficult subjects like race, sex, death and war can often prove challenging. This workshop provides strategies and, through role-plays, practice. PTC
Fun & Games
Learn To Play… Play To Learn
Adults giggle and play as they discover how child’s play is really learning time PTC
Games For Kids
A fun-filled assortment of non-competitive games for children of all ages TC
The Spirit of Play
Adults get in touch with the kid inside as they joyously play in this unique, powerful workshop TCA
Developmental Curriculum
Understanding Bias
Adults explore their own biases and learn about their early childhood cognitive origins PTCA
Implementing “Anti-Bias”
This workshop, in conjunction with “Understanding Bias,” gives adults strategies for creating an atmosphere and curriculum for children that celebrates diversity PTC
PREREQUISITE: “Understanding Bias”
The Art of Storytelling
Encourage children’s literacy through stories, guided imagery, book-making and so much more TC
The Neighborhood Walk
This unique, outdoor workshop which travels through your neighborhood helps caregivers and teachers understand how to insure safety and encourage creativity and learning PT
Administration
Staff Development for Directors
Explore a variety of effective strategies for the reflective professional development of teachers and caregivers including journals, action research projects, book clubs, mentoring and more A
Team-Building for Directors
In this workshop, administrators focus on techniques for building more effective staff cohesion within their community AEmail: richard@richardcohen.com