The act of documentation helps to highlight the authentic learning and meaningful curriculum outcomes that present themselves naturally in a play-based learning environment. In this session, teachers will:

• Consider what we can do to make our classrooms communities, and why this important
• Explore how providing students voice and choice in how we structure our learning spaces benefits them
• Learn practical strategies for designing spaces and making program choices that establish a positive, equitable, and welcoming climate for all learners and their families

Presenter: Joel Seaman

Audience: Kindergarten and Early Years

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• Ontario Kindergarten Program, 2016
• Beyond Behaviour Management: The 6 Life Skills Children Need to Thrive in Today’s World – Jenna Bilmes
• Calm, Alert, and Learning: Classroom Strategies for Self Regulation – Stuart Shanker
• “Consider the Walls” – Patricia Tarr (NAEYC)
• “Building Community in the Classroom” – Ellen Booth Church (Scholastic Canada)
• “Every Kid Needs a Champion” – TED Talk by Rita Pierson