Interactive session with UAE practitioners from Dubai A very interesting and interactive session today with UAE practitioners from Dubai who demonstrated a high degree of passion and commitment to working and listening to the children in their care. We discussed the importance of observation and documentation as
Read more →Creative CPD Session at Sligo university Reggio Emilia session for the 2nd and 4th year degree students in early years education. Sligo University (Ireland) invited me as a speaker to deliver a Reggio Emilia presentation in order to share and show to the students all the creative
Read more →Learning about Dogs The whole project started as the children showed a strong interest in learning about different types of dogs. Therefore we started talking about the breeds, colours, shapes and sizes of different dogs. Afterwards I gave the children a wide range of pictures of dogs
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Canvas paintings and mirrors. Whilst doing this project the children showed a lot of enthusiasm representing their own thoughts on canvas. Some of the children used paint whilst the other children used open-ended resources such as buttons, feathers and so on. Also whilst painting their own
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Creative Clay Worshop Session During this session the childen showed a strong interest in exploring the clay and using other creative resources for creating different objects. Whilst making their props some of the children were saying that they were making a cave, a plate, a person with
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Very Creative CPD training session in Adelaides Nursery (Glasgow) 14/02/18 From the beginning to the end of the session, the staff were very interested and showed a lot of passion learning about the educational approach of Reggio Emilia. Also, the staff demonstrated a lot of energy, enthusiasm
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Mirror painting and clay workshops For the past few weeks I have been organising as a volunteer for The Welcomimg association in Edinburgh some creative workshops for Syrian children and their families. Whilst doing the art and craft activities the children seemed very interested and curious to
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Our winter tree This project started by observing the children discussing about the trees outside. Some of the children were saying that “in winter, the trees were losing all their leaves and that we can see the branches of all the trees”. Therefore in order to develop
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Exploring and representing the colours of the Autumn and Winter season. The whole project started as the children showed a strong interest in learning about how to make some of the colours that they could see whilst playing outside in the garden. Therefore I organised a workshop
Read more →Exploring Emotions through Activities This project was about exploring emotions and feelings through music, sounds, dancing, talking, playing and modelling. The children made their own heart using clay, metal thread, coloured buttons, ribbons and textiles. Also the children drew their own self-portrait using plastered balloons, paper and
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