Educational Philosophy



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	Want to know and understand the latest educational philosophies and trends in early childhood education? Look no further! I can help you to not only decipher these trends, but provide you with practical ways to implement them effectively in your program!

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Setting the Stage for Learning: Creating a “World of Discovery” in your classroom Find out what you can do to create creative and fun interest centers in your classroom using a thematic approach. From room decorations to exploration centers, discover why and how to get the most of your themes.

		The Power of Choice: How to empower your children Help the children become invested in their learning to transform them from passive to ACTIVE learners. Your class will become an exciting place to play and work

			Open-ended Crafts and Materials: Developing children’s creativity What are they and how do they work? See how to make simple changes in your methods to reveal what your children really know and how to cultivate creativity. Developing Persistent Learners: Teaching them how to keep at it Many children try to do a task and then scream in frustration if it doesn’t go “just right” immediately. Uncover the secrets of teaching children how to keep working and develop multiple strategies for problem solving.

	Jigsaw Learning: Completing the “puzzle” to develop higher thinking skills This fascinating strategy pulls together the best of independent and cooperative learning! Your children can become “experts” that then share their discoveries. See how this format incorporates multiple learning styles, science inquiry skills and more to explore new information.


						Creating Theme Units your Children will Love! Wondering how to make the most of your themes? This workshop will show you how to create theme immersion in your classroom and offer loads of ideas to bring your themes into small and large group lessons as well as independent learning situations both inside and out! You’ll be amazed at just how easy this is to do! Emergent Curriculum: Who’s planning your program? Many teachers believe that emergent curriculum leaves the topics and ideas for learning up to the children. This philosophy makes us nervous and wondering who really is in charge! I will show you key components of emergent curriculum & how to balance the children’s interests with your quality planning to satisfy everyone!




				Promoting Meaningful Learning: Creating environments that embed real-life learning The pressure is on us to promote academics and yet our intuition suggests that we still let our children play. This workshop shows you how to balance those needs to teach life-long learning situations that develop persistence, problem-solving, inquiry and thinking skills and yet feel like they are just having fun.


	Developmentally Appropriate Practices – what is it really? We’ve all heard about it, know that it is relevant to our teaching and know that we are to focus on these practices in our daily teaching, but what is it really and how to we make sure that everything we teach falls within DAP? Find out the research that has influenced DAP and how to infuse your lessons and practices with DAP!

A Belly Full of Laughs! Bringing humor and laughter into your classroom & daily life!
Learn the benefits of using laughter and humor with your children. Humor can be used to teach coping and relationship skills. This workshop sends the message that each of us is capable of achieving great things, especially if we have fun doing it! You will be amazed at the positive influences they have on you and the joy humor brings to your students!


		Multiple Intelligences: Putting it to use in your classroom Howard Gardner’s research demonstrates that children can be “smart” in many different ways. Come and explore these ways and see how you can tap into those different intelligences and make learning fun for everyone! Learning Styles: What is yours and how can you use it to enhance your teaching? Have you discovered your preferred learning style? This workshop is fun and informative as we learn about our own learning strengths and challenges, what it means about us and how we teach, and how to channel those into positive teaching strategies for our students!

	Developing Thinking Skills Believe it or not, we CAN teach children to think! NAEYC encourages teachers to engage in activities that build thinking skills - what are they and how do you do it? This workshop gives you the answers you need and lots of activity suggestions so that you can create problem-solving students!


		Building Creativity in Your Children Children are born with the natural desire to explore and create, but time and activities tend to stifle these tendencies. You will discover easy ways to turn your daily lessons and activities into ones that teach and build creativity - and even rekindle your own!

	Providing preschool and early childhood teachers with the information and ideas they need through fun and entertaining workshops! To schedule any of these workshops at your center, Call 540-882-3395 / 703-727-7306 to make an appointment today! Or e-mail: Marcy@Primarily-Kids.com

PQAS number: CI-0086000.


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