Upcoming Workshops
PLEASE NOTE: WORKSHOP REGISTRATION IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN. AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION WILL BE SENT OUT WHEN YOU ARE ABLE TO REGISTER.
On Line Workshop Registration - Coming Soon!
We will soon be implementing online registration for our CCRR workshops. Once up and running, this will become the primary way to register for our workshops and will allow for quicker registration for clients, reduce issues with payments, and give our staff immediate information on registration numbers.
A notice will be sent out once this new system is operational and you will be able to register for our workshops then.
MORE INFORMATION TO COME...................................................................
For the September - December 2014 Activity Calendar, please click here.
To download a copy of the September - December 2014 CCRR workshop schedule, please
click here.
September - December 2014 Workshop Schedule:
TITLE: Making sense of anxiety in young children
DATE & TIME: Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
PRESENTER: Dr. Deborah MacNamara
BIO: Dr. Deborah MacNamara is on Faculty at the Neufeld Institute and in private practice offering counselling and educational services. She works individually with parents and professionals to make sense of learning, behavioural, and developmental issues with children and adolescents. Deborah facilitates all of Dr. Neufeld's courses, supervises advanced studies students at the Neufeld Institute, and is Course Coordinator for Making Sense of Attention Problems and Making Sense of Preschoolers.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Humans were built to feel alarmed and anxious, but we are sometimes confused at its appearance and how to respond as parents. Anxiety is often present for young children, particularly separation anxiety, and is often misunderstood thereby exacerbating instead of alleviating symptoms. The roots of anxiety will be discussed and explored along with how to respond in ways that are productive and supportive.
TITLE: Art and encouraging all children to the table
DATE & TIME: Saturday, September 20, 2014 - 10:00 to 12:00 pm
PRESENTER: Margot Leeson
BIO: Margot graduated as an Early Childhood Educator in Australia in 1981. She has been fortunate to have worked in a wide variety of settings including, Hospital Nurseries, Daycare, Nannying, Montessori Preschool and Kindergarten, Preschool Camp Director, and Out of School Director. Margot is a mother of two and runs her own home-based daycare. Currently and for the last 16 years she has been a Teacher/Manager of a busy non-profit Preschool, Toddler and Out of School Care Facility. While in this position, Margot has hosted many student ECE's and has been a guest speaker for several classes on a variety of subjects, including why she prefers play-based curriculum over other styles. She is also currently an Instructor for post basic Infant Toddler training with VCC Coquitlam Campus and teaches her own workshops for ECE instructors around a variety of topics. Margot currently holds a teaching licence for 3-5yrs and Infant Toddlers.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Art is personal. It is open ended and a wonderfully rich experience that combines our own emotions, sensory awareness, communication, confidence, and community. There is a lot we can do to facilitate young children, it can be the beginning of a wonderful walk through their imagination and an awesome opportunity to empower them.
TITLE: Creating outdoor learning environments
DATE & TIME: Thursday, October 9, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30pm
PRESENTER: Heather Fraser & Cheryl Lindberg
BIO: Cheryl Lindberg is a gardener by trade and a long-time creative co-conspirator. She spends most of her life outdoors, whether in clients' gardens, her own vegetable and flower patch, or the green spaces of North Vancouver and beyond. She recently became a journey-woman horticulturist (a Red Seal trade) through Kwantlen University.
Heather Fraser has a Bachelor's degree in child and youth care from the University of Victoria, as well as an Early Childhood Certificate. Inspired by Reggio Emilia, her passion for outdoor play and understanding of the importance of connecting children with nature inspired her to co-build Saplings Outdoor Program.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Environmental/Outdoor Education can take place almost anywhere, during any season. Heather Fraser and Cheryl Lindberg from Saplings outdoor program provide educators with coaching, tools, strategies, and resource suggestions to help them feel more comfortable in taking their children outside.
TITLE: Learning in the forest
DATE & TIME: Thursday, October 23, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30pm
PRESENTER: Tricia Edgar
BIO: Tricia has been developing and leading environmental education workshops for almost 20 years. She loves to explore natural places on the North Shore and inspire children and adults to do the same. Tricia is the education coordinator at the Lynn Canyon Ecology Centre and the co-founder of North Vancouver's Fresh Air Learning, which is modeled on Europe's forest schools.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Nature is a wonderful teacher, and free play in natural places is important for children's early learning and sense of place. Discover why adult mentors play such an important role in nature education.
Learn about the growing movement towards forest schools and how you can incorporate elements of this style of outdoor learning into your classroom.
TITLE: How to talk to parents about their child's behaviour
DATE & TIME: Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
PRESENTER: Malgosia Tomanik
BIO: Malgosia Tomanik, M.Ed., is a Family Consultant who specializes in supporting children preschool to high school age. She is experienced in addressing concerns associated with the daily challenges of caring for a child who requires support, including helping to make sense of difficult behaviour and supporting the big people for each child in finding a way through. Malgosia also works as a Key Worker with the Fraser Valley Child Development Centre. She provides support to caregivers raising children and youth who are living with FASD, from birth to 19 years of age.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: This presentation is intended to emphasize the current information on recommended practices for working with families. It includes a brief review of the parents' and ECE's roles, review of recommended and promising Family Centered Practice and applies the content to the role of ECE as not only an Educator but also a family support. It also provides strategies on how to talk to parents in a friendly but informative, professional way that will enhance parent-teacher interaction and prompt parent's participation in their child's early education and development.
TITLE: 1,2,3 Play with me, rhythm all around, come and see
DATE & TIME: Thursday, November 20, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
PRESENTER: Marika Kubinyi
BIO: Marika is an early childhood educator, music teacher, founder of Treble Clef Education, and cofounder of the Creative Cart traveling interactive theatre for children.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Do you feel like you can't hear another "Twinkle" or "Wheels on the bus" song anymore? Children never get tired of those songs, so you can learn how to make those popular songs more interesting for you and for children by adding moves, rhythm patterns, and visual props.
TITLE: The challenges and benefits of providing childcare in your home
DATE & TIME: Saturday, November 29, 2014 - 10:00 to 12:00 pm
PRESENTER: Kim Pender
BIO: Kim has been working in the childcare field for over 27 years. She has worked with infants, toddlers, special needs children, and teenagers who are pregnant and/or parenting. Kim holds an ECE Diploma and is currently a Program Manager in a Childcare Centre in Vancouver.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: In this workshop we will discuss the benefits and challenges of providing childcare in your own home. We will work in small groups and share ideas on planning for multiple age groups, different schedules and routines and meeting the expectations of parents. We will discuss the attachment of your own child/children in the program and ways to build on the communication and relationships with the parents and yourself.
TITLE: Teaching of 'Cedar Bark'
DATE & TIME: Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 6:30 to 8:30 pm
PRESENTER: Alice Guss
BIO: Alice Guss is a Squamish Nation member, born and raised and living in Squamish, BC. She is a Drum making, wool weaving, and Cedar Bark facilitator.
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: In this workshop you will be a part of the Squamish Nations teachings of 'Cedar Bark. Participants will get to make and take a cedar bookmark, as well as be a part of the history, storytelling, singing, drumming and dancing.