Springtime is a season when everything comes alive outdoors, this webinar will explore playful ways to explore the beauty of Springtime with children and toddlers. The webinar will present ideas that are easy to implement and provide opportunities for child directed play and learning.  The ideas will integrate the four themes of Aistear –Well-Being – Exploring and Thinking- Communicating and Identity and Belonging. The play based activities will be nature based and use recycled and natural materials.

Course Content
Well-Being in Spring – Ideas to promote well-being.
Exploring and Thinking in Spring – Playful ways to encourage exploring dispositions in an early years setting.
Communicating in Spring – Encouraging language development in Springtime in story and song.
Identity and Belonging – Our vision – our world.
Tuff tray ideas for Springtime.
Toddler Ideas for Springtime.

Certification
Certificate of completion

Tutor
Gillian Powell

The outdoors in winter provides the perfect place for a child to play, there is excitement and wonder. There are myriad opportunities for sensory explorations from jumping in puddles to balancing on a log, to the feeling of frosty fingers. In this Thrive webinar, we will explore practical ways to address the challenges of going outdoors in winter in any early years setting. The webinar will demonstrate learning opportunities for children that integrate all the senses in winter. We will also explore examples of child-led learning across the four themes of Aistear, examples that help to extend the learning in a fun and engaging way. This webinar will once again inspire you to step outside to embrace with the children, the magic of nature in winter.

Course Content
Ideas for exploring and thinking in winter.
Ideas for communicating in winter.
Ideas for inclusion in winter.
Well Being – Outdoors in winter.

Certification
Certificate of completion

Tutor
Gillian Powell