Agenda

The 13th Annual Play Coaches Leadership Training & Networking Retreat

“Show-Me How to Play Again”  2010 AGENDA

WEDNESDAY, June 23

9:00-10:30    Arrival/Registration (AMC) -

                    Presenter : Amy Peterson

10:30- 11:30 Journal Making & Introductions

                     (4th Floor Medallie Studio) -

                     Presenters : Bobby Brown & Joan Green

                                                              

12:00-1:00    Lunch

1:30- 3:30    Hands, Heart and Mind- "In the same way that                                      children engage in the reverie of play, adults can                               rediscover the joy and importance of their own play                          and creativity" (Aerobics Room) -

                     Presenter : Walter Drew

4:00-5:00      Open Art Studio (4th Floor Medallie Studio)

5:00-6:00      Dinner (Dining Hall)

7:00-9:00      Evening Activity  

THURSDAY, JUNE 24

7:15-7:30       “Morning Meeting” (4th Floor Medaille) -

                       Presenter : Patty Durkin

7:30-8:30        Breakfast (Dining Hall)

9:00-11:00      Dance for Absolutely Everybody! (Aerobics Room) -                            Presenter :  Joan Green

                          

12:00-1:00      Lunch (Dining Hall)

1:30 -3:00      Cooperative Play:  Discovering Your Strengths and                           Dispositions to Teach & Learn (Aerobics Room) -

                      Presenters : Patty Durkin, Sue Blandford, Amy Peterson

  

3:30 - 5:00       Drum Making (4th Floor Medaille Studio) -

                        Presenter :Bobby Brown

                           

5:30-6:30        Dinner  (Dining Hall))

7:00 - 9:00     Expanding Your Horizons (4th Floor Medaille) -

                      Presenters : Bev Bos & Michael Leeman

                                     

9:00-9:30       Play for Peace (4th Floor Medaille) -

                     Presenter : Sue Blandford

FRIDAY, JUNE 25

7:15-7:30      “Morning Meeting” (4th Floor Medaille)

                       Presenter : Patty Durkin

7:30-8:30       Breakfast (Dining Hall)

9:00-11:30    How to Create a Reuse Center

                      Presenter : Amy Peterson  

                

12:00-1:00     Lunch (Dining Hall)

1:00-3:00      The Play Experience : How to Strengthen Value                                 Added Stategies for Meeting Early Learning                                         Standards  (Aerobics Room) -

                     Presenters : Walter Drew, Patty Durkin, Sue Blandford

3:30- 4:30     How Do Our Children Grow ? (Aerobics Room) -                                  Presenters :  Bev Bos & Michael Leeman

5:00-9:00     Dinner and Field Trip

                     Presenters : Bobby Brown & Joan Green

SATURDAY, JUNE 26

7:15-7:30      “Morning Meeting"  (4th Floor Medaille) -

                      Presenter :  Patty Durkin

7:30-8:30       Breakfast  (Dining Hall)

9:00-9:30       Travel to the Art Center (Meet Lobby of Medaille)

9:30-11:00    Block Play: Experience learning through the use                               of open-ended materials: discussion on integrating                            into school curriculum. (Community Room)

                      Presenter : Walter Drew

11:15-12:00 Tour the St. Louis Teachers’ Recycle Center

                     Presenter : Sue Blandford 

12:00-1:00     Lunch TBA

1:15-3:15     Paint by Heart: Experience A Modern

                    Day Application of Froebel and Erikson.

                    (SLTRC Art Studio)

3:30-5:00      Free Time   

5:30-6:30      Dinner and Certificate Celebration TBA

7:30               Community Concert -

                     Presenters - Bev Bos & Michael Leeman

     

SUNDAY, June 27

7:00-8:00        Breakfast and Departure (Dining Hall)

THE PLAY EXPERIENCE:  

“Plant in the land of children whatever you wish to put into the life of our times."

Lucy Wheelock

"Constructive, exploratory, and dramatic play belong at the heart of early childhood education. Play experiences are key to children forming early understandings about their natural world, mathematical and early literacy ideas, and social competence. Yet in many early care and education programs and throughout our society, play is overlooked and undervalued.

   When replicated with adults, “hands-on” play and reflection experiences lead to insight into children’s learning and the teaching process. In the same way that children engage in the reverie of play, adults can rediscover the joy and importance of their own play and creativity."

   The growing emphasis on performance standards and curriculum outcomes in early childhood education is pushing us to pay closer attention to content in academic subjects.  How can content be taught in a manner that respects what we know about early development and the importance of play in the learning process?

   As advocated by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), the constructivist format of this professional training for adults…….mirrors the way children learn about the world,…..  that is by constructing knowledge from direct experience."

by Walter F. Drew, Ed.D.

Institute for Self Active Education