Target program type(s): Group Child Care; Family Child Care
Target audience: Administrators; Teachers
Participate in this PLC to gain a better understanding of how to create open-ended art activities that help children develop creativity and make art joyful. You will learn how to approach art like open ended play and will discover what children learn through process art. You will leave this workshop with a toolbox of open-ended art activity ideas that you can use in your own childcare program.
Goals:
Participants will:
Transition from product focused to process focused art.
Focus more on the act of making, experimenting, and discovering rather than the product itself when creating art experiences for children.
Understand how children develop creativity through open ended art activities.
Objectives:
Participants will:
Create an open-ended art activity they can introduce to the children in their care.
Talk to children about their artwork using language that promotes creativity.
Discuss what children learn in all areas of development (Social/Emotional, Language & Literacy, Physical and Cognitive Development) through process art.
When planning an art activity will ask themselves “What will the children do?” instead of “What will the children make?”
Facilitators: Wendy Fournier & Mary Ann Roman
Wendy Fournier joined the Northeast Professional development center as a coach and facilitator in August of 2020. She earned her Bachelor Degree in Early Childhood from North Adams State College in 1993. She has worked in the Early Care and Education field for 25 years. She started her career at a Resource and Referral Agency, then worked as a training coordinator at a family child care system in Lowell, and last, was the director of a local family child care system. Wendy also works as a Professional Development Specialist for the Council for Professional Recognition (CDA). She has experience with infants, toddlers, preschool and school age children. Wendy’s passionate about her work in the early care and education field and can’t see herself doing anything but educating early childhood professionals and working with young children.
Mary Ann Roman has been working in the field of Early Childhood Education for over 15 years. She has held a variety of positions including; Teacher, Site Coordinator, Program Director and most recently Training Manager. She has an Associates in Early Childhood and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Child, Families and Communities Studies from Merrimack College. Mary Ann enjoys traveling and spending quality time with her family.
PDC Region: Northeast
PLC Address: Online
PLC Sessions: December 11, 2020- 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
PLC, English
0 CEUs / 3 hours
Does this training apply to diverse learners? Yes
This PLC can be used to fulfill the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care's required hours of professional development that address diverse learners.
Registration Link: https://connectedbeginnings.tfaforms.net/1274
All participants must be registered in order to receive credit (CEUs or EEC Training Hours) for their participation.