Our journey into how we lead a child to learn is vital to ensure we lay the foundation stones for all other learning! What do we need to surround them with for them to be excited and intrigued to engage and involve themselves in Play? Each of our Adventures in Volume One sees us introduce our Six Golden Threads. Curiosity, Connection, Communication, Critical Thinking, Creativity and Wellbeing.
Volume One
In this first volume Alice takes us through her 6 golden threads. Expect to learn practical ideas for play, the theory behind the practice and what we can do to ensure our children are active in mind, body and heart.
Contents:
Adventure 1
Well you must be curious if you have decided to consider the need for change… We begin with the child, their senses and how their innate curiosity should be enabled, supported and encouraged through play. We look at how a child’s curiosity leads them to investigate and make discoveries when they...
Adventure 2
Is all about connections and relationships. We explore the difference between bonding, attachment and attunement. We consider how they look in our establishments. We dip into the ten key emotional needs of our children and how we develop and enable them through play. We also reflect on connection to...
Adventure 3
Our focus moves to communication and the art of speaking and listening. We discover a wide range of research on body language, tone and vocabulary development. We explore the pyramid of language and the importance of the foundation stones being placed to the tip of being a confident and effective...
Adventure 4
I am intrigued by the fact that as adults we never really think about thinking. How does my brain process all that’s going on around me and make sense of it? How does the brain and my heart connect? We ‘visit’ the array of thinking our children engage in self-management, participative, working together, reflective, enquiry, creative and enquiry thinking.
Adventure 5
There was so much to share around thinking that the Creativity adventure expands on the ideas already introduced. We look at creativity in its widest sense. Considering the creative process, inventiveness, freedom and possibility thinking. We explore and suggest many concepts and ideas to stimulate the creative juices in all areas of play.
Adventure 6
Although this is the final golden thread of pedagogy we share it is in fact more important than the others. It was a struggle not making this our first adventure but we wanted to put context clearly in place before highlighting the importance of our considerations around emotional, mental and physical wellbeing. This is a celebration of self-esteem, self-worth...