Understanding and Responding to Challenging Behavior in Preschool-Aged Children

⏱️ 3 hours 📄PDF Download

This workshop reframes challenging behaviors in children aged 3–5 as signals of unmet needs, stress, or developmental growth—not misbehavior. Educators will learn how to shift from control to connection using empathetic, structured, and developmentally informed responses. 

Building Strong Family Partnerships in Early Learning

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This workshop introduces how strong family partnerships enhance children’s experiences in early learning settings. Grounded in the BC Early Learning Framework (2019), it highlights the relational, holistic nature of learning and the importance of seeing families as true partners. 

Honoring Indigenous Perspectives in Early Childhood Education

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This workshop introduces how Indigenous perspectives, worldviews, and knowledge systems can enrich early childhood education. Grounded in the BC Early Learning Framework and the Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework, educators explore respectful ways of integrating Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing into daily practice. 

Inclusive Practices for Diverse Learners in the 3–5 Program

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This workshop examines what inclusive practice truly means for children aged 3–5, emphasizing that inclusion goes beyond presence, it is about creating environments where every child feels valued, capable, and able to participate fully. Grounded in the BC Early Learning Framework, the workshop explores identity, belonging, and relational learning as foundations of inclusion. 

Leadership in Early Childhood Education

⏱️ 1.5 hours 📄PDF Download

This workshop explores leadership in early childhood education as a relational, collaborative, and reflective practice—not just a formal role or title. Grounded in the BC Early Learning Framework, participants examine how effective leaders inspire colleagues, partner with families, and cultivate environments where children and educators thrive. Through readings, scenarios, and reflective activities, the workshop frames leadership as a shared, democratic responsibility that empowers educators, families, and children.

Risky Play: Courage, Confidence & Capability in Early Learning

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This workshop explores the developmental importance of risky play and how it supports children’s confidence, resilience, emotional regulation, and physical competence. Grounded in the BC Early Learning Framework and current research, it highlights the educator’s relational role in fostering emotional safety, offering co-regulation, and supporting children as they engage with challenge. Educators are invited to reimagine risk as a meaningful and essential part of early learning rather than something to avoid.

Infant and Toddler Curriculum – Relationships, Play, and Care as the Heart of Learning

⏱️ 3 hours 📄PDF Download

This workshop explores how curriculum for infants and toddlers is built through everyday experiences, relationships, play, and caregiving. Drawing on theorists and practitioners such as Loris Malaguzzi, Carla Rinaldi, Lev Vygotsky, Peter Moss, Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, Doris Bergen, Mary Gordon, and Zero to Three, the workshop emphasizes how learning is co-constructed in relational and cultural contexts.