‘Telling
Stories’
A Professional Development
Day focussing on supporting children's imaginative and narrative explorations
Date: Saturday
17th October 2015, from 9.00am until 4.15pm
Venue: Reflections
Nursery, Worthing, UK
Cost:
£115,
including refreshments and lunch
Young children tell stories
every day to develop their play and investigations;
to begin conversations and construct imaginary worlds; to explore physical
environments and emotional experiences. Find out how Reflections supports
this important language of expression and what we discovered in a year-long
focus on children’s ‘storying’, which began with some intriguing
questions: Do babies tell stories? Can you have a story
without words? Is ‘storying’ different from fantasy play? Is one sentence a
story?
Martin Pace, Director of
Reflections & Deb Wilenski, Pedagogical Advisor will be supported by other
Reflections educators to give presentations.
Participants:
We welcome registrations from
all those working in the area of early childhood and primary education and on
creative arts/education projects with young children.
Programme:
Option of a guided tour of
Reflections Nursery with a Reflections educator, or a walk round in your own
time
Presentation &
Discussion: The Reflections’ Approach - drawing inspiration from Reggio Emilia,
Danish Forest Schools and the work of UK pioneers
Lunch and an opportunity to
view the nursery further
Presentation &
Discussion: ‘Telling Stories’ - Listening for and supporting children’s
narrative explorations
