The opportunities that arise during loose parts play are endless - This training and resource bundle will support the educators in your team to feel confident in their use of loose parts with children.
From pinecones and shells, to pipes, fabric, tyres and more, Loose Parts invite children to move, combine, redesign, and invent in deeply creative ways. Loose Parts Play supports problem solving, risk-taking, collaboration, communication, and imagination across all age groups and settings.
What will we cover?
- What are loose parts?
- The benefits of loose parts play and connections to the EYLF
- The educator role in loose parts play
- The challenges of loose parts and how to overcome them
Learn about the history of loose parts play including "Loose Parts Theory" and Adventure Playgrounds. This package will combine resources and training developed to support your team to gain an understanding of the benefits of loose part play for children through lots of practical, simple ideas for incorporating loose parts play into your service.
What you get:
- 1 hour of recorded professional development - Unlimited access to the recording of "Loving Loose Parts" for you and your team to access online, anytime.
- Downloadable Implementation Workbook - This purpose-created workbook features reflective questions and space to plan for changes and implementation, designed for team collaboration and to support individual reflections.
- Loving Loose Parts Inspiration and Discussion Cards - This set of 9 cards explores why loose parts matter, how they support children’s learning, and the practical decisions educators make about sourcing, presenting, storing and documenting them.
- Teacher Tom's First Book: Teaching and learning from preschoolers - Teacher Tom's first book is a collection of short essays about teaching and learning from preschoolers, written in his usual style. The stories are underpinned by researchers and theorists, and inspire educators to dig a little deeper and think a little more about children and how they play and explore the world.
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