I Want to Express Myself!
Nurture Your Students' Creativity, Inner Gifts and Natural Talents - with this 5-Day Scenario for Child-Led and Adult-Facilitated Summer & Winter Camps or Enrichment Workshops
make a real difference and stand out on the market?
help your students develop key skills and mindset for life?
be one of the most important and nurturing experiences for your students?
then it must mean that you are an ambitious and conscious Educator looking to bring a real value.
Every child can help bring about new innovations, new ideas, new technologies, and new approaches that will make the world an amazing and safe place to live. But to do this, children first need to explore who they really are as individuals, discover their inner gifts and talents, and fully express themselves in everyday life. And this is probably what you would like to offer your students too if you are reading this. You would like to make a real change. And this is where we meet - it’s exactly what we believe in and are really excited to help you with.
Imagine your camp helping young children discover their natural talents and work through their gifts. It boosts their confidence in self-expression which virtually nurtures their natural leadership skills - the most important asset nowadays. And it all starts at YOUR camp!
This is exactly what conscious parents are looking for. And it’s what the New Paradigm Shift in Education calls for - meaningful learning experiences, inspiring play and learn environments that offer plenty of space for children’s self-expression, unleashing their creativity that goes far more beyond arts & crafts.
And this is what ambitious and passionate Educators like yourself are embracing today!
supports unrestricted creativity through experiments, body, voice, and project work
allows for exploration and understanding of new tools, modes of expression, and environments
enhances children’s connection to their emotions and understanding of their momentary expressive needs
promotes gross-motor skills and using the body as the means of self-expression
facilities fine-motor skills through working with variety of tools and equipment
supports reasoning and logical thinking skills, looking for new solutions and out-of-the-box thinking
promotes teamwork, collaboration and building positive relationships with others
allows children to work with a range of tools and modes of self-expression, and helps them discover the modes they prefer
helps children focus on the process of creation and release their energy through creative activities
prevents behaviour and discipline problems and helps children understand how they can best express their energy
promotes multi-sensory, experiential and whole-person learning
allows for safe risk taking and helps children notice their own boundaries and challenges
enhances children’s decision making and planning processes by offering a choice of tools and contexts to work with
helps children become the authors of their experiences, manage their resources, time, emotions and use their natural gifts and talents
All activities proposed in this scenario can be repeated, reused and enjoyed again and again as part of your daily or weekly practice.
£9.99
Single User Licence for ONE Setting
It’s a carefully designed theme-based learning journey that allows children to discover the best forms of self expression, and choose the modalities and tools that best suit their unique personalities. This adult-initiated journey transforms into a child-led adventure where children take the lead and experiment with the activities, tools and environments provided by the teacher or facilitator.
This camp scenario is an excellent tool for building relationships, collaboration and co-creation. It invites children to discover their leadership style, try new things, plan, reflect, predict, adjust, create, innovate, enjoy and inspire others - the very skills and values needed in the modern world.
It’s also truly future-oriented - this scenario has been designed by world’s top educators and based on the most effective and innovative educational approaches - Child-Led Play and Self-Directed Personalised Learning. It’s been planned around the Self-Expression theme, and it comes with detailed pedagogy guidelines for teachers and facilitators to help you cover the whole week-long timeframe and address all areas of child development.
(all materials are downloadable)
Introduction and Pedagogy Guidelines
FREE PREVIEWDay One - Follow the Sound / Music Flow Project
FREE PREVIEWDay Two - My Body Sounds Great / Body Orchestra / Discovering Sounds Project
Day Three - Sound Stations / Sand & Water Adventure / Clay & Water Experiment
Day Four - Paint & Colours Play / Build It & Wreck It / Boxes Everywhere
Day Five - Dino Cave / Taking Pictures / I Spy With My Camera / Crazy Transformations
Final Remarks to the Scenario
Creating immersive Hands-On Camp Experiences - How to Guide (market value = $150!)
What is Child-Led Self-Directed Play
Self-Directed Child-Led Play vs Play-Based Learning
First Aid Kit - Stock Check List
FREE PREVIEWWritten Safety Plan for Child Care Providers
FREE PREVIEWThe main aim of this scenario is to allow for unrestricted creativity that will help your children express themselves and discover the best ways to do so.
£9.99
Single User Licence for ONE Setting
We are experienced Teacher Trainers, Educational Consultants in Child-Led Learning and Play Spaces Design, and Early Years Professionals. UK-certified Assessors-Evaluators in Child Care Learning, Development and Play (CCLD and Playwork), and in Early Years Professional Status (EYPS). Responsible for assessing the quality of Early Childhood provision in the UK as well as training other Early Years Professionals and Parents.
We specialise in:
We have worked hands-on with hundreds of children of all ages all over the world, taught at universities and colleges (Kingston University, Canterbury Christ Church University, The Tribal Education Group, The JGA Group), managed own schools and early years provision in the UK, designed curricula and teaching resources for international educational institutions.
Throughout over 20 years of professional experience, we have:
We have authored numerous educational publications on Early Years Education and Positive Parenting. We have co-created two mobile applications for children promoting early literacy and cultural heritage of Poland.
We're approved by the European Commission to evaluate educational initiatives and projects funded by the EU. We've collaborated on various international educational projects with clients from the USA, Australia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, China and South East Asia.
In private life we're world schooling parents (for over 12 years now) adopting the Child-Led and Natural Learning approaches to plan our son’s learning and development.
Passionate about sharing the benefits of Personalised Learning. Believe every child is a Natural Born Leader who, when adequately supported and nurtured, will share their talents with the world and empower, inspire, guide and lead others to do the same.
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