Today I had the honour of facilitating a professional development session entitled- Purposeful, Planned, Yet Flexible, Play at the Wee Wonder Conference held by DPCDSB and the CDRCP! #DPWee1dr19 Great day spent with so many dedicated early years educators!
An amazing feeling came over me last that night and I felt compelled to write and share;
Today Diane Kashin asked the Wee Wonder Conference group where their happy place was as a child?
At that moment I couldn’t answer as I was focused on prepping for my my upcoming presentation. Tonight I asked myself that question again, “Where was my childhood happy place? 💭
After just a few moments the answer was clear, the large tree in my back yard! I remember I used to climb, sometimes hide in the branches filled with green leaves. Try to climb as high as I could in hopes I would reach the very top. I knew I was capable of reaching the highest, strongest branch. It was risky, but I knew my limits and I was familiar with this particular tree.
I would think to myself “Is this what the birds see?”
There were moments I would stay perfectly still as small birds would fly in and out of the tree. I can hear my mom calling my name, and sense my brother was playing below near by.
Thank you Diane for that memory, and for the that brief moment I was in tune with myself as a child.
https://rhythmsofplay.com/get-outside-connect-climb-a-tree/
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Purposeful, Planned, Yet Flexible Play! (PowerPoint)
Created and Presented by: Caroline Thornton
