Outdoor Experiences in the Baby Room
How can we get into the great outdoors more often with babies? How can we make transitions to outdoor play and learning more easily?
What can babies learn through being in nature and playing with natural materials? What provocations can be set up outside to support babies to play outdoors and get the most out of the experience?
What does a great outdoor environment for babies look like in the nursery? And how can we go beyond the nursery to support babies to learn outdoors?
In this webinar, we'll focus on practical ways to increase and expand the outdoor experiences that are part of your baby room practice. We'll look together at getting babies outdoors in the first place (not always easy!), setting up the outdoor learning environment for babies, designing outdoor provocations to maximise play in the outdoor environment and how to get ourselves more excited about outdoor play and learning. We'll also brainstorm opportunities for expanding outdoor practice beyond the confines of the nursery and how babies can get out into the wider community, including diverse natural landscapes, and what this can offer. We know that outdoor play and experiences in nature are vital for the wellbeing of babies, children and adults alike so getting intentional about outdoor play for babies is a stepping stone to a healthier and happier baby room. You'll leave the workshop with:
- ideas and tips for giving creativity in your baby room a boost immediately
- opportunities to learn from other baby room educators and leaders and to connect with a like-minded community
- practical resources, including a slide deck that you can use with your team to cascade the learning you take from the workshop
Creativity in the Baby Room
What does a creative baby room look like?
How can you embrace the creativity of colleagues, babies and families through the practice of the baby room?
How can you approach everyday care routines in a more creative and playful way?
In this webinar, we'll focus on practical ways to grow creativity in your baby room. We’ll think about making a shift from the question of what we do in the baby room that’s creative, to thinking instead about how everything we do can be done in a more creative way. To help with this, we’ll introduce some of the key characteristics of possibility thinking like self-determination, playfulness and risk-taking. We’ll combine our day-to-day activities with these characteristics as a way to approach care and education in the baby room more creatively. Whether you're feeling confident about creativity in the baby room, or whether you know you need to do more to support it, this workshop will support you with:
- helpful ways of thinking about creativity in your work with babies, families and colleagues
- ideas and tips for giving creativity in your baby room a boost immediately
- opportunities to learn from other baby room educators and leaders and to connect with a like-minded community
- practical resources, including a slide deck that you can use with your team to cascade the learning you take from the workshop
Creativity in the Baby Room – Baby Rooms – Inspiring Leaders (babyrooms-inspiringleaders.co.uk)
Musical Creativity in the Baby Room
How can we embrace babies' natural musical creativity and curiosity?
How can we be more intentional about the way we use music in the baby room and develop a more inspired approach to musical creativity?
How can we build up our own musical creativity so that it can infuse our work with babies and help us and them to enjoy every single day more?
In this webinar, we'll focus on practical ways to bring more musical creativity into the baby room every single day. I'll offer starting points for thinking about bringing more musical creativity into the baby room and then we'll work together to develop practical ideas and tips that you can take back to your place of work to make a difference immediately. We know that musical creativity is something that connects babies, children and adults together - it's part of what makes us who we are. So finding ways to be more musically creative with babies is part of developing a happier and healthier baby room. This workshop will leave you with:
- ideas and tips for giving creativity in your baby room a boost immediately
- opportunities to learn from other baby room educators and leaders and to connect with a like-minded community
- practical resources including a slide deck that you can use with your team to cascade the learning you take from the workshop