This webinar, presented by Rebecca Rolland, Ed.D. and hosted by Early Learning Investigations, will offer concrete strategies for nurturing children’s play and creativity through everyday conversations.
Rebecca, the author of The Art of Talking with Children, lecturer at Harvard Graduate School of Education, and an oral language specialist, will reveal why play is a key aspect of learning and development and how language plays a huge role in all types of play. In this webinar, participants will take a deep dive into the different forms of play and discover how to encourage development through everyday conversations.
By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:
- Identify the key reasons that play and creativity are so powerful in young children’s development and why everyday conversation plays a critical role
- Recognize main strategies for everyday conversation to support play and creativity, including scaffolds by age and stage
- Reflect on their own strengths and challenges in encouraging play and creativity and develop a plan to enhance their abilities
