Cardboard Creations and Boisterous Play for School Aged Children
Join award winning trainer and author Ben Kingston-Hughes of Inspired Children for two exciting training sessions on: Boisterous Play for Girls and Boys Building Giant Cardboard Creations This training is for Coventry Childcare providers working with school aged children - this all day training session will cover two training sessions with refreshments and lunch included. Session 1: Boisterous Play for Girls and Boys This new course explores boisterous play, not as negative behaviour but as a vital development process supporting children to test and develop their own physicality. This course aims to put some of the thrill and boisterousness back into play. Children are constantly being told to not to be so rough and yet by restricting this type of play, we are in danger of limiting some very important developmental processes. This course highlights the importance of rough and tumble and boisterous play and demonstrates a series of incremental activities to increase rough and tumble play in play settings. This course is ideal for any setting wishing to make play moe exciting and is especially valuable for settings where older children may appear bored with everyday activities which my impact on their behaviour. This course addresses the following: Play Types - Rough and Tumble, Deep Play, Mastery Play, Locomotor Play Playwork Principles Playwork Curriculum and Best Play Criteria for Enriched Play Neurological Play UN Convention Rights of a Child (Article 31) Suitable for practitoners working with school aged children. Session 2: Building Giant Cardboard Creations What’s this? A giant sinister shape stalking across the setting? Oh no it’s a giant cardboard monster! This workshop gives tips and tricks for building enormous creations out of cardboard boxes and assorted scrap. Learners will use simple techniques and ideas for building huge artworks out of cardboard which as well as being massive fun can be the starting point for a whole range of additional creative play opportunities. Be prepared to have fun! Suitable for practitioners working with school aged children.