Kitsap Early Learning Professionals

🎃 Halloween festivities extended!
📚 Bedtime Books at Bethany is Sunday
🎵 We sing at 2:45
🛝 Come early or stay late to play
💕 Bring diapers or wipes for Love, Lydia
🧦 Take home a treat bag with fall socks, glow-in-the-dark slime and candy! 🍫
📖 You get to keep the pair of books.

Children need the freedom and the time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.
– Kay Redfield Jamison

🎃 Bedtime Books at Bethany!
You get both 📕 books and a treat bag.
🛝 Come early or stay late to enjoy the playground!
🎵 We’ll sing some songs at 2:45pm.
💕 Love your neighbors by donating diapers or wipes for Love Lydia to share with families in need.
It’s all free! A gift from Bethany Lutheran, Port Orchard, WA.

“See me”

Source: The Contented Child, Child Wellbeing Consultancy

Your play piece for today is…

Let process, not product, rule your displays.

I love art, however I hate to admit it but I used to concentrate more on the overall product rather than the process of getting there. If children couldn’t do it, I’d do it for them. I made children stand round a table and watch me step by step create something which they then copied 😔😔😔

However, years ago I heard this story https://youtu.be/mGPHgdDvKoM?si=hFIhdGKsRsU_Co6O and it changed the way I taught forever.

I know in this term Art can take precedence, with Halloween, Bonfire and Christmas coming up but don’t let your need for that perfect wall display to overtake the children own creativity and imagination and above all the process of getting there.

Below are pumpkins we made last year, because some children wanted to. I supplied the paper, scissors and glue, nothing else.

I wish you could have seen the support the children gave to one another, the discussions they had about shapes, sizes and colour. Their pumpkins are amazing because they’re all different, based purely on their ideas and imagination.

It was in that moment I realised, more than ever, that I was the facilitator, not the leader 🤩💕

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The A.B.C.s of behavior. Know the before, the middle, and the after in order to know how to see the WHOLE picture.

Isn’t this lovely?!!

"From the time you were very little, you've had people who have smiled you into smiling, people who have talked you into talking, sung you into singing, loved you into loving. So, let's take some time to think of those extra special people. Some of them may be right here, some may be far away. Some may even be in heaven. No matter where they are, deep down, you know they've always wanted what was best for you. They've always cared about you beyond measure and have encouraged you to be true to the best within you. Let's just take a minute of silence to think about those people now." -- Fred Rogers

Happy October! Here are some activities to do with your toddlers! This month’s learning activities include fall, leaves, pumpkins, apples, and more! Try them all or pick a few favorites! Have fun! For more at-home learning ideas, visit HollyRidge.org/at-home-learning-by-month.

FREE: Social emotional learning poster from WholeHearted School Counseling ❤️

The Behind Anger free printable reminds us that anger is often a secondary feeling to other deeper, perhaps more vulnerable emotions. This is a great reference when talking with students and children about feeling angry and the triggers behind it.

The last weekend of October! A GRAND time to attend a free virtual early learning summit with grand speakers!

The Power of Play Materials Summit Learn from 15 education experts how to engage, support and elevate your students’ development with a powerful variety of play materials that comes easy to you AND your students.

Free Educator Day at Pacific Science Center!

Educator Appreciation Day - Pacific Science Center We're celebrating our educators with an exciting day of discovery and science!

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Elevate Your Practice, Transform Your Life. You don't want to miss this. Register Today! Join our educator convention at the Westgate Las Vegas to learn how Conscious Discipline can elevate the opportunities in your school.

✨Join us tomorrow, Saturday, September 28th for the Worldwide Day of Play with Kitsap Children’s Museum! 🌍🎨 Enjoy a day full of creative fun, featuring a special guest model train 🚂 while your kids dive into imagination exploration! 🎉

While we celebrate play, we're also looking forward to the future! Help us build a permanent, centrally located museum in Bremerton! 🏠 Your donations will help create a lasting space for kids to play, engage, and learn for years to come. 🌱

Visit www.kitsapchildrensmuseum.org to learn more about how you can support our vision. Let's make a difference together, one playful moment at a time! 💛

Preach!

To Be Ready for Kindergarten, Teachers and Researchers Say Social-Emotional Skills Are Key - EdSurge News Kindergarten readiness has been on the decline for years. We asked educators and child development experts which skills are most important to a child’s ...

Rather than focusing on including children with different needs, focus on finding ways to give children a sense of belonging.
– Mike Huber

Because children grow up we think a child's purpose is to grow up. But a child's purpose is to be a child.
Tom Stoppard