Infants and Toddlers Making Meaning: Reflective Teaching and Learning with Children Birth through 3, by Mary Jane Maguire-Fong

 This session is sponsored by the United Way Center for Excellence in Early Education

Join this webinar to follow infants and toddlers on an amazing journey as they construct concepts and theories during play. Inspired by teachers in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Mary Jane Maguire-Fong  will use photo documentation to observe infants and toddlers at play. In this webinar, you will:

• reflect on how infants and toddlers reveal their thinking through play

• explore how to use documentation to:

  • plan curriculum,

  • assess infants’ and toddlers’ learning,

  • and engage their families.

Scientists who study how infants learn describe them as scientists who seek to make sense of the world around them. Building on this research, we will explore a reflective approach to teaching and learning that redefines curriculum as contexts for learning. Within these contexts -- the play spaces, the care routines, and the mindful conversations and interactions we pursue with them – we will propose possibilities for inviting infants and toddlers to go deeper in their research, and in so doing, discover what it means to teach and to learn when working with children birth to 3.

All sessions are 1.5 hours long, and include a brief announcement from our sponsor. 2:oo PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time. Can’t participate in our webinars at the appointed time? Never fear! All of the webinars are recorded. To view the recording, simply register now and you will receive an email with a link to the recording when it is ready to be viewed. You can still download the certificate by watching the recording to the end when the certificate link is announced and displayed on the screen. *Please be advised that you will only be eligible for the great door prizes if you participate in the live session. See the schedule of upcoming webinars.