Mindfulness and Purpose in ECE
Mindfulness and purpose in early childhood education is a return to the basics and true joy of working with children.
It is taking a moment to pause and think about what is important to us, as teachers to show young children. It is slowing down and adopting a minimalistic approach to programming where we reduce the noise in children's environments and bring down the pace of harried classrooms.
Mindful ECEs strive to create simple, purposeful and everyday programming practices that return the environment to the essential elements of early childhood education and care.
Be Mindful…..Have Purpose …. Make it Minimal.
Create purposeful moments for children
Create meaningful play opportunities for children
Surround children with new ideas for play
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
The Mindful ECE Resource Collection
Create purposeful moments and meaningful play with these tried and true, and sometimes new resources.
Congratulations, you're now an early childhood educator on your way to working in the one of the greatest professional fields.
This programming collection is for you — a baseline of ideas and reminders to carry with you in your programming travels.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Purposeful Steps into the Field
- HDLH Checklist for ECEs
- Messy Play Recipes
SLOW DOWN SCHOOL AGE CHILD CARE
Step back and breathe
- Reduce the noise by slowing down your school age child care day.
- Streamline activities and routines so they have more time to wander and play.
- Plan for simple PD days
- Use more exploration and inquiry
- Provide more provocations and time for projects
- Create a variety of journals
- Show them how to make their own learning stories
Mindfulness and Purpose in ECE programming
HARRIED CLASSROOM? PUSH PAUSE...
Return to the basics and true joy of working with children. Reduce the noise and slow down you busy classroom. Enjoy the simple essentials of early childhood education and care again.
Slow down your child care experience.
- Bring mindfulness into your child care experience.
- Keep purpose in your child care programming.
- Plan pure and simple play experiences.
So, a bit about me...
I'm an Ottawa girl who graduated university with a bachelor degree (English and Psychology) then early childhood education as part of the new intensive ECE program. Following these, I graduated the ECE Resource Teachers program before it closed.
My first jobs after graduation were as an assistant supervisor, then supervisor of a built for purpose school age program with the Ottawa school board. Once I had children of my own, I opened a licensed creative arts and homework program for children 4-12 years old.
As a 'side hustle' I taught adult ECE courses, and did placement supervison at my local college, which evolved into coordinating the program for many years.
Right now, I'm still a part time teacher and placement advisor wiht the college's online studies program.
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