Saskatchewan Early Childhood Education Council

Here is a list of a few (seriously, only a few) of my favorite children’s books! Stay tuned for some sharing of ideas for these books from the Tri-West Teachers’ Association  workshop I am presenting in North Battleford. Click to download:   Favorite Book list

(Click the tabs at the bottom of the Excel document to get the list sorted by Author, Title, and Topic)

We are hosting a digital learning night in Melfort on Thursday, May 2 at 6:00 at Brunswick School.  We will be finding out about using Facebook as a communication tool and creating digital portfolios.  Click on the poster for more details.

Digital Learning Night

• strategic planning for the provincial Kindergarten and related programs and initiatives involving environment, inquiry and project-based learning, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and family engagement;
• advising and collaborating with other branches and stakeholders to support grade 1 to Grade 3 education with a focus on enhancing reading and numeracy by the end of Grade 3;
• conducting research, analyzing and interpreting current best practices in early childhood education;
• consulting and working with school divisions to enhance and implement early childhood education practices, programs and initiatives particularly for kindergarten;
• delivering presentations to colleagues and education stakeholders to enhance understanding of curriculum, instruction and assessment for Kindergarten; and

• identifying, developing and responding to emerging issues with a solution focus.

The Saskatoon Early Childhood Education Council is hosting a Smartboard Phase 1 and 2 workshop on Thursday, May 16th 4pm-7pm (supper provided).  See the link for more information and registration! Members and Non-Members are welcome!

click to download the information:    smartboard workshop

Please include in your email registration:

Full Name

School

School Division

Grade Level

Here are some events hosted by SECA that pertain to early childhood:

http://saskcare.ca/calendar/

At the beginning of the kindergarten year, I had my students work on self portraits.  We started by looking in mirrors and studying our faces.  We talked about what we saw, the shapes we saw, the details, the lines.  Next I gave each student a piece of white paper and a pencil.  Each student sat down with their paper and mirror and worked to draw their face.  I encouraged them to keep referring back to the mirror so they could draw a true likeness of their faces.  They turned out great!  One of the students asked if we could now paint our faces.  I wasn’t sure how to proceed as I had never painted a self portrait.  I tried googling it to see if there were any lesson plans and I came across a blog by Julie Voigt called Art for Small Hands.  Julie Voigt has graciously allowed us to reprint her lesson on painting self portraits with young children.  Julie’s blog is full of all different kinds of art lessons.  There is a search function on the blog so you can search for different art techniques of lesson topics.  Here are some examples of my class working on their self portraits.

Self Portraits by Julie Voigt – Lesson Plan and photos

Go to Julie Voigt’s Blog

Alia working on her self portrait.

Handouts included for his sessions!  Click on his picture to go to the website.

UBC M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education

NEW – Online Cohort

UBC¹s Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research has developed an innovative and engaging online M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education, which can be completed entirely online.  The next cohort will begin in September 2013 and applications are being accepted from across Canada.

This cohort program will include opportunities for participants to inquire into their professional practice with young children, and offers opportunities to explore issues in early childhood research, theory, and practice.

This is an interdisciplinary, cross-departmental program that consists of core courses in early childhood education (ECE) and related courses in other departments, for example:

• child development and special
• early language and literacy
• early numeracy, or
• school-community relations

Online Information Session

Tuesday, October 30 | 4:30-5:30pm (PST)

http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/eco3

JUST A REMINDER THAT THE STF HAS MANY GREAT AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS! CHECK THEM HERE:

STF AWARDS, GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Check out the new blog and website STF has created to encourage advocacy by teachers:

http://thisistheclassroom.ca/