Events

This session explores the Kosodate Sien-In license as an alternative to the Hoikushi license for childcare professionals. It covers eligibility requirements, benefits for schools and individuals, time commitment, language support, and administrative guidance provided by OBP Academy for non-native Japanese speakers.

This workshop teaches parents and educators how to manage problem behaviors in children with autism or developmental delays. Participants learn behavioral principles, strategies to increase cooperation, observation techniques, and data collection methods. The focus is on practical solutions for everyday challenges like tantrums, noncompliance, and toileting issues.

Explores how to manage transitions in early childhood, covering attachment theory, emotional responses, and practical strategies for creating positive transitions. Provides a framework for understanding the transition cycle and working with parents to support children through changes, emphasizing intentional planning and relationship building.

Provides earthquake literacy through interactive learning, covering seven essential preparedness steps including proper reactions, information gathering, family communication, hazard awareness, home safety, and emergency kit preparation.

Explores the value of block play in early childhood education, covering research findings, historical context, developmental stages, and connections to all four DAP domains. Discusses teacher attitudes, classroom space allocation, materials, and teacher involvement as key variables affecting block play implementation.

Explores personal narrative and literacy vs. orality through a story writing process influenced by Bev Bos, Vivian Paley, Sydney Clemens, and Sylvia Ashton-Warner. Includes reading children's stories.

Explores Lisa Murphy's 9-point framework for child-centered education through interactive lecture and real-life examples, emphasizing hands-on, play-based approaches in early childhood settings.

Explores Magda Gerber's RIE philosophy, emphasizing how infants and toddlers learn through uninterrupted play and natural motor development. Examines when to observe versus intervene, and how attentive caregiving creates optimal learning environments for children 0-3.

Explores respectful caregiving practices that build trust and promote cognitive and social-emotional development. Emphasizes slowing down during care routines to enable babies and toddlers to participate actively in their own care.

This workshop guides educators in reflecting on the school year, celebrating successes, and implementing self-care strategies for themselves and their classrooms. Led by Amanda Stradling, LMSW, who brings expertise from NYC's Division of Early Childhood Education.

This session explores the benefits of mixed age groupings in early childhood education, drawing from both historical and contemporary research. Discusses strategies for implementation, potential challenges, and specific social and intellectual advantages for children, while incorporating participant experiences and addressing common barriers.

Explores facilitating power play in classrooms through open discussion. Addresses benefits and concerns rather than debating appropriateness, helping educators develop comfort and strategies regardless of their current stance on the topic.