An engaging workshop designed specifically for early childhood educators and leaders, focused on creating and maintaining a positive outlook within ECE teams. This interactive session will support you with practical strategies and insights to foster an optimistic work environment, essential for enhancing team cohesion. In this workshop, participants will cover: ● Cultivating a Growth Mindset: […]

Developing a connection with nature is an integral piece of childhood. Through interactions with the natural world, children develop a sense of wonder, calm, joy, and fascination. In this interactive session, we explore place- based learning with children of all ages. We discuss ways of moving past challenges, engaging stakeholders, and exploring simple and meaningful […]

A foundational understanding of ADHD, executive functioning, and the impact on early childhood classrooms. We explore the history and stigma behind an ADHD diagnosis, how it fits under the neurodiversity umbrella, as well as how children with ADHD may interact differently with their environment with strategies to support.

This fun and interactive 8 hour course trains people how to react and improvise when dealing with life threatening emergencies. This course includes initial assessment, disease prevention, secondary survey, airway obstruction, adult, child and infant CPR and AED (level C). Recognition and first-aid treatment for head and spine injuries, shock, burns, bleeding, seizures, broken bones, […]

Are you interested in opening your own child care centre and not sure where to start? Join our CCRR consultants for a 1 hour information session that will provide you the beginning steps of starting and opening your in-home or commercial setting child care centre. *NO CERTIFICATE IS GIVEN FOR THIS INFORMATION SESSION

Join our workshop to explore practical strategies for promoting wellness and managing stress in the early childhood education (ECE) workplace through mindfulness. Through interactive discussions and experiential exercises, educators will gain valuable insights and tools to support their wellbeing and create a positive work environment. Don’t miss this opportunity to prioritize self-care and nurture a […]

In these hands on, in person, small group workshops we will be exploring a variety of materials at the CCRR. Creatively engage with many different materials in open-ended ways. Different materials will be explored every month. Spending time experimenting with a variety of materials will help educators build confidence in presenting materials to children. Educators […]

In this workshop we will explore the important early math concepts of number, pattern, and spatial reasoning. Ideas will be shared about how to develop these math concepts in playful and inclusive ways using a range of materials and approaches. Instructional routines, games, and connections to place and story will be shared as ways to […]

As societal increase the demand for group child care, sleep issues among infants and toddlers in these environments have become more common. This workshop prepares educators with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to support young children's sleep in group settings, utilizing a behavioral approach.

Books can take us far away from our homes and schools into the wilderness of our imaginations. But how can you bring stories outdoors, especially in rainy Vancouver? This workshop introduces a variety of storytelling techniques that are suitable for the outdoor classroom, and it also showcases books and activities to read indoors and out […]

This fun and interactive 8 hour course trains people how to react and improvise when dealing with life threatening emergencies. This course includes initial assessment, disease prevention, secondary survey, airway obstruction, adult, child and infant CPR and AED (level C). Recognition and first-aid treatment for head and spine injuries, shock, burns, bleeding, seizures, broken bones, […]

In this workshop, Behnaz invites early childhood educators to join her in this transformative session to enhance our teaching skills make a meaningful impact on children’s lives and make a change together. Behnaz will share her knowledge of what is pedagogy. She will demonstrate how pedagogical narration and documentation can enrich the learning experience for […]