Using Outdoor Space for Emergent Curriculum in Childcare

Suitable for all early learning professionals and parents.

Presenter: Pooja Kalsi

Well-designed outdoor space can help implement a responsive emergent curriculum. It can also provide a wider range of benefits for children—reducing stress, sharpening their concentration, and promoting creative problem solving.

In this workshop we will learn how to nurture children’s enthusiasm for the out-of-doors and using sensory experiences and loose parts to accomplish this task. We will talk about examples of experiences you can provide in the summer season.

Pooja has a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education. She has 25 years of experience in the Early childhood field as a teacher, facilitator, supervisor, director and instructor. She is very passionate about finding ways to promote children’s creativity and expression of discovery. She currently teaches at Langara College in the ECE department.