I was honoured to be a presenter both days at the recent ECDA conference in Singapore.
Over the 2 days I spent a great deal of time walking around, meeting educators and looking at the wonderful displays about children’s learning.
What really struck me as unusual was NOT A BORING WORKSHEET in sight!
There were photos of children engaged in creative, problem solving activities and many examples of their writing and fascinating ideas.
There were HUGE displays of children’s art and craft and models they built to demonstrate understanding of various themes and projects.
The excitement about science, maths, literacy and social emotional learning was everywhere! Young children had been to museums and art galleries to learn and absorb and then allowed to respond honestly in their own unique ways.
Congratulations ECDA on a wonderful conference and congratulations Singapore Pre-School teachers for the amazing showcasing of children’s work and creativity.
I came back to Perth, invigorated and fired up with so many ideas and new strategies. Thank you!