The children explore the natural materials that they found in the yard - sticks, dried leaves and flower petals - as they also create minimalist inspired artwork.
The Third Annual Art of Play and Wonderment
Conference Postponement
In light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Brooklyn College has made the decision to postpone the 3rd Annual Art of Play and Wonderment Conference until a later date. We will notify the community when a new date has been set. Check the college's website for COVID-19–related updates.
Please let me know if you have any questions. We do hope that you can join us for the yet-to-be determined future date.
Many thanks,
Ivonne Barreras, Ph.D.
E: Ivonne.barreras@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Children need teachers who are passionate, curious, joyful, and committed to being fully mindful.—Deb Curtis
We are here to feel, wonder, and gaze in awe at the world. Instead of just teaching our children how to use things and do things, I suggest we nourish their sense of wonder.—Bernie Siegel
An Early Childhood Conference at Brooklyn College
Truly Seeing Children
Friday, April 24, 2020
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Student Center, Brooklyn College
- Tovah Klein, Ph.D., Director, Barnard College Center for Toddler Development —Keynote Speaker
- Conference Schedule
About the Conference
The Third Annual Art of Play and Wonderment in Early Childhood Conference—Truly Seeing Children is designed to provide a space for early childhood teachers, directors/leaders, coaches, and faculty, as well as artists and art educators within Brooklyn College, CUNY, and throughout New York City, to consider, reflect upon, and think deeply about what we bring and wish to bring to our early childhood classrooms and professional practice, particular to the way that we see children.
This year's conference focuses on the significance of truly seeing children and celebrating their work, play, sense of joy, wonderment, curiosity, and authenticity of spirit.
The Early Childhood/SOE Lab School, in partnership with the faculty in the Early Childhood / Art Education Department, has been transforming the physical space in the Early Childhood Center, which has impacted the learning experiences for children and teachers as well as influenced relationships between children, their teachers, and their parents and families. We are inspired by the intentional curiosity and wonderment that the children present to us on a moment-to-moment basis at the Early Childhood Center/Lab School. Their boundless energy, expert inquisitiveness, and tender engagements impact us as genuine, authentic educators.
The 3rd Annual Art of Play and Wonderment in Early Childhood Conference—Truly Seeing Children is an opportunity for continuing a rich and meaningful discussion around engagement, relationship building, and collaborative, supportive connections with respect to the art of play and wonderment, which transforms learning experiences for children and teachers in the classroom as well as influences relationships between parents, their children, and their children's teachers.
The conference will include a variety of speakers and presenters. Breakout sessions will include topics on coaching early childhood educators, building a rich and meaningful child-centered curriculum, celebrating families in cross-cultural contexts, and exploring play as a source of joy, empathy, compassion, and connection.
More Information
Ivonne Barreras, Ph.D.
E: Ivonne.barreras@brooklyn.cuny.edu
