Course | Purposeful Play

Price

$333 (CAD)

Facilitator

Kim Marshall
Kim Marshall is the founder and CEO of Roots & Wings Childhood, where she provides families with tools, mindset and strategy that are child honouring and parent empowering. Kim is a certified teacher and parenting coach, with an international community.

In Purposeful Play, Kim shares what she has studied and lived over the past 15 years with her students and her own children, facilitating authentic play and simple, meaningful learning invitations.

During Kim's classroom teaching career, her classroom environments were coveted as innovative and inspiring. She enjoyed helping colleagues set up play-based learning spaces before offering her services as a virtual playroom designer for parents to use the same successful principals in the home. Kim believes that when children and adults feel good in their space, they will be capable of deep, rich, meaningful work that lasts longer and is filled with conversation and curiosity.

Description

Stop entertaining your child and start facilitating creative opportunities in a simple and inviting environment. Learn how to create more free play in your home so your child can learn independently and you can sit back and enjoy your coffee, hot!

Lately, you’ve been noticing…
- Your child is always asking you to play with them
- Your child can never find the toy they are looking for
- Your child isn’t engaging with the items they have the way you hoped they would
- Your child avoids the playroom and brings their toys into other parts of the house
- Your child puts up a fuss when it’s clean up time
- The toys are overwhelming you and taking over
- The playroom is a disaster, and you avoid that area because what’s the point, it will just get messy again!

Introducing, Purposeful Play

A self-paced course designed to educate and inspire you about how play impacts children cognitively, socially, and emotionally.

In this course you will learn about the benefits of play, so that you can confidently facilitate deep, rich, independent play that inspires children to connect with themselves, others, and the world around them.

For the mom or dad who wants to...
- Sip their Saturday morning coffee-hot!
- Host play dates that run themselves
- Take back their home and edit their toy collections
- Provide a special space that is just for your child to learn and grow (it can be a play wall, play corner, play nook, or entire playroom)
- Support social skills, emotional regulation, critical thinking, imagination and creativity
- Enrich their child’s development during the ages of 2 years-10+ years

For the teacher, educator, or caregiver who wants to...
- Enhance quality play-based learning
- Curate their space to engage children with open-ended toys and tools
- Foster a love of learning in a developmentally appropriate way
- Increase independence, cooperation, collaboration, critical thinking skills, self-regulation and social skills
- Enrich their student’s development during the early years preschool-grade 5

Learn How to Use the Elements of Time, Space, and Tools to Build Deep, Rich, and Independent Play

In this course, you will explore the benefits of play, different kinds of play, and how play is the language and work of a child. By learning about play, you will also learn about your child, strengthen your connection, and have clarity around what are the exact steps to take when creating functional and purposeful play space at home.

Because play is a very foundational need for a growing child, you may witness quick and significant changes in their behaviour and mood that will transfer into all areas of their life.

In this course, you will learn how to support your child's development so you can nurture their mental and physical wellness. When your child has more free play at home, they will increase their confidence and self-esteem, emotional regulation, cognitive development and academic learning, imagination, critical thinking skills and social skills (even if playing alone).

Module 1: The Importance of Play
Module 2: Kim Marshall’s Step-by-Step Process for Creating an Inspiring
and Inviting Space
Module 3: Different Ways to Display Toys + Materials
Module 4: Rotating and Storing Toys (Even if You Have Limited Space)
Module 5: Playroom Designs
Module 6: Playing With Your Child and Playful Parenting
Module 7: Independent Play
Module 8: Sourcing and Material Lists