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Gentle Heroes is a workshop offered free of charge to downtown agencies working with dads/male caregivers.
Storytelling has been part of our cultures for millennia, as entertainment and as a way of sharing knowledge, building attachment, and empowering community members. Stories help us reflect on and overcome our challenges, developing skills like empathy, gratitude, and more.
This workshop will also develop and enhance our appreciation of diversity. It gives participants an opportunity and method to communicate their “story”. This is made possible through speaking, listening, reading and writing, art, music, humour, and role-playing, providing a language-rich environment for children, essential for early literacy. Honouring each family’s culture through storytelling encourages attachment and bonding by giving parents the opportunity to be a significant part of the literacy process as a storyteller.
Recommended Participants:
- Community leaders and administrators
- Family support practitioners
- Early Childhood Educators
- Childcare centre administrators
- Program leaders and facilitators
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Gentle Heroes is a workshop offered free of charge to downtown agencies working with dads/male caregivers.
Storytelling has been part of our cultures for millennia, as entertainment and as a way of sharing knowledge, building attachment, and empowering community members. Stories help us reflect on and overcome our challenges, developing skills like empathy, gratitude, and more.
This workshop will also develop and enhance our appreciation of diversity. It gives participants an opportunity and method to communicate their “story”. This is made possible through speaking, listening, reading and writing, art, music, humour, and role-playing, providing a language-rich environment for children, essential for early literacy. Honouring each family’s culture through storytelling encourages attachment and bonding by giving parents the opportunity to be a significant part of the literacy process as a storyteller.
Recommended Participants:
- Community leaders and administrators
- Family support practitioners
- Early Childhood Educators
- Childcare centre administrators
- Program leaders and facilitators
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
This 2-hour workshop is a condensed version of the outdoor play course previously developed for Mosaic volunteers. Topics include:
- The importance of outdoor play for early childhood development.
- Four fundamentals of successful outdoor play, which touches on sensory play, child-led play, play with loose parts, and risky play.
- Other topics touched on include parental/caregiver roles related to outdoor play, and how to utilize space and resources easily accessible to anyone.
Participants will also be directed to links and resources for practical ideas and activities.
Note: This is a free workshop for those serving families in Communities 4 Families Downtown catchment area.
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* Agencies are reminded that any – or all! – of these topic areas can be tailored into custom workshops for your staff and volunteers. Please contact us to discuss further.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Gentle Heroes is a workshop offered free of charge to downtown agencies working with dads/male caregivers.
Storytelling has been part of our cultures for millennia, as entertainment and as a way of sharing knowledge, building attachment, and empowering community members. Stories help us reflect on and overcome our challenges, developing skills like empathy, gratitude, and more.
This workshop will also develop and enhance our appreciation of diversity. It gives participants an opportunity and method to communicate their “story”. This is made possible through speaking, listening, reading and writing, art, music, humour, and role-playing, providing a language-rich environment for children, essential for early literacy. Honouring each family’s culture through storytelling encourages attachment and bonding by giving parents the opportunity to be a significant part of the literacy process as a storyteller.
Recommended Participants:
- Community leaders and administrators
- Family support practitioners
- Early Childhood Educators
- Childcare centre administrators
- Program leaders and facilitators
Storytelling has been around for millennia, not only for entertainment but as a way of imparting education, connection, and empowerment. Stories help us reflect on and overcome our challenges and develop resiliency skills like empathy, diversity, gratitude, and many more. We wanted to discover ways of bringing resiliency and storytelling together, and there has never been a more critical time to do so. Throughout the pandemic, our resiliency has been put to the test. Communities 4 Families’ workshop helps participants reflect and explore the many ways to build on their resiliency skills through the lens of each oral story we share.
Please join us for our monthly meeting!
Storytelling has been around for millennia, not only for entertainment but as a way of imparting education, connection, and empowerment. Stories help us reflect on and overcome our challenges and develop resiliency skills like empathy, diversity, gratitude, and many more. We wanted to discover ways of bringing resiliency and storytelling together, and there has never been a more critical time to do so. Throughout the pandemic, our resiliency has been put to the test. Communities 4 Families’ workshop helps participants reflect and explore the many ways to build on their resiliency skills through the lens of each oral story we share.