This workshop explores the strengths of Finnish early childhood education and provides educators with valuable insights and strategies to enhance their own practices. You will delve into key elements such as child-centered approaches and emphasis on interaction, play, and outdoor learning. You gain knowledge about creating impactful and inspiring learning experiences for your young learners.

Language is not only an object of learning in early education, but also a vehicle for learning. It provides children with means to manage different situations, interact with others, express themselves, and gain knowledge. Through this workshop, you will gain practical skills and ideas on how to support your children’s linguistic development through interactive and experiential activities.

Expression promotes children's learning potential, social competence, and positive self-image. Children develop their thinking and learning skills as they explore and interpret by practicing different ways to express themselves. In this workshop, you will gain practical skills and ideas on how to support your children’s musical, visual, craft, and verbal expression skills through experiential activities.

Children expand their living environment as they join in early education outside their homes. The teachers’ mission is to develop children's capabilities of understanding the diversity of the local community and practice acting in it. Through this workshop, you will gain practical ideas on how to support your children’s ethical thinking, community, and media competencies.

STEM education provides children with the capacity to observe, analyze and understand their surroundings. Children's developing skills to name phenomena and use different concepts promotes their multiliteracy. You will learn how to support the development of your children's mathematical thinking, environmental education, and technology education through playful learning.

This interactive workshop offers educators an understanding of the power of playful learning in promoting growth and movement during the crucial early years of a child's development. You will gain practical ideas for physical education, food education, health, and safety.

This workshop delves into the design principles and practices employed by Finnish early learning centers to create inspiring learning environments. You will explore the key elements such as natural materials, flexible spaces, and a focus on play and exploration. You will familiarize yourself with inviting and dynamic spaces that nurture holistic development and support optimal learning outcomes.

The workshop equips you with the knowledge necessary to effectively plan, document, and assess playful learning experiences. Drawing inspiration from best practices, you will learn how to create meaningful documentation of your children's learning journeys and implement formative assessment strategies aligned with playful learning principles.

This workshop gives you the essential knowledge to foster meaningful partnerships with parents, enhancing the children’s development and well-being. You will learn about effective communication strategies and how to engage parents as active contributors to their children's education.