Part of the ECCDC’s Think, Feel, Act Series

Documenting children’s investigations and relationships is now recognized as central to the practice of educators of young children. This is a disposition that requires cultivation. As we hone those skills, we will also have vibrant, authentic information from which we can make meaning, with many different questions in mind, inviting different perspectives – i.e. we can create documentation. In our time together, using examples of documentation created by Jason Avery, we will consider how we give visibility to our view of the child, families, teaching, and learning, as well as what it looks like when children feel that they belong, are engaged in relationships and learning, can express their ideas and responses in many ways, and have a feeling of well-being.

Participants are invited to bring a piece of documentation-in-the-works, so we can work together as critical friends to consider different perspectives about what the documentation reveals, not only about the children’s thinking, but also about our own questions, learning, values, and assumptions.

Workshop Agenda

8:00 am Registration & Breakfast

8:30 am Workshop Opening

12:00 to 1:00 pm Lunch & Networking

3:00 pm Documentation Exhibit

4:00 pm Workshop Closing

Registration

Register through the Early Childhood Community Development Centre.

• $135 includes workshop materials, breakfast, lunch, exhibit, and a copy of Documenting Children’s Meaning: Engaging in Design and Creativity with Children and Families, co-authored by Karyn Callaghan, Carol Anne Wien, and artist Jason Avery
• $75 without inclusion of the book

Download the event brochure in PDF format here: Documentation as Relationship