September 2017
Oshkiigmong Early Learning Centre Study Tour and Institute
September 8th & 9th 2017 Oshkiigmong Early Learning Centre welcomes you to join them for a Study Tour and Institute with Lorrie Baird and Michelle Taylor- Leonhardi. Come and listen to our educators share stories and challenges that have offered us important lessons from our classrooms about our journey into Emergent Curriculum. It will cost $100.00 to attend the two day tour. Download the event agenda here. Please complete the registration form (download it here), as this will let us…
Find out more »The Languages of Food: Connecting Food with our Image of the Child
Join us for a morning on the farm presentation by Rosalba Bortolotti and cooking demonstration with Emily Richards. Registration fee ($20 for ORA members or $70 for non-members) includes workshop, cooking demo and farm tour experience, refreshments and lunch! Download the event flyer here. Please register through Eventbrite below: Powered by Eventbrite
Find out more »Emergent Curriculum Certificate Session 2 **FULL**
**Registration for this session is now closed. Session is full. Environments that Support Learning Interactions with Kerri Embrey at Bishop Strachan School. Dates: September 16, October 21, November 11, and December 9, 2017. Time: 9:30AM to 3:30PM You must be a member of The Ontario Reggio Association to register for this session.
Find out more »Material Encounters
Illustrating moments from a three-year art-based collaborative inquiry into materiality in early childhood education, the Material Encounters exhibit explores materials as encounters and events. It considers what it means to think with things: how each material evokes particular intra-actions and presents particular possibilities among/with/between young children. Material Encounters exhibit is included with general admission. Download the exhibit flyer here.
Find out more »Emergent Curriculum Certificate Session 2 Simcoe **FULL**
**Registration for this session is now closed. Session is full. Environments that Support Learning Interactions with Ellen Brown hosted among early learning sites in Barrie and Orillia. Dates: September 23, October 14, October 28, November 4. Time: 9:30AM to 3:30PM You must be a member of The Ontario Reggio Association to register for this session.
Find out more »Encounters with Materials-A Dialogue
Encounters with Materials Exhibit: Illustrating moments from a three-year art-based collaborative inquiry into materiality in early childhood education, the Material Encounters exhibit explores materials as encountersand events. It considers what it means to think with things: how each material evokes particular intra-actions and presents particular possibilities among/with/between young children. ORA members are invited to join ORA Board member Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw at the Encounters with Materials Exhibit for a conversation about the installation, from 10am to 12noon at the London Children's…
Find out more »October 2017
Thinking (and Rethinking) Pedagogy: A Dialogue with a Pedagogista
What does pedagogy mean and what does it do to everyday practice? How might pedagogy serve us to reconfigure practices? And how does pedagogy connect practice to broader societal movements? The term pedagogy is now reaching mainstream usage in early childhood education, and educational contexts more broadly. In early childhood education, this might be due on one hand, to its inclusion in early learning frameworks and on the other, to the growing movement towards reconconceptualizing the field beyond care. Through…
Find out more »January 2018
**FULL** Session 1: Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings
With Ellen Brown and Mary Jane Miller. Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings. Dates: January 13, February 3, 10, March 3, 2018. Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Bayview Glen School, 275 Duncan Mill Road, Toronto, ON, M3B 3H9
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Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning Workshops
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning workshops offer educators an opportunity to explore inquiry-based and Reggio-inspired learning for Grades K-6 in collaborative, hands-on sessions. Tour the spectacular BSS Junior School and experience Reggio-inspired learning in action. Discuss strategies and scaffolds to make thinking visible and create rich environments for learning. Be inspired by classroom projects presented by BSS teachers who implement inquiry-based learning with their students. Join us for one or all three sessions! Register online now at bss.on.ca/ie For more information contact…
Find out more »March 2018
*** SOLD OUT *** Canadian Study Week in Reggio Emilia
*** SOLD OUT *** Interest in Reggio Emilia’s approach to education has grown in our province in the wake of The Wonder of Learning exhibit. The Ontario Reggio Association is eager to blow on the embers of this interest. We are organizing the registration of participants for the Canadian Study Week in Reggio Emilia, March 11 – 16, 2018 and collaborating with Reggio Children to plan the events for the week. The theme will be Pedagogical Documentation as visible listening: Building…
Find out more »Opening Reception at Loris Malaguzzi International Centre
On Sunday afternoon, March 11 at 3:00, we will gather in the central piazza in front of the Valli Municipal Theatre. We will form small groups to be escorted on a guided walk so you can see some of the old part of the city and hear some of the history. After the walk, if there is sufficient interest, we will meet at the Loris Malaguzzi International Centre from 4:30 – 6:00 for a reception with Parmigiano Reggiano and mustards…
Find out more »**FULL** Session 1: Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings – Bradford
With Ellen Brown. Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings. Dates: March 24, April 7 and 21, and May 5, 2018 Time: 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Location: Bradford West Gwillimbury Leisure Centre, 471 West Park Ave. Bradford,ON L3Z 0J3
Find out more »April 2018
April 17th Registration for OWL Interactive Meeting
Please Register for this event. Only 100 participants will be able to join the meeting. To join the ZOOM virtual session on April 17, 2018 8:00-9:00 p.m. EDT, please click on the following link: Topic: Ontario Reggio Association Interactive Session Time: Apr 17, 2018 8:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/632302137 Or iPhone one-tap: US: +16699006833,,632302137# or +16465588656,,632302137# Or Telephone: Dial(for higher quality, dial a number based on…
Find out more »Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning Workshops
Investigations and Expressions Professional Learning workshops offer educators an opportunity to explore inquiry-based and Reggio-inspired learning for Grades K-6 in collaborative, hands-on sessions. Tour the spectacular BSS Junior School and experience Reggio-inspired learning in action. Discuss strategies and scaffolds to make thinking visible and create rich environments for learning. Be inspired by classroom projects presented by BSS teachers who implement inquiry-based learning with their students. Join us for one or all three sessions! Register online now at bss.on.ca/ie For more information contact…
Find out more »Brick by Brick Series – Spring 2018 – Ann Arbor, MI Making Children’s (and Educators’) Intelligences Visible: Bringing Back the Ninety-Nine
Brick by Brick Series – Spring 2018 – Ann Arbor, MI Making Children’s (and Educators’) Intelligences Visible: Bringing Back the Ninety-Nine Featuring Karyn Callaghan, NAREA board member and Ontario Reggio Association president, and Kathy Cope, textile artist and arts education consultant In this session, we will build on the notion of multiple literacies. By cultivating a plurality of languages, educators can bring together the materials and the children's desires and curiosity and with them, come to know the world differently. As…
Find out more »May 2018
Session 3: Graphic Materials for Multiple Modes of Representation of Learning
Rescheduled - Date to be Announced Graphic Materials for Multiple Modes of Representation of Learning Dates: TBA Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: The Bishop Strachan School Prerequisite: Session 1
Find out more »Session 5: Pedagogical Documentation as Relationship
Rescheduled - Date to be announced. Pedagogical Documentation as Relationship Dates: TBA Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: The Bishop Strachan School Prerequisite: Session 1
Find out more »July 2018
Session 5: Pedagogical Documentation as Relationship
with Ellen Brown Date: July 11, 18, 25, 2018 Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Location: County of Simcoe Administration Centre, 1110 Highway 26, Midhurst, ON L9X 1N6 To register for this session you must have completed Session 1.
Find out more »Session 3: Graphic Materials for Multiple Modes of Representation of Learning
with Ellen Brown
Session 3: Graphic Materials for Multiple Modes of Representation of Learning
Date: Tuesdays: July 17, 24, August 7
Times: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Location: The County of Simcoe Administration Centre
Session 1: Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings
With Mary Jane Miller Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings. Dates: July 30, 31, August 1, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: The Bishop Strachan School
Find out more »Session 1: Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings
With Kerri Embrey Introduction to Emergent Curriculum in Kindergarten and Early Learning Settings. Dates: July 30, 31, August 1, 2018 Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Location: The Bishop Strachan School
Find out more »August 2018
Session 2: Environments that Support Learning Interactions
with Joanne Babalis Session 2: Environments that Support Learning Interactions Date: August 15, 16, 17, 2018 Times: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Location: The Bishop Strachan School
Find out more »October 2018
Encounters with a Pedagogista: Co-labouring Pedagogy as an Ethical Relationship: MEMBERS ONLY
Encounters with a Pedagogista: Co-labouring Pedagogy as an Ethical Relationship Tiziana Filippini joins us from Reggio Emilia, Italy for a weekend of dialogue. October 12, 13 & 14, 2018 with the participation of Reggio Children and Tiziana Filippini. Members $320.00 & non Members $340.00 The Ontario Reggio Association welcomes you to a reception at the London Children’s Museum on Friday evening, October 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. where there will be an opportunity to engage with a display of pedagogical…
Find out more »Encounters with a Pedagogista: Co-labouring Pedagogy as an Ethical Relationship – NON MEMBER
Encounters with a Pedagogista: Co-labouring Pedagogy as an Ethical Relationship Tiziana Filippini joins us from Reggio Emilia, IT for a weekend of dialogue. October 12, 13 & 14, 2018 with the participation of Reggio Children and Tiziana Filippini. Members $320.00 & non Members $340.00 The Ontario Reggio Association welcomes you to a reception at the London Children’s Museum on Friday evening, October 12, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. where there will be an opportunity to engage with a display of pedagogical documentation. …
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