DECAL-approved training
Schemas: Understanding Children's Play and Supporting Their Explorations
Learn to spot the patterns in children's play and plan experiences that deepen their investigations.
- In person
- 1 hr
- 1 DECAL hr
- TG-BFTS-70526
Georgia DECAL-approved training.Counts toward Georgia’s 10 annual training hours; certificate issued for GaPDS.
About this training
This introduction to schemas in children's play supports educators in recognizing and planning for developmental patterns in exploration. Participants will learn to offer materials, activities, and small-group experiences that deepen children's investigations.
Ready to go deeper?
Once your team can spot a schema, this follow-on session turns that observation into planned curriculum and provocations.
Schemas & Curriculum Planning (1.5 hr)Methods & key elements
What your team practises and walks away able to do:
- Spotting a schema in the moment, using real classroom video
- Provisioning for a schema instead of redirecting it
- Documenting and sharing schema observations with families
- Linking schemas to the Reggio Emilia lens and to GELDS
Play & inquiry
Who this training is for
- Lead and assistant teachers in toddler, preschool and pre-K classrooms
- Teachers who want to plan from what children already do in play
- Directors and coaches looking for a shared play vocabulary across rooms
Hours & certificate
- Training credit
- 1 DECAL clock hour toward Georgia's 10 annual hours
- Certificate
- Issued to each participant after the session
- Your record
- Hours recorded in GaPDS (Georgia Professional Development System)
Ways to book this training
In person at your center
Camille comes to your school or a venue you choose in Metro Atlanta or the Carolinas.
Group session for your staff
Train the whole team at once, with per-teacher pricing. Group trainings
One educator
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