February 2020
The Four Foundation Senses of Early Childhood
The Four Foundation Senses of Early ChildhoodChild development and age-appropriate skill expectationMovement, touch, balance and sense of life - the foundation sensesBody consciousness and movement in three dimensions of spaceThe balancing act of physiological and psychological developmentCrossing mid-lines and body control - what to expectDominance - eye, ear, hand and foot. How to checkBasic checklist of body integration/intelligenceTherapeutic exercisesDevelopmental delay, disturbed senses or unreleased primary reflexes?How children’s drawings can reveal developmental information Each workshop addresses aspects of the Australian Professional Standards…
Find out more »Earth, Air, Fire and Water Children
Earth, Air, Fire and Water ChildrenThe temperaments and implications for teaching, learning and children’s destiniesOverview of the Greek humours and temperamentsHow to observe different temperament behaviourWhy temperaments are so importantTempering the temperaments - How and whyThe temperaments and literacy/numeracy skillsThe temperaments and children's potential for lifeWorking with story telling and the temperamentsHow to create engaging stories using the temperamentsClass seating and the temperaments $150 school funded *** $100 self funded/QTPD Follower *** $50 student/unwaged concession PRESENTERJonathan AnstockMEd (Steiner), BA, Teach…
Find out more »Storytelling and Thematic Teaching
Storytelling and Thematic TeachingHow stories and themes can be the vehicle to teach all that is needed in the early yearsWhy storytelling?Story in its evolutionary contextCreating a storytelling environmentStory and the development of imagination, intuition and inspirationThe wisdom in ancient storiesThematic teaching - lesson samples and ideasFour archetypal elements in stories that enthuse the childrenCreative story telling that ensures literacy and numeracy success $150 school funded *** $100 self funded/QTPD Follower *** $50 student/unwaged concession PRESENTERJonathan Anstock, MEd (Steiner), BA,…
Find out more »March 2020
Australian Politics, NAPLAN and PISA
Australian Politics, NAPLAN and PISAHow testing and league tables can corrupt teaching and learning in the early and primary yearsOverview of Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), NAPLAN and PISA standardised testing.Is national testing justified in the light of Finland’s and Steiner perspectives?How Finland achieved the best international PISA results with least face to face teaching hoursThe Global Education Reform Movement (GERM) compared to Finland and SteinerTeacher quality, continuity and human relationshipsLearning support processes - Finland and SteinerSchool as…
Find out more »Child Friendly Literacy Development
Child Friendly Literacy DevelopmentUsing the wisdom of the past for deep literacy skill acquisition and developmentChild readiness for engagement and learningChild development markers/milestonesGross and fine motor skills in relation to drawing and writingDrawing straights and curves - preparing for capitalsWhy the little letters (minuscules) should be taught after capitalsCreative ways to introduce the letters and writingAn archetypal drawing: what is it and how it can develop?Story, drawing and writing - a holistic approachFrom drawing to writing to reading - a…
Find out more »Child Friendly Numeracy Development
Child Friendly Numeracy DevelopmentUsing the wisdom of the past for deep numeracy skill acquisition and developmentHow we can help children to love number, the four operations and geometryHow to plan creative lessons which enhance the learning of number, the four operations and geometryThe ideal order of Maths faculty development“Learning readiness” and how it relates to child development and the learning of number, the four operations and geometryKnowledge of key psychological and physiological markers so we can better serve children’s learning…
Find out more »Form Drawing in the Primary School
Form Drawing in the Primary SchoolUsing the wisdom of the past for deep literacy skill acquisition and development This workshop covers:Straights, curves and writing foundationsMirror drawings with straights and curvesPatterns, colour and repeating formsBasic Celtic knots - freehandAdvanced Celtic knotsBasic compass-workAdvanced compass-work and sacred geometry $150 employer funded *** $100 self funded/QTPD Follower *** $50 student/unwaged concession PRESENTERJonathan Anstock, MEd (Steiner), BA, Teach Cert,, Cert Adult Ed, Adv. Dip. Couns, Cert Couns Child and Adolesc, Cert Remedial Movement TherapyRemedial Movement Therapist40+…
Find out more »Screen Time and child Development
Screen Time and Child Development The screen, neuroscience and intelligenceICT - an overviewScreen time statisticsEvolving human faculties in relation to information and communicationChild development, three dimensional experience and communicationThe foundation senses for information and communication developmentPhysiological and psychological development in relation to ICTInformation and communication in relation to social and moral development Prioritising information and communication faculty developmentNeuroscience research, human development and ICT $150 employer funded *** $100 self funded/QTPD Follower *** $50 student/unwaged concession PRESENTERJonathan Anstock, MEd, BA, Teach…
Find out more »The Importance of Handwriting in Human Development
The Importance of Handwriting in Human DevelopmentWhat could be lost?Child development and age appropriate skillsAppreciation of the deeper significance of writing for human developmentA recognition of the three-fold organisation found within the human beingUnderstanding how the changes in the Curriculum may impact on child and thus human developmentClarification on the age appropriate schooling of a three-fold human beingImpact on the child and age appropriateness of modern technologyHow we now have modified communication to adapt to technology andHow technology has changed…
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