On September 27, 28th, and 29th the staff will be going to Brandon for training in the Seeds of Empathy program.
Seeds of Empathy, created by Mary Gordon, is an adaptation of her Roots of Empathy program. Seeds of Empathy is designed to foster social and emotional competence and early literacy skills for younger children, ages three to five years old. Like Roots of Empathy, Seeds of Empathy is designed to reduce physical aggression and bullying by fostering children’s empathy. The long term goal is to improve emotional health and social functioning. While Roots of Empathy is provided to kindergarten to grade 8 classrooms, Seeds of Empathy is aimed at the early childhood years to be implemented in child care facilities, nursery schools and Aboriginal Head Start programs. In both Roots and Seeds, the baby is the “teacher”. By becoming aware of the baby’s perspective and learning to label his or her feelings, children learn to understand their own feelings and to develop
empathy.
For three to five year olds, the goals for Seeds of Empathy are to:
· Foster the development of empathy;
· Build social and emotional understanding;
· Reduce aggression and increase pro-social behaviour; and
· Develop positive attitudes toward competencies in early literacy.
For early childhood educators, the goals for Seeds of Empathy are to:
· Increase their knowledge base of early childhood development and skill sets in working with three-to-five year olds, with a specific emphasis on socio-emotional development; and
· Help them promote empathy in Early Childhood settings.
· Promote early literacy skills.
Our Centre is thankful for Parkwest School Division who provided us with $800 to cover the cost of the materials to run this program in our centre.
In order to take part in the Friday night training the centre will be closed at 3pm on Friday September 27th.
Seeds of Empathy, created by Mary Gordon, is an adaptation of her Roots of Empathy program. Seeds of Empathy is designed to foster social and emotional competence and early literacy skills for younger children, ages three to five years old. Like Roots of Empathy, Seeds of Empathy is designed to reduce physical aggression and bullying by fostering children’s empathy. The long term goal is to improve emotional health and social functioning. While Roots of Empathy is provided to kindergarten to grade 8 classrooms, Seeds of Empathy is aimed at the early childhood years to be implemented in child care facilities, nursery schools and Aboriginal Head Start programs. In both Roots and Seeds, the baby is the “teacher”. By becoming aware of the baby’s perspective and learning to label his or her feelings, children learn to understand their own feelings and to develop
empathy.
For three to five year olds, the goals for Seeds of Empathy are to:
· Foster the development of empathy;
· Build social and emotional understanding;
· Reduce aggression and increase pro-social behaviour; and
· Develop positive attitudes toward competencies in early literacy.
For early childhood educators, the goals for Seeds of Empathy are to:
· Increase their knowledge base of early childhood development and skill sets in working with three-to-five year olds, with a specific emphasis on socio-emotional development; and
· Help them promote empathy in Early Childhood settings.
· Promote early literacy skills.
Our Centre is thankful for Parkwest School Division who provided us with $800 to cover the cost of the materials to run this program in our centre.
In order to take part in the Friday night training the centre will be closed at 3pm on Friday September 27th.