Sing a Song, Tell a Tale: Enriching Children's Experience Through Music,Drama and Movement
Participants on this course by Early Education will gain practical ideasto take back to their own settings for using songs and musical games tosupport all areas of learning, including creative ways to enticechildren into books and story-making.
- London. Cost: members 120, non-members 150. Visitwww.early-education.org.uk or call 020 7539 5400.
18 MARCH
Mummy's Black, Daddy's Yellow and I'm Orange: Talking with YoungChildren about Racial Equality
This National Children's Bureau course aims to give practitioners,particularly those developing race equality action plans, the skillsneeded to recognise and work with the early judgements that youngchildren make about others.
- Leeds. Cost: from 229.13. Visit www.ncb.org.uk or call 020 78436000.
25 MARCH
Nursery World: Early Years Foundation Stage, six months on
Following on from last year's three sell-out conferences on the EYFSorganised by Nursery World, this event will focus on where we are now.Delegates will hear from leading speakers from National Strategies, theCWDC, NCMA and Ofsted, and workshops will focus on subjects such asoutdoor play, the inclusion of boys, and working with parents, offeringthe opportunity to share best practice and develop action groups.
- London. Cost: from 324. Visit www.eyfsconference.com
26 MARCH
Bullying and Enhancing Self-Esteem in Early Years Children
This course at the Institute of Education will look at when childrenstart to bully, what has caused them to behave in such a way, and howpractitioners can show them that such behaviour is unacceptable.Participants will share experiences of bullying by children andstrategies they have found to work, and also look at the development ofaltruism and empathy and consider when children can realistically beexpected to care for others at some cost to themselves.
- London. Cost: 130. Visit www.ioe.ac.uk/cpd or call 020 76126589/6987
