We welcome you to learning through play-based sessions that include engaging activities such as: songs, finger-plays, art and creative experiences. These sessions will include ideas for different play-based learning ( for children ages 3-5 years) with reused, recycled and re-imagined materials. Participants will receive materials during each session to take home and further explore. Come […]
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What are Loose parts? “Loose parts” is a wonderful term invented by the British architect Simon Nicholson, who carefully considered landscapes and environments that form connections. Children for generations have used found materials in their play from rocks and sticks to tin cans and wire. In his article “How NOT to Cheat Children: The Theory of Loose Parts,” Nicholson coined the term
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LET THE CHILDREN PLAY! Schaefer and Drewes (2014) identify twenty major therapeutic powers of play, located across four areas: 1. Facilitates communication, including enhancing self expression. 2. Fosters emotional well-being and can be cathartic, enabling stress management. 3. Enhances social relationships, strengthening attachment and promoting empathy. 4. Increases personal strengths, including the improvement of creative
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Cabrini
16811 88 Avenue NW
780-489-2243
The Orange Hub
#413 10045 156 Street
587-635-1776
Family Resource Network: 587-635-1775
Staff of Jasper Place Family Resource Centre are here to support you in any way we are able. Any form of aggressive, offensive, intimidating or disrespectful behaviour towards our team, verbal or written will not be tolerated
