
Caregiver Circus! – Play! Create! Live!
- Adult Creativity and Play in the ECE Environment
Caregiver Circus is a space to dive in to the real joy of play and creativity. Caregivers will experience a handful of delightful games, and learn about the serious health and social benefits of creativity. If play is good enough for the kids…
In this workshop you will:
Enjoy Hands On experience creating and playing
Acquire the Creative Viewpoint – a positive way to see the children, parents, and staff
Learn the value of being a Creative Role Model
Gain a greater insight into your own Playful Potential
Learn some techniques for sharing Creativity with Kids.
Orient yourself toward Joy and Fun
Discover how to recognize and avoid resistance, fear, negative self talk, and ruts.
Creative caregivers make creative teams…
Healthier, lighter, more fluid atmosphere in the workplace
Enhanced communication
Reduced stress – more relaxed
Reduce burn out rates
Powerful modelling for children
More responsive, perceptive and open caregivers and coworkers
Enhanced problem solving abilities
Children are creative – for now - but how creative they will be as adults depends on the degree of imagination and play that they see in the adults who care for them today. Open the door for them, in yourself.
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”
-George Bernard Shaw
Wear runners and old, comfortable clothes!
