Kit Boxes: Nurturing and Supporting Child Curiosity, Exploration, and Investigation

Name: Kit Boxes: Nurturing and Supporting Child Curiosity, Exploration, and Investigation
Start: 2025-10-25T09:30:00-03:00
End: 2025-10-25T13:30:00-03:00
Location: 236 Belcher St., Kentville, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B4N 0A6

Schedule

Sat Oct 25 2025 at 09:30 am to 01:30 pm

UTC-03:00

Location

236 Belcher St., Kentville, NS, Canada, Nova Scotia B4N 0A6 | Kentville, NS

$40
This hands-on workshop aims to engage educators in a deepened understanding on how themed kit boxes can be used as invitations to play. You’ll learn how to provide children with developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive materials and manipulatives that encourage them to explore, use their imaginations, and to inquire.
There will be opportunity for educators to investigate a range of kit boxes and to reflect on 'how' they would use them as provocations, or as support to existing themes constructed by children's developing interests.
Participants will finally create their own structured mini kit box using a range of loose parts, felt items, and other open-ended materials that will be made available to them. This workshop will require participants to make a choice on one of three themed kit box ideas.
About the presenter
Nova Jones
Nova Jones has been an early childhood educator for approximately 30 years working in a range of capacities, including as a centre director and elementary school teacher. Originally from London, England, Nova moved to Nova Scotia in 2019 with her husband, son, and three cats. Her unwavering commitment to creating high quality positive and supporting learning environments for young children, their families, and educators alike has driven her passion to work more closely with educators in Nova Scotia. Nova has previously facilitated workshops on oral storytelling and outdoor learning environments; she has previously facilitated training courses for ECEs and is now coordinating the ECDSC at Kingtec Campus. Nova is currently completing her final thesis for her M.Ed at Acadia University - "I don't think you ever stop learning as an educator; something new always comes along that challenges your understanding of children and child development".