Understanding the Young Child: A Progressive Approach for 0-6

Understanding the Young Child: A Progressive Approach for 0-6

Date: Monday, August 26, 2024

Time: 8:30am–3:00pm

Location: Hanahau'oli School Professional Development Center, located at 1922 Makiki Street, Honolulu HI 96822

Cost: $160

Registration scholarships available! Please inquire .

Are you curious about progressive approaches to education or parenting, but don’t know how to bring that into your classroom or household in a productive way? If so, this workshop is designed to support parents and educators who work with children ages 0-6 years in exploring how progressive education can be used to support learning in the early years. 

Pamela Strode, an early childhood Montessori educator and instructor, will be guiding this workshop focusing on four daunting yet crucial aspects of early childhood for the progressive parent and educator: 

• The Cosmic Task of the Caregiver and the Child
• Communication with the Child
• Social Development and Interaction
• Discipline for the Young Child

In this workshop, Pamela will help you to feel empowered to help children be the most successful version of themselves while helping you to become the caregiver or teacher you have always envisioned yourself to be. Professional development hours will be offered for early childhood educators, and lunch will be provided.

Workshop Participants:

This workshop is designed primarily to support parents and educators who work with children ages 0-6 years. If you feel more connected to a progressive style of education but don’t know how to bring that into your household or classroom in a productive way, this workshop should prove to be beneficial to you. Professional development hours will be offered for attending.

Workshop Objectives: Participants will be able to:

1. Participants will gain a deep understanding of their own Cosmic Task and feel equipped to help the child with their Cosmic Task.
2. Participants will have the confidence to be brave enough to set boundaries, age-appropriate consequences, and follow through with household agreements/rules.
3. Participants will learn how to co

Workshop Agenda:

8:30-8:45 Introduction and Day’s Schedule

8:45-9:15 What is Cosmic Task (for the caregiver and for the child)

9:15-9:40 Crossing the line activity to demonstrate evolution in the person

9:40-10:10 Turning our Cosmic Task into Liberatory Consciousness to Support the Child

10:10-10:20 Break

10:20-11:00 What is Communication and where do we start?

11:00-11:20 Activity: Communication with Action

11:20-11:45 How We Can Model Effective Communication

11:45-12:15 Lunch Break

12:15-12:45 Science Behind Social Development

12:45-1:15 Creating a Kind, Courteous, and Conscientious Child 

1:15-1:40 Activity: What Does Discipline Look Like?

1:40-2:20 Discipline: Importance of Routines and Environments

2:20-2:50 Discipline: A Concrete Overview of Language and Consequences

2:50-3:00 Conclusion

About the Facilitator:

Pamela Strode is the owner and director of Strode Montessori. She became inspired when she began working with infants and toddlers after earning her Bachelor’s degree in Sociology with a minor in Economics in 2008 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She went on to earn a Master’s in Education Curriculum Studies with a focus on Early Childhood Education in 2010 from the University of Hawaii at Manoa while simultaneously earning her AMS Infant/Toddler Montessori teaching credentials at the Montessori Education Center of the Rockies in Boulder, Colorado.

Host or Publisher Hanahau'oli School Professional Development Center