Workshops: Children's Relationship to Taste & Children as Philosophers

Afternoon Workshops:

Children's Relationship to Taste, Ritual & Beauty
Presented by Maddie Friess, Culinary Specialist
Food possesses an incredible quality to bring people together, nourishing our relationships with one another as well as connecting us to community, culture, and the natural world. Early childhood educator and culinary specialist, Maddie Friess, curates a bounty of experiences to invite children to practice mindfulness around eating, investigate ingredients front plant to plate, utilize techniques and tools from the kitchen, cultivate appreciation for the environment, ignite senses to engage with beauty and encourage sustainable habits. Through a culinary curriculum infused with connection, creation, and conservation, children engage with food to expand both their palates and perspectives. Come explore these philosophies of food—hearing stories from the classroom and experiencing a hands-on delight of the senses!

Children as Philosophers: Cultivating Philosophical Sensitivity in Children
Presented by Carol Flanagan, Pedagogista
Join us to explore how young children consider the joys and challenges of living in community. Watch and reflect with us as children grapple with where new ideas come from, how we know what is real and not real, and how we might expand our thinking about playing a game of “J*il.” We‘ll also look at how questions of aesthetics inform and influence our work with children. This presentation will offer examples of how to ask generous questions and will share several preschool classroom practices, including a critical read-aloud, persona doll stories, reflection meetings and small group work, that support us in facilitating deep philosophical conversations with young learners.
Schedule:
1:00pm - 2:30pm - Children's Relationship to Taste, Ritual & Beauty
3:00pm - 4:30pm - Children as Philosophers
Afternoon Session Cost: $75

Host or Publisher Evergreen Community School