There will be a half hour lunch break from 12-12:30, on site. Please plan to bring a lunch.
BABY ARTSPLAY: Music with Infants and Toddlers 9am-12pm
Description: Learn how songs and other musical experiences can be woven into your infant and toddler daily schedule to foster learning and support skill development. Participants will actively engage in quality, developmentally appropriate music, songs, and movement experiences designed for infants and toddlers. Goal: To expand participants’ use of singing voice and body movement with infants and toddlers to foster and support early childhood developmental domains including language, cognitive, social, emotional and physical, Valerie Bayne Carroll, DC/MD/VA Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist
MOVING AND LEARNING: Creative Movement Experiences for Infants & Toddlers 12:30pm- 3:30 pm
Description: This workshop will incorporate basic dance concepts into teachers’ daily curriculum in order to stimulate arts-based learning in the classroom. With the aid of music, children’s literature, and imagination, teachers will be introduced to and encouraged to create movement-based experiences that will enhance all areas of development in our youngest learners.
Goal: To integrate dance and creative movement into the infant/toddler curriculum as a tool to enhance learning and development, Maria Tripodi, DC/MD/VA Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist