This professional learning experience explores the core values that drive you and identifying the features of your programs and the benefits they bring to your families, children, and staff. You will consider how these two pieces of information connect and drive your program to design a final mission statement.

Stress is real and it can be toxic. We can counter the toxic effects by focusing on what we can control and by building core capabilities. This workshop uses videos and an online game to show us how making the changes we can make offers a positive response to stress and creates stronger communities.

Play is the way children learn. Play with imagination is a powerful tool for relieving stress and building resilience skills by providing opportunities to create nurturing relationships, strengthen core life skills and reduce stress. The use of videos and support documentation gives participants the guidance to plan dramatic play learning areas that provide children opportunities for meaningful play.