Community of Practice
The Community of Practice (CoP) is an informal platform that provides networking and sharing of Early Childhood (EC) topics/stories among our EC practitioners.
Topics Covered
2024
November: Critical Thinking Through Visual Art
September: Empowering Multilingual Children: Strategies to support children from non-English speaking homes
August: How Learning Abacus Builds Preschoolers’ Numeracy Skills
July: Introduction to Cultural Perspectives and Intercultural Awareness – Part 2
June: Building social and emotional resilience in young children Part 2
May: Building social and emotional resilience in young children Part 1
April : Introduction to Cultural Perspectives and Intercultural Awareness – Part 1
2023
November: AECES Virtual Townhall Meeting – “SPEAKING UP for our profession!”
October: Process Drama to Support Children’s Learning
September: A Good Start for Every Child – Nurturing Early Learners Framework 2022
August : The Essence of Leadership – Unleashing the Leader Within
July : Co-Regulation – Part II (The influence of physical environment in preschools)
June : Co-Regulation – Part I
May : Respect – Part II
April : Respect – Part I
March : Build resilience – Values, social emotional competencies and dispositions
2022
November : ECCD program with marginalized children, New Dehli, India
October : Environmental Protection – The Oil Spill Project
September : Part 2: How can we support each other in our professional community?
August : Part 1: How can we support each other in our professional community?
July : Showcase of Outdoor Gardening (PG – K2)
June : Learning in a fun way @ Outdoor Play
May : Indoor Gardening for Preschools
April : Blooming Sparkletots Green
February : Green Plan 2030 and growing your own edibles
2021
November : Part 2: Well-being of EC Educators
October : Part 1: Well-being of EC Educators
September : Part 2: Childrens’ Well-being
August : Part 1: Childrens’ Well-being
July : Integrating a Diverse Workforce to Build the WE culture
June : Embracing the WE Culture
May : Embracing Ubuntu Continues…..Come with your Stories!
April : Embracing Ubuntu @ By-The-Park
March : ”Mindfulness“ -Contribution from Our Learning Community
February : How Mindfulness is being integrated in the Curriculum
January : A Teacher’s Journey to Mindfulness: Opportunities for Joy, Hope and Compassion
2020
October : “Book on Learning with Children – Reflections of Preschool”
- Topic: Physical Education & Outdoor
- Topic: The Practice of Home-Preschool Collaboration
- Topic: Weaving Character Building into the Curriculum
September : “Book on Bilingual Project Learning in a Singapore Preschool”
- Session 1 – Introducing Bilingual Project Learning and 1 Project
- Session 2 – Looking at 2 Projects
- Session 3 – Crafting Project Questions
July : Educators Uniting in the New Norm
- Supporting Children, their Families and Educators
- Teaching & Learning in the New Norm
- Leading and Inspiring Stakeholders in the New Norm
June : Back to school: Settling into the New Norm
26 May : Are We Ready for School?
20 May : Supporting the Changing Role of Teachers
13 May : Reaching Out to Families in Need
6 May : Voices from Children
28 & 30 Apr : Impact of Circuit Breaker on Children & their Families at Home