Risky Play: Empowering Educators to Lead Adventures, Indoors and OutdoorRisky Play: Empowering Educators to Lead Adventures, Indoors and Outdoor

Facilitated by: Lobna Ajaini, She/Her, MPED, HBECL, B.Eng, RECE   Join us for a workshop designed to empower educators to embrace risky play both indoors and outdoors. Explore the benefits of risky play, practical risk management strategies, and ways to create supportive environments for adventurous exploration. Together, we'll critically reflect on how the notion of “risky”play is often socially constructed through adult perspectives, while children experience it as a natural process of play, exploration, meaning-making, and learning. Educators will also explore strategies for communicating with families, reflecting on personal boundaries and comfort levels, and navigating conversations with leadership around risky play practices. Leave with practical tools and confidence to foster children's creativity, resilience, holistic development, and meaningful indoor and outdoor learning experiences. Learning Objectives: 1.Critically reflect on personal perspectives, boundaries, and assumptions related to risky play within early childhood educational settings. 2.Explore practical risk management strategies that support safe, inclusive, and engaging indoor and outdoor environments for adventurous play and exploration. 3.Examine approaches for communicating with families and leadership about the value of risky play in supporting children's learning, creativity, resilience, and holistic development.  Lobna Ajaini, MPEd Pedagogist, HBECL, B.Eng, RECE, is a multiple award-winning Early Childhood Education leader, ECE Professor, and founder of Childhood Empowerment. Drawing on her engineering background, she combines technical knowledge with ECE to inspire educators with innovative strategies, fostering creativity, equity, and lifelong learning while making a lasting impact in the community  Pedagogical Focuses: Belonging - Engagment - Expression - Well-Being - Leadership Standards of Practice: Standard I - Standard II - Standard III - Standard IV  Registration closes: October 28 at noon  *Ticket types are based on the county you WORK in. Elgin and Oxford professionals, use your access key to reveal your ticket type **An access link and password will be emailed out prior to the event While we welcome participation from outside of the Early Years sector, please note these learning opportunities are intended for early years professionals and the early years lens will be emphasized.