Jasmine Pasch

What Do Children’s Brains and Bodies Really Need? – delivered by Jasmine Pasch

Children are “full of it” and leave us in no doubt that we need a lot of energy to keep up with them as they move, play and dance. There are very good reasons for this, and the workshop will explore why children move in the ways that they do at the different stages of their development.

This workshop will allow delegates/parents to:

• Recognise the importance of movement, dance and play opportunities for young children in the development of firm sensory and motor foundations.
• Explore the connections between physical movement and brain development, and how this contributes to cognitive, social, emotional, creative and physical development, and to good health and long term wellbeing.
• Make connections with later learning skills needed for school.
• Remind parents of their own childhood play experiences.
• Think about risk, and risk/benefit

This course covers from birth to five years.

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Telling Stories: Making Dances (Expressive and Creative Dance) – with Jasmine Pasch

Children have many ways of communicating their meaning and intention with their bodies, of “talking with the body” and telling their stories. Body movement is a child’s first language, and so dance and story are intertwined from the start.

“We sing before we talk, we dance before we walk”  – P. Grendrad

This course is a practical session with plenty of fun ideas, so please come suitably dressed to move.

Delegates will have the opportunity to:

• Explore stories and ideas to stimulate children’s imaginations, and from which we can make simple dances together in a variety of styles.
• Recognise the importance of movement and dance opportunities for young children in the development of firm sensory and motor foundations.
• Explore the connections between physical movement and brain development, and how this contributes to cognitive, social, emotional, creative and  physical development, and to good health and long term wellbeing.
• Make connections with the characteristics of effective learning
• Engage with a film of children dancing, drawing, making sculptures and expressing their ideas.

Observation tools

The session will include practical exercises, partner work, discussion and case studies.

This course covers from three to five years.

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Emotion, Mastery and Meaning – delivered by Jasmine Pasch

Making relationships, being able to do things and being able to think and make connections are at the heart of learning and wellbeing throughout life, and body movement underpins these essential capacities right from the start.

Active engagement of the body influences far more than we might imagine.

The content of the course will include:

• An understanding, through practical experience, of why babies and children move in the ways that they do, explaining the sensory and motor foundations for learning and development.
• A look at some of the significant developmental patterns of the first year of life, and how these form the foundations for later learning, brain development, health and well being  (based on the work of Bette Lamont “The Brain Nanny”, Seattle, USA)
• Ways to improve the environment for young children, indoors and outdoors.
•  Creating “irresistible invitations” using a variety of inexpensive, open ended resources to engage babies and children’s imaginations in stimulating and meaningful play. 
• Games and ideas using a variety of resources to extend practitioner’s skills, including a look at rough and tumble play.

Observation tools

The session will include practical exercises, DVD illustrations, and discussions.

Please come suitably dressed to move.

This course covers from birth to two years.

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