Preparing for Child-Led Play

Join us for an interactive course where we explore planning and organising for child-led play in the Infant classroom. Suggestions of support materials and resources will be shared with participants.

Learning outcomes - 

Children develop concepts, dispositions and skills in relation to:
playful and creative use of language.
social conventions and awareness of others.
motivation and choice.

Facilitators: Sarah Keane and Róisín McGovern

Sarah Keane began teaching in St. Paul's N.S. in 2005. Sarah is an Aistear tutor and has facilitated Aistear workshops and summer courses as well as designing and facilitating an online summer course on learning through play. Sarah worked as an Advisor with the PDST from 2015 to 2022 on the Primary Numeracy and Primary STEM Team.
Róisín McGovern is a primary school teacher with over ten years teaching experience, much of which is in the Infant classroom. She has engaged in further professional development around the area of Play and believes in the value of playful learning experiences across the curriculum. Róisín has worked with the PDST since 2017.