**Exclusively for Birmingham Early Years Practitioners** - A session led by Debi Keyte-Hartland on loose parts; how they support early learning, and how to curate them to maximise children’s creativity and communication.
Loose Parts play offers a rich, open-ended approach in the Early Years Foundation Stage, which encourages babies, toddlers and young children to explore, create, and express themselves.
By providing a diversity of materials that can be adapted and combined in countless ways, early years practitioners can foster and amplify contexts for sustained shared thinking, collaborative problem solving, and language and communication.
This creative way of working supports meaningful conversations, descriptive vocabulary, and deeper thinking across the EYFS educational programmes, helping children develop vital communication skills in a playful, responsive environment guided by knowledgeable adults.
In this 90-minute webinar, you will:
Find out how loose parts and found materials can be used by babies, toddlers and young children as a material to ‘think and express/communicate’ with.
Discover how to curate and organise loose parts and found objects (inside and out) that maximise and amplify learning potential.
Explore the theory of loose parts and how this relates to creative thinking, language and communication and principles of practice in the early years.
Important notice: This session is exclusively for practitioners working in Birmingham Local Authority. Please ensure you complete the booking form fully to ensure your booking is accepted.
If you have any further questions about this session, please email the BEYN Coordinators: Clare Williams & Sue Bennett (info@birminghamearlyyearsnetworks.org)
BOOK YOUR PLACE >>> Loose Parts Play for Rich Communication with Debi Keyte-Hartland
PLEASE NOTE: Places are limited - if you book a place and your circumstances change and you can no longer attend, you must cancel your place via Eventbrite to release it to the next person on the waiting list. We will be monitoring bookings and attendance at all BEYN events going forward, as we need to report on this to the BEYN strategic group.
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About the speaker
Debi Keyte-Hartland has over 25 years of experience in arts, creativity, and participatory early childhood education. She specialises in creative and reflective practice, supporting educators and institutions to foster creative thinking in young children. Influenced by Reggio Emilia's approach in Italy and trained as a Teacher-Educator with Reggio Children, she focuses on relational pedagogies and child-centred curricula.
Debi works internationally as a pedagogical consultant and coach mentor, helping schools and organisations develop curricula and environments for young learners, with an emphasis on integrating visual arts and encouraging critical reflection among educators. She is also a conference speaker and Associate Consultant with Early Education, contributing to England’s Birth to 5 Matters guidance.
Additionally, she is a coach mentor for SPACE to Flourish in London, an associate tutor for the MA Early Education at CREC, and a pedagogista for an ESRC-funded research project on children’s participation in UK schools.
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