Empowering Educational
Approaches
Welcome! The Learning Centre helps educators, teachers, and parents learn about the rich educational approaches of Frog Hollow's Children's Centres, where we learn with the BCELF, the First People's Learning Approach, and the Reggio Emilia approach. We provide practical advice and support so children and communities across BC can blossom through these creative and engaging approaches to education. Our events, resources and consultant services are designed to help you get started or bring your existing practices to the next level.
Empowering Educators: Discover the Reggio Emilia Approach for Engaging Learning
Courses & Events
Whether you’re a new educator or you’ve been working with children for years, we have a variety of courses and events tailored to your needs. From spotlights on specific principles, to hands-on experiments with materials, to witnessing early learning in action at our children's centres.
Tours & Consulting
We offer hands-on guidance to teachers and educators wanting to bring the Reggio Emilia Approach and the BC Early Learning Framework to their programs. Each consultation is customized to the unique needs of your program and staff and include onsite visits, mentorships and workshops.
Resources & Reading
Find everything you’re looking for and more in our resource library. We’re always adding new items including downloadable PDFs, videos, and slide shows.
FAQs
We offer workshops related to the Reggio Emilia Approach and the BC Early Learning Framework. We also hold two annual conferences, one in Fall and one in Winter.
Anyone working with children can benefit from our workshops and trainings. Our participants are usually: Early Years educators, School-Age-Care educators, elementary school teachers, district principles, Strong Start Facilitators, Early Childhood Education students and college instructors, Supported Child Development Consultants.
Some of our workshops are fee based and some are free or reduced price if supported by grants or bursaries. Our Study Groups which are offered ever season are free events.
Yes – all our events and trainings have certificates of professional development hours that can be used for renewing the ECE license in BC.