INDIVIDUAL - Provocations in Play
Overview;
In early childhood education, provocations are more than just beautiful invitations to play — they are powerful, purposeful tools that spark curiosity, build thinking skills, and support whole-child development.
This professional learning session is designed to help educators understand how to design and implement provocations that are theory-informed, age-appropriate, and aligned with the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF v2.0) and National Quality Framework (NQF).
We’ll explore how the work of nine key developmental theorists — Maslow, Erikson, Piaget, Vygotsky, Gardner, Bronfenbrenner, Montessori, Bowlby, and Reggio Emilia — can guide our thinking when designing environments and experiences that respond to children’s emotional, cognitive, physical, language, and social development.