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Chaos To Creativity: Embracing the Power of Messy Play

This course explores the importance of messy play in early childhood education, highlighting its impact on cognitive, social-emotional, and motor development. Educators will learn the science behind sensory-rich environments and gain practical strategies to create inclusive, play-based spaces that foster creativity, emotional regulation, and true, child-led play.
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Course Information
CDA / NAEYC
training HOURS
3 training/clock hours
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CEU
0.3 CEUs
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TARGET AUDIENCE
Infant, Toddler, Preschool, School Age
Learning Outcomes
  1. Design and implement a play-based learning environment that promotes cognitive, social-emotional, and motor skill development.
  2. Identify the principles of messy play and recognize their benefits for sensory, motor, creative, and social-emotional development.
  3. Identify sensory processing needs and create messy play opportunities to support sensory development. 
Procare Solutions is an IACET accredited provider, meaning that you can earn CEUs for all Procare Professional Development courses!
This course counts towards the following CDA Core Competencies:
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8 - Understanding the principles of child development and learning
This course counts towards the following NAEYC Standard(s):
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4 - Developmentally, Culturally, and Linguistically Appropriate Teaching Practices 

See what other learners are saying about this course...

It was very helpful it gave me so much information I am going to definitely use these ideas because it will be helpful in the classroom.
teacher, pennsylvania
This course was by far my favorite course I have taken out of everything, very informative and thorough throughout the entirety of the course... the pace at which you went was perfect!
teacher, iowa
Thank you so much for all the ideas and thoughts on how to incorporate messy play in the classroom. It can be a bit nerve wracking with two year olds sometimes but I heard some great ideas in this [course] I can't wait to incorporate.
teacher, missouri

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