Event: Play & Learn: Early Child Development
For: Parents + children age 0-4
Date and Time: Thursday, April 24th 9:30am-11:30am
Location: Wrightwood Park/Playground - 1301 Anderson St, Durham, NC 27707
Cost: Equitable pricing: $0-$10 per family
Format: In person, outdoors
Description: Join Village Growth Network for a “Play and Learn” class all about Early Child Development. Your young kids (0-4) can play on the playground under your watchful eye while you listen, learn, and connect. We will be on the playground for the event/presentations so you can supervise your kid(s) while still participating in the educational elements - the ultimate parent multitasking!
This event will include a blend of group education, individual mini-sessions, and facilitated peer discussions.
Group education: Dr. Jennifer Stone, SLP will lead several 5-10min group presentations spread through the two hour event.
Individual mini-sessions: You and your little one(s) will get a 10-minute private consultation with Dr. Stone You can ask any specific questions or concerns you have about speech and language, social skills, or other child development elements. No concerns? No problem! You can ask about strategies for building radically respectful relationships, increasing vocabulary/understanding, creating early literacy routines, choosing school/daycare, and more.
Peer discussion: Between your individual session and the group presentations Kelly Partner will help facilitate small group discussions about the topics.
Topics that will be explored during the event include:
Radically respectful parenting
Play - what is play, truly? What are developmentally-appropriate play expectations
Speech and language development
Social skills - what is developmentally-appropriate?
Early literacy and reading routines
Media literacy - starting young
Facilitators:
Dr. Jennifer Stone, Speech Language Pathologist
Kelly Partner, Family Nature Educator
Equitable pricing: We participate in equitable pricing with equitable, sustainable, and accessible rates for families to pick from. Equitable rates are for people who have greater access to financial resources (including health insurance and ESA+ grants as applicable). This rate helps redistribute wealth to the community by supporting accessible access rates, covering long term operation costs, and ensuring Village Growth Network facilitators are compensated for their time and expertise. "Sustainable" rates cover the basic costs of the event or class. "Accessible" rates are for people who have less access to financial resources.
Equitable pricing is rooted in trust and compassion between facilitators, families, and the community at large. We encourage families to honor their own financial health, which no one else can accurately measure.
Equitable price tiers for this event:
Equitable rate - $10
Sustainable rate - $5 (Coupon code: SUSTAIN)
Accessible rate - $0 (Coupon code: ACCESS)
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