Veronica Green
​E.C.E., B.P.E.

EARLY CHILDHOOD CONSULTANT

I am deeply passionate about connecting with children, learning their individual needs and providing a nurturing and magical learning environment where they can flourish and grow each day.  I have been an Early Childhood Educator for 7 years, and have learned alongside children from infancy to school age.  I was also an Assistant Director for a YMCA Early Years program, supporting staff with emergent curriculum, documentation, and creating their learning environments from infancy to kindergarten.
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I am also just as passionate about inspiring my fellow educators to find their own innate wonder and curiosity that the children bring everyday to our environments through self-reflective, theoretical based, and hands-on learning professional development.  I have presented and written training for educators for online and for presentations.  As well as written guest blog posts on an early years sites to encourage educators to use loose parts and how to incorporate them into their program.

​I am a mom to an amazing son, who has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder.  Through our personal sensory journey with our son, discovering what he was communicating, I have developed a strong passion for educating others on supporting sensory needs and play to create environments of acceptance, understanding, and valuing individual needs.  I write about the struggles, challenges and triumphs on the blog, Our Sensory Journey.

Why The Reggio Emilia Approach?

I was recently interviewed by Jigsaw Early Years Consultancy and was asked “Why I chose the Reggio Emilia Approach and how it has impacted me as an Early Childhood Educator.”

Invitations to play

I recently wrote a blog post for PreK Printable Fun all about Invitations to Play, how to create them and using Loose Parts from my personal collection.  Contains great info for Educators or Parents wanting to start out with Loose Parts!

from my perspective Blog

Discover the ways in which connecting theory to practice has impacted me as an ECE.  I talk about all sorts of topics from loose parts, planning, behaviours and more to support Educators to become confident in their roles. 
Shape Divider - Style pyramids

ECE Certifications Across Canada
​(Current & Past)

Early Childhood Educator III - Manitoba
​Child Development Supervisor - Alberta
​Registered Early Childhood Educator - Ontario

memberships

Manitoba Reggio-Inspired Coalition of Educators - Executive Committee (Member at Large)

Academic Achievements

Early Childhood Education Diploma - High Honours from Seneca College
​Bachelor of Physical Education from University of Alberta

Professional Development & Speaking Engagements

Upcoming - NOW BOOKING WINTER 2020 TEAM DEVELOPMENT
Connecting Play, Loose Parts & Schemas - Team Development
Harstone Child Care - January 2020, Winnipeg MB
Loose Parts - Team Development
On the Move Inc. - October & November 2019, Winnipeg, MB
Past Engagements
Solving Challenging Behaviours Together
Embolden Private Dayhome Community - July 2019 (Online Membership)
Provocations - Team Development
Prairie Children's Centres - June, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
​Discovering & Nurturing the Possibilities of Outdoor Learning - Team Development
Carins Child Care Centres - June, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
Process Art - Connecting Child Development to Art for Infants, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Corydon Community Centre - Local Workshop May, 2018 Winnipeg, MB
Supporting Sensory Needs - Team Development
Beautiful Saviour Luthern School - Child Care Locations  May, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
Loose Parts for Beginners
Embolden VIP Online Conference (Feature Presenter) - February 2019
Provocations Workshop - Creating Meaningful and Engaging Play Experiences 
February, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
Provocations Workshop - Team Development
Robertson Early Enrichment Program   February, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
Provocations Workshop - Team Development
Rainbow Day Nursery (All Locations)   February, 2019 Winnipeg, MB
Loose Parts - Bringing Magic & Quality to Play
Inspir{Ed} January, 2019 ONLINE
 Why the Reggio Emilia Approach  
Jigsaw Early Years Consultancy   September, 2018 ONLINE
Supporting Sensory Needs - Understanding What Behaviour is REALLY Communicating
Child Development Dayhomes Agency   June, 2018 Edmonton, AB
Supporting Sensory Needs - Understanding What Behaviour is REALLY Communicating
Little Miss Early Years Collective Member Hub May, 2018 ONLINE MODULE

Professional Development Attended

In Dialogue with the Reggio Approach: What Might Result when Children and Adults Collaborate Together on Cognitive and Creative Processes?
Robertson Early Enrichment Program & MB Reggio Inspired Collation of Educators     November, 2018 Winnipeg, MB
The Pedagogy of Play
Fairy Dust Teaching - Online Conference   Summer, 2018
Super Hero Play
Dr. Kay Mathieson - Online Workshop    December, 2018
Transforming Challenging Behaviour
Barb O'Neill - Online Conference    May, 2018
Early Years Summit 
Kathy Brodie - Online Conference   Spring 2018
Early Years Summit
Kathy Brodie - Online Conference   Fall 2017
Cultivating Curious Minds
Fairy Dust Teaching - Online Conference  Summer 2017
Caring That Counts Provider Conference
The Alberta Family Child Care Association    April, 2017
Playing to Learn Training ( 4 Sessions)
Play - Program Planning - Connecting with Families - Environment
YMCA Early Years    January, 2013 - August, 2014

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