Discover Why Play is Important to Children at the Annual ITFDC Play Workshop

March 18, 2010 - PRLog -- Hosted by:  Infant Toddler Family Day care (ITFDC) and its Early Child Care Educators
Event Details:  March 27, 2010 11:00am to 1:00pm at Fairfax High School (3502 Rebel Run, Fairfax, VA 22030)

The Play Workshop is an opportunity for parents and Early Child Care Educators to experience plan and discover how young children learn.

According to the Zero to Three Foundation, young children develop the skills needed to be lifelong learners by experiencing high quality play activites.  These skills include:

- Confidence: Children feels likely to succeed at their undertakings
- Curiosity: Finding out about things is positive and leads to pleasure
- Intentionality: Opportunities to keep working at a task
- Self Control: The ability to control one's own action
- Relatedness: The ability to engage with others
- Capacity to Communicate: The ability to exchange ideas, feelings, and concepts with others - verbally or otherwise
- Cooperativeness: Getting along with others

Spotlight Speaker:  Ileene Hoffman, early childcare expert, Found and Executive Director of ITFDC.  Mrs. Hoffman can draw connections between early childhood development and success later in life; she can discuss how the combination of small, family-based settings and trained early child care educators make a difference.

Photo Opportunities:
- Play stations led by early child care educators where adults experience play
- A puppet show

For details, please contact:

Ileene Hoffman, Executive Director, 703-352-3449 x101, ihoffman@itfdc.com
Wynne Busman, Associate Director, 703-352-3449 x102, wbusman@itfdc.com

Visit our website:  http://www.itfdc.com for more details.

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Infant Toddler Family Day Care (ITFDC) has been bringing families together with our network of experienced and professionally trained child care providers since 1983. Our nurturing program provides care and early childhood development to children beginning at six weeks of age and beyond. With ITFDC, children benefit from the special experience of forming lasting relationships with their provider in a small, mixed age group setting where children learn and grow through play.