Archive for September, 2011

THe Children’s Book Festival 2011. Are you a Librarian?

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

ImaginationGYM® are running a number of workshops in October2011 as part of The Children’s Book Festival. If you are interested in a workshop for the Festival please contact us for more information. Workshops can be run in the English language and in the Irish language.

ImaginationGYM helps with children with Story Telling

The Enchnated Forest can help develop storytelling skills

 

Last year ImaginationGYM workshops were run in libraries throughout the country from Waterford to Corofin and Crossmolina to Tallaght. They evolve around the story of an Enchanted Forest and interact with a childs own imagination so that they can develop their own stroytelling skills and creativity.

International Seminar on Holistic Education

Thursday, September 15th, 2011

ImaginationGYM will shortly be announcing details of a very exciting seminar on Holistic Education titled ‘Preparing Children for Life’. The one day seminar will feature speakers from the UK, Finland and Ireland and will be divided into four workshops. It will provided educationalists and child care professionals with practical and fresh ideas to approaching the well being Hoistic Education Seminardevelopment and education of children. It will also address the needs of these professionals which can sometimes be overlooked in the contemporary workplace.

Tickets will be limited and cost €100 for the day. The seminar will take place in the Mater Dei Primary School in Dublin 8 which has hosted a very successful early intervention programme for the last 5 years.

The school that rewrites the rules
Irish Independent
“Within the Early Focus room therapeutic play, art work, talk and dialogue, cookery classes, imagination gym, primary movement, mindfulness and breath-work

 

The workshop topics are based on themes of: Early intervention work, self-esteem, behaviour, and importance of play, imagination and creativity, identification of co-ordination and sensory development problems in children, and latest developments in the Finnish pre-school system.

 

Date: Sat Nov 19th 2011

Time: 10am -4pm

More details and booking arrangements will follow shortly


 

ImaginationGYM® Community Training

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

 

ImaginationGYM® will be running a training course for staff of North Tipperary Community Services ( Parent Support and Education Program) Friday 16th September in Nenagh Co.Tipperary. If you are interested in getting more information about ImaginationGYM® Community Training for your organisation or group please contact us.

 

 

North Tipperary Community Services are based in Loreto House, Nenagh.

Their Mission Statement is

“To enhance the quality of life in our area by helping people to participate in their own personal development and in the development of people in their communities.

We have a special concern for families, the elderly and individuals and groups in vulnerable situations.

We work in co-operation and partnership with other caring Agencies – statutory and  voluntary.

Respect, justice and compassion are the values which
inform our work.”

http://www.northtipperarycommunityservices.com/