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Please join us for our early evening workshops in our relaxed and comfortable setting in the lower level of the Children's Museum.
Pre-registration is required, since space is limited. Register for workshops at the Museum's admission desk or by calling (508) 230-3789.
Learn How to Massage Your Baby
 Infant Massage is a shared interaction between parent(s) and baby, and provides many benefits:• helps relieve discomfort associated with teething, gas, and colic
• helps babies sleep longer
• helps to foster the parent/infant bond and communication
Classes include hands-on demonstrations of massage strokes, relaxation techniques and discussion. Classes are for infants, birth to 1 year of age and take place for 5 consecutive weeks.
Classes are held on these dates:
•Wednesday, April 30
•Wednesday, May 7
•Tuesday, May 13
•Tuesday, May 20
•Wednesday, May 28
•6:30-7:30 pm
•Presenter: Karen Swartz
•Cost: FREE
•Pre-register at the 508-230-3789, space is limited.
Karen Swartz is a certified Child Life Specialist and is currently employed at Hasbro Children's Hospital in Providence, R.I. She received a BS in Human Development from Wheelock College, as well as her MS in Child Life and Family Centered Care from Wheelock. If you have any questions, contact Karen at 508-297-2032 or kswartz@lifespan.org.
The Sensitive and Intense Child
Learn strategies for helping your child survive in a busy, over-stimulating world. Develop some essential tools to empower you as a parent!
• Presenter: Natasha Edelhaus, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
• Thursday June 5, 2008
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• Cost: $5
• Pre-register at the 508-230-3789, space is limited.
Natasha Edelhaus is a Massachusetts and California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with years of experience working with families, adolescents and children. She is a clinical member of AAMFT and CAMFT.
*Due to circumstances beyond our control the Center for Creative Play has cancelled the following two workshops:
For educators, parents, therapists and anyone who works with children . . .
Don't miss thes two exciting workshops presented by Center for Creative Play®
* Play is "FUN-damental"
• May 20, 2008
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• $60
• Presenter: Ingrid M. Kanics, OTR/L. Center for Creative Play
Play is a life long activity and the foundation for all formal education; it supports and courages children's emotional, physical, cognitive, and social development. When planning play opportunities, it is important to take into consideration a wide range of abilities and to consider "hidden" disabilities such as autism. Participants will learn why it is important to integrate a variety of play experiences into the lives of every child.
Participants will learn:
• The characteristics of play
• The safeguards of play
• Why play is important
• The different types of play, and some of the skills developed through each type.
*Making "Senses" of the World: Attention, Learning, & the Senses
• May 21, 2008
• 6:30-8:30 pm
• $60
• Presenter: Ingrid M. Kanics, OTR/L. Center for Creative Play
How do we learn to pay attention? How do we teach children attention skills so they can be sucessful? The answer lies in our seven senses. This workshop will discuss each of the senses and how they are processed in the brain, and how that connects to attention and learning. Participants will leave with a new understanding of how their children learn about the world and how they use their sense to be successful in everyday situations.
Participants will learn:
• The definition of each of the seven senses
• A simple understanding of how each sense is processed in the brain
• How each sense is connected to playing attention
• How each sense can be used to support learning
• Strategies for how to apply information from the workshop into their classroom
Both workshops are presented by Ingrid M. Kanics, OTR/L. A recent recipient of the Pennsylvania and the American Occupational Therapy Association's Award for her work in "Innovative Indoor Play and Sensory Motor Environments," Ingrid has presented at national conferences for NAEYC, Parents-as-Teachers, and the Association of Children's Museums. Her presentations are practical, informative, and leave participants motivated to make a difference and armed with tools to do so.
Registration info for Center for Creative Play workshops:
$60 per workshop, or if participants pre-register for both work shops, the cost is $100. Student, parent or group rates are available.
Completed registrations can be faxed to 412-371-1096,
or mailed to: Center for Creative Play
Attn: Workshops
1400 S. Braddock Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15218
Direct workshop questions to Kate Reilly at 412-371-1668, ext 1011 or kate@cfcp.org
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