Movement Schemes and Schema Play Curriculum

This training aims to provide an understanding of the role of movement in schema play and to be able to apply an embodied playful presence to promoting children's play, interests and fascinations in the curriculum
Image shows a chld with blonde hair playing in a cardboard box
Thursday, 22 January, 2026 - 09:30 to 12:30

Venue: 

Village Hotel, 29 Pendwyallt Road, Cardiff CF14 7EF
Learning Objectives
  • Attend to features of playful, embodied engagement in learning
  • Identify embodied learning from a prior learning experience
  • Explain the main features of embodied learning
  • Analyse a drawing for operational schemes and figurative schemas
  • Investigate affordances in the zone of proximal developmental flow in free play with loose parts
  • Collaborate with others to create an environment of choice for a child working with a concept of "insideness"
  • Explore possibilities from a case study to plan a focused activity to support the evolution of the child's play

For more information contact Kelcie Stacey (Early Years Education Officer) on [email protected]

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Funded by Welsh Government (open to all).

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Language

This event will be delivered through the medium of English. If you require an English – Welsh interpretation service* please indicate your preferred language on the booking form.

*Please note, an interpretation service will only be available when at least 20% of attendees have indicated they require one.

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