Valerie Griffin ~ R.E.C.E.
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During my years employed by YMCA Child and Family Services, I was honoured to have my work reflected upon during the development of their document YMCA Playing to Learn, A YMCA guide to quality care and education of young children by Lorrie Huggins, M.A. Ed. S. and Susanne T. Eden, Ed. D.

I am proud to include this document which embraces the Early Childhood Educator as professional, reflective, collaborative, purposeful and educated.  It highlights a transformative time in my career during which I became engulfed in a play-based, child-centered model of care that was supported by documentation of learning and a pedagogy of emergent curriculum.

Although I cannot include the document in it's entirety, I have uploaded some photos of pages where they focused on my interactions with the children.  

Please click on the photos in the gallery to enlarge them.

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