Completed Workshops and Projects: 2024
Workshops and Session Series
- Rethinking Environments of Care and Design
A hands-on exploration of environments as the “third teacher,” focusing on thoughtful design that reflects children’s identities and fosters meaningful learning experiences.
- The Purpose and Practice of Documentation
This series went beyond the mechanics of documentation to explore its purpose, audience, and potential for making learning and thinking visible. Educators engaged as researchers alongside children, discovering innovative ways to document.
- Consulting and Mentoring
- Worked with private nursery schools and early learning centers to design emergent learning environments and experiences.
- Provided online consulting sessions focusing on purposeful environments and minimal materials.
- Outdoor Learning and Nature-Based Education
Organized workshops and outdoor experiences through the York Region Nature Collaborative (YRNC), connecting children and families with nature and fostering ecological awareness.
Podcast Release: January 2025
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- From Seed to Table: The Pedagogy of Food: The Atelier of Taste
In partnership with celebrity chefs and educators, this workshop celebrated the journey of food—from gardening to meal preparation—as a medium for storytelling, sustainability, and community-building.
- Why Do We Need Relationships in Education?
A four-part series emphasizing the importance of relationships in learning communities, exploring connections among children, educators, and families as foundations for trust and shared discovery. The Languages of...
A creative exploration of materials such as clay, paper, wire, light, and graphic tools. This workshop delved into the expressive and metaphorical potential of these mediums.
- Children as Partners in Collaborative Projects
This session highlighted strategies to foster collaboration among children, positioning them as co-researchers and active participants in group projects.
Collaboration in 2024
- Affiliated Services for Children and Youth -ASCY-Hamiliton, Ontario
- The Regional Municipality of York-York Region, Ontario
- Early Childhood Professional Resource Centre-ECEPRC -Waterloo, Ontario
- Humber Wide Training-Toronto, Ontario
- Professional Learning Child Development-CDRCP, Peel Region, Ontario
- Dufferin County Professional Learning-Orangeville, Ontario
- Kids & Company-Toronto
- Bright Start Early Learning-Waterloo
- Autumn Hill Academy-Maple, Ontario
- Sunflower School-Orangeville, Ontario
- Roberta Pucci Lab: The Grammar of Paper-Acorn Studio Toronto, Ontario -
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Save the Date! November 2, 2024 with Roberta Pucci 10-4 pm at the Acorn Studio!
Join us for an exclusive experience focused on exploring the organization, potential, beauty, and artistic aspects of a material. A focus on paper, specifically the notebook as an object. A transformative full day session designed for educators, students, artists, and pedagogists. This experience invites you to explore, rethink, reinvent, and challenge notebook as an object. Together, we will explore how a simple notebook can become a vessel for thoughts, imagination, and exploration.
Registration opens September 5!
Spaces for this unique training are limited, so secure your spot to explore with the creativity and discovery with us at the Acorn Studio!
Podcasts, Cooking with children & Wonder Sets
Coming Soon! Pre-recorded Podcasts with Affiliated Services for Children & Youth
Dialogues in the Kitchen
Cooking Together
Wonder Sets available for Sale
contact rosalba@acorncollaborative.com