CECA Mid-Winter Seminar

January 21, 2012
(Registrations due by January 18)

The 3 E’s of Play:
Embedding, Enhancing, & Explaining

Jovanna Rohs

Play is a powerful way for young children to create new understandings and to practice previous knowledge. Play, however, should not be left to chance in the classroom. Utilizing the 3 E’s of play: Embedding, Enhancing, and Explaining, classroom teachers can become more intentional about the play in which young children engage. During this presentation, participants will gain strategies for purposefully embedding play into the curriculum, enhancing the play of young children, and documenting and explaining the importance of play to others.

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Jovanna Rohs has worked in the early childhood field for 14 years in a variety of capacities. She has taught in early childhood inclusive classrooms in both the public school setting, and the private, non-profit setting. She has also worked with child care centers to facilitate the increased access of children with special needs to the general curriculum through Missouri’s First Steps early intervention program. Jovanna’s experience in the classroom led her to work with pre and in-service teachers through a variety of positions at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. In these positions, she has worked in the university classroom, as well as in the field, and has taught a variety of early childhood courses.

Jovanna received a B.S.E. in Early Childhood Special Education and Elementary Education from Central Missouri State University, a M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Early Childhood Education from UMKC, and a Ph.D. in Education and Urban Leadership and Policy Studies from UMKC.