Big Feelings, Little Learners: Helping ECCE Teachers Navigate Sensitive Conversations
A five-day workshop series titled "Big Feelings, Little Learners" was organised by the School of Vocational Studies in June 2025. The workshop aimed to equip ECCE teachers with strategies to navigate emotional and sensitive conversations with young children using storytelling and reflective practices. Around 30 participants from AUD and outside joined this online workshop. The sessions were facilitated by Ms Isha (an AUD alumnus) and involved reading a storybook with participants covering topics like-Understanding children’s world and building safe and trusting spaces, Approaching sensitive topics-Child sexual abuse; Learning disability in children; Fear among children (responding to the unrest in the community) and Reflective practices: