Master Player Training
The Blum Master Player training is designed for educators who wish to consciously develop their play competence and move confidently within the pedagogical world of the artistic play space.
At the center of the training are connection, the artistic play space, and the educator’s presence. Participants experience how storytelling, movement, music, and creative play can become the natural environment for children’s cognitive and emotional development.
The program is structured in three consecutive levels. The training modules remain the same at each level, but they appear at progressively higher levels of professional and personal competence.
Master Player I.
Foundations of the Artistic Play Space
The aim of the first level is to help educators begin to play confidently with the tools of the arts and rediscover their own playfulness.
The focus of the training includes:
- Confident engagement with the arts in play
- Functional movement and the natural use of the body in play
- Fundamental elements of creative drama
- Experiencing music and rhythm, and the playful processing of emotions
- Basic use of reflective techniques
- Development of the educator’s own play competence
This level represents a safe and joyful exploration of the artistic play space.
Master Player II.
Integrated Pedagogical Presence
The second level builds on previously gained experience and supports its more conscious integration and application.
The training emphasizes:
- Movement competence and integrated body awareness
- Narrative thinking and the use of story frameworks in play
- Conscious use of the tools of creative drama
- Musical understanding and accompanying emotional processes in the play space
- Intermediate use of reflective techniques
- Awareness of the educator’s presence and group leadership
At this level, participants are able to lead more complex artistic play situations.
Master Player III.
Integrated Arts Pedagogy and Project Thinking
The third level supports the skill-level application of the Blum approach.
The focus of the training includes:
- Integrated use of the arts within the play space
- Skill-level application of movement, storytelling, music, and creative drama
- Project thinking and project design
- Advanced, skill-level use of reflective techniques
- Professional well-being and support for the educator’s long-term practice
- Transformation of the educator’s working approach, in which play becomes the natural medium of learning
At the Master Player III level, educators are able to design and lead complex play processes while consciously drawing on the pedagogical power of the arts.
