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Session Description: This element looks at the overall social and emotional quality of classrooms, the relationships between teachers and children, the expression of emotions, and how teachers establish and promote a positive climate for learning through their daily interactions with children. To create a safe and responsive climate, teachers make connections with children, respond to...
Session Description: Learn how to create a positive classroom culture through oral language routines to promote literacy and language development. Discover effective strategies and tips for building a supportive learning environment. Presented by: Dr. Margie Gillis Dr. Margie B. Gillis, Ed.D., CALT, is the founder and president of Literacy How, Inc., a non-profit organization that...
Session Description: An early learning classroom does not exist in isolation of a larger sociocultural whole. To make learning experiences more relevant and to foster children’s critical capacity to share their lives and our world, an early learning environment must take into account children’s cultures, prior experiences, and frames of references. In culturally responsive and...
Session Description: This session will dive into Ecosystem Element 3: Consistent Routines, Rituals and Transitions. The group will review and explore evidence of established routines, comforting rituals, and well-planned transitions in classrooms. A child’s day is filled with Routines –arrival time, cleanup time, or naptime – that provide a sense of order in the events...