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...
Los primeros 1000 días de vida importan más de lo que tú te imaginas. En estos tres primeros años, más de un millón de conexiones neuronales nuevas se forman cada segundo en el cerebro del bebé. Aquí se define mucho sobre el futuro de un niño. Los niños necesitan de ti para que su cerebro crezca saludablemente,...
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...
Los primeros 1000 días de vida importan más de lo que tú te imaginas. En estos tres primeros años, más de un millón de conexiones neuronales nuevas se forman cada segundo en el cerebro del bebé. Aquí se define mucho sobre el futuro de un niño. Los niños necesitan de ti para que su cerebro crezca saludablemente,...
Description: This session will explore the importance differences between a ‘speech-to-print’ approach to literacy instruction and teaching that is based on ‘print-to-speech’. Presented by: Dr. Jan Wasowicz, Founder, President, & CEO of Learning by Design, Inc. Dr. Jan Wasowicz, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, has more than 40 years of experience as a language, literacy, and learning...
Session Description: This element focuses on the support of children’s language development and comprehension. Oral language is made up of receptive (listening) and expressive (speaking) components. Long before they can express themselves, young children begin to understand what is being said. This is known as receptive language. Once they begin to say sounds, words, and...
Session Description: This session will explore integrated planning around anchor books and looks at the school/site’s efforts to develop curricular experiences integrated around a culturally preserving, developmentally-appropriate anchor book with repeated reads. In this approach, teachers plan and implement activities that connect with a selected book to extend learning throughout the day. Focus words and...
Session Description: This session will explore POSSuM a mnemonic device educators can utilize to to scaffold experiences linked to phonological, orthographic, semantic, syntactic, and morphological elements of words. Presented by Dr. Laura Rhinehart Dr. Laura Rhinehart is an Assistant Researcher at the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice at the University of California,...
Description: Together, we will explore how to empower children through progress monitoring and explore how it can positively impact child outcomes in multiage environments. This session will explore various tools for monitoring progress across diverse age groups, discuss implementation strategies for family childcare homes, and explore how to use the data to guide instruction. Objectives:...
Session Description: This session will discuss element 6, Emergent Literacy Skills, which considers how teachers explicitly plan and provide curricular experiences and developmentally appropriate activities to support the development of early literacy skills. When there is a focus on emergent literacy, teachers promote children’s awareness of the sounds of language, recognition of letters, development of...
