Sponsor: Free Spirit Publishing

June 12, 2019

Skip, Turn, & Hop into Teaching ECE Math and Language Arts Through Movement, presented by Connie Bergstein Dow, MFA

Sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. All children should have the opportunity to move and be active throughout the day. The rich art form of dance/creative movement is a lively physical activity that nurtures imagination and has the potential to offer experiences in all early childhood content areas. As a longtime dance educator, Connie Bergstein Dow believes that dance can and should be accessible to young[...] Full Description

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Connie Dow

Topics :
Language Development, Math, Movement, Teaching Practices

October 24, 2018

Story-times and Transitions with Heart: Lessons for Early Educators from youth librarians, by Amadee Ricketts

Sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. Story times and circle time are important parts of the day in most early childhood classrooms. While they are central to the early education experience, these parts of the day can come to feel routine or uninspiring for educators and children alike. Participants in this webinar will learn simple ways to make whole group experiences more lively and inclusive by[...] Full Description

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Amadee Ricketts

Topics :
Literacy, Reading Aloud, Storytime, Teaching Practices, Transitions

June 21, 2017

Using Story-time to Grow Executive Function and Self-Regulation in ECE: Setting the Stage for Success, by Mary Kuehner and Laurie Anne Armstrong

This webinar is sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. We know that sharing books with young children helps them gain valuable early literacy skills like vocabulary, print awareness, and letter knowledge. However, it also helps them develop skills that experts say are a better predictor of success: executive function skills. Executive function, or “soft” skills, include social-emotional skills like self-regulation and taking on different perspectives, as[...] Full Description

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Mary Kuehner

Laurie Ann Armstrong

Topics :
Social-Emotional Development, Teaching Practices

June 7, 2017

Using Movement for Optimal Development and Early Learning: How Smart Steps Can Make Big Strides, by Gill Connell, Wendy Pirie and Cheryl McCarthy

This webinar is sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. Back for their second Early Childhood Investigations webinar, movement authority Gill Connell and her co-author Cheryl McCarthy discuss the every day opportunities, real-world practicalities, and proven techniques for infusing movement into any early learning environment. As discussed in their first Free Spirit Publishing webinar, A Moving Child Is a Learning Child, movement is the untold story of[...] Full Description

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Wendy Pirie

Cheryl McCarthy

Gill Connell

Topics :
Child Development, Movement, Teaching Practices

January 4, 2017

Yoga for the Youngest! Mindfulness and Movement for Shifting Culture and Practice, by Jenna Augustine and Lori Ryan

Sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing Movement activities are mainstays of early childhood practice, but teaching children to be “in the moment” may be a new twist for you and everyone in your program. This innovative webinar will help you explore the concept of mindfulness and the practice of yoga. With a few simple practices to you, the children, and the staff can begin enjoying the[...] Full Description

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Lori Ryan

Jenna Augustine

Topics :
Mindfulness, Movement, Teaching Practices

October 12, 2016

Teaching and Growing in the Midst of Change: Learn, Practice, Share, and Model, by Sandy Heidemann and Beth Menninga

This webinar is sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing. If you work in early childhood with children and families every day, chances are you have participated in some of the many quality improvement initiatives out there. You want to be the best teacher you can be so you take a deep breath and dig in to learn about new research and practice. New quality improvement[...] Full Description

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Beth Menninga

Sandra Heidemann

Topics :
Change Management, Management, Teaching Practices

May 18, 2016

A Moving Child Is a Learning Child: How Movement Prepares the Brain to Think (and a whole lot more), by Gill Connell and Cheryl McCarthy

Sponsored by Free Spirit Publishing Movement is nature’s DAP! Child development and movement authority Gill Connell and her co-author Cheryl McCarthy explain the inseparable, learning relationship between the body and the brain while revealing the natural, common sense truths behind why kids do what they do and how kids learn how to learn. In this comprehensive workshop, Connell and McCarthy will outline the principles of[...] Full Description

Presenter(s):

Cheryl McCarthy

Gill Connell

Topics :
Child Development, Movement, Teaching Practices

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