April 30, 2014
A large and growing number of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds have the potential to develop dual language and literacy skills if supported in their immediate environment. Scientific studies suggest that young children can benefit cognitively, linguistically, and culturally from learning more than one language in early childhood. Yet, the phenomenon of childhood bilingualism is poorly understood by many and regarded with skepticism by others. Whether[...] Full Description
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- Dual Language Learning, Teaching Practices
April 9, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series “Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist.” -Carl Sagan Children have a natural curiosity about the world, and their everyday play and learning allows them to engage in the world as scientists do–by fiddling and experimenting, testing and repeating and processing everything that they experience. How can ECE professionals help to satisfy children’s curiosity[...] Full Description
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- STEM, Teaching Practices
April 2, 2014
Early childhood education it is a shared responsibility with all those who support children’s learning. As an administrator, you and your program are in a unique position to promote children’s well-being – in your school and beyond the boundaries of your school – by engaging families and the community at large Successful engagement starts when program administrators are committed to meaningful engagement and[...] Full Description
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- Family Engagement, Teaching Practices
March 19, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series From babyhood through school age, books play important roles in children’s lives. They support language and concept development, provide information and entertainment, deepen adult-child relationships, support creativity and the arts, foster social-emotional growth and the development of resiliences, and prime children for later school and life success. For a young child, a book can be[...] Full Description
March 5, 2014
Communicating with parents of children in your program is more important than ever – and the options to support that communication are growing at a rapid pace. This webinar will describe recent research on the impact of parent engagement on preschool student outcomes and discuss strategies of improving that engagement. New options for using various kinds of technology to facilitate communication with parents will be[...] Full Description
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- Family Engagement, Teaching Practices, Technology
February 26, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series “Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.” –Fred Rogers Children are non-stop learners, and are constantly growing their awareness of language and building the skills they will need to become good readers, not just[...] Full Description
February 5, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series Informational text is non-fiction written and intended to inform readers (and pre-readers) without reliance on characters. How can preschool programs select informational text for children that don’t even know how to read? Even if you are already using informational text in your program, you may not fully realize its connection to meeting State PreK [...] Full Description
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- Prereading, Teaching Practices
January 22, 2014
Have you and your teachers struggled to find successful ways to deal with young children who frequently hurt others by biting? YOU and your teachers may be part of the problem! Biting is often caused (and always solved) by adults. Learn to approach the issue like a detective to uncover the underlying reasons and create customized solutions for this ultra-challenging, yet all too common behavior.[...] Full Description
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- Challenging Behavior, Management, Teaching Practices
January 15, 2014
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series The explosion of early literacy materials for young children is a real boon to busy for early childhood teachers. But the abundance also comes with a responsibility to make the best choices about which materials to select and use with young children. This webinar describes an easy-to use tool, referred to as ELMS, for reviewing[...] Full Description
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- Literacy, Materials Selection, Teaching Practices
December 11, 2013
This session is part of the Follett Growing Readers Series “The single most important activity for building the knowledge required for eventual success in reading is reading aloud to children.” -Becoming a Nation of Readers Research shows that shared picture book reading throughout the preschool years develops a range of critical early literacy skills, including print awareness, letter knowledge, vocabulary, phonological awareness, background knowledge, and[...] Full Description
- Topics :
- Books, Storytime, Teaching Practices