How Documenting Children’s Learning is Much More than Display: Reflecting Teachers’ and Children’s Thinking, by Susan Stacey
THIS SESSION IS ON THURSDAY!!!!! Sponsored by Language Castle Pedagogical Documentation has the potential to support children’s inquiries, teacher reflection, and communication between home and school. We will explore how documentation is created, important aspects to consider, and how to use documentation with children, families, and colleagues. This webinar will provide an overview of Pedagogical Documentation – the process of making visible, in a[…] Full Description
Teaching Young Children about Personal Safety in ECE programs- Challenging Conversations by Abbie Schiller & Pattie Fitzgerald
This session is part of the Follett Early Learning Series Talking to young children about their personal safety is SO important, but where do we even start? Teaching them to ask for a police officer if they’re lost is unrealistic, Stranger Danger is outdated, and there are so many situations we can’t even predict (or want to imagine). How do we prepare our kids[…] Full Description
Best Practices for Managing “Out of Control” Children: A Team Approach for Early Educators and Families, by Barbara Kaiser
We teach the way we have been taught, and manage behavior the way we were disciplined. This webinar will help you discover how you can help teachers and parents define their strengths, understand their behavioral expectations and develop a team that works together to prevent and respond effectively to “out of control” behavior. Even one child with challenging behavior can turn an[…] Full Description
Infant-Toddler Social-Emotional Development: The Heart of Early Learning, by Peter Mangione
This session will explore how emotionally secure relationships provide the springboard for early learning. It will first address the foundational nature of early relationship experiences. Then, we will consider what infants and toddlers learn in caring relationships, including expectations for how they are treated and ways in which they learn to regulate their emotions with help from adults. Of particular concern will be the emergence[…] Full Description
Planning for Purposeful Play and Learning- Intentional Resource Selection in Early Education, by Andrew Davis
This session is part of the Follett Early Learning Series Do you enjoy or dread the task of ordering materials for the classrooms in your program? Do you have a process for ensuring the books, manipulatives, digital resources, and other durable materials support your program’s objectives and the standards to which you must adhere? Do you simply take requests from staff members, or[…] Full Description
Out is In! How Outdoor Play Environments Bring Learning Outdoors, by Jennie Sumrell and Beth Wise
This session is sponsored by BigToys, PlayCore and The InvestiGator Club by Robert-Leslie Publishing. Outdoor play environments are the ideal place to reinforce learning in new and exciting ways. Explore ways to help children develop skills through hands-on learning experiences outdoors. The evidence is quite clear that play equals learning across developmental domains. Learning occurs in many places besides the classroom and well-designed outdoor[…] Full Description
Technology “Must Haves” for Early Childhood Administrators, by Giovanni Arroyo
Do you want to streamline the process you use to manage your program? Would you like to use technology to work smarter, not harder? Join Giovanni Arroyo in this webinar to learn about the latest technology tools and systems that can reduce costs and decrease your workload. Giovanni will share over a decade’s worth of experience by providing you a tour of tools[…] Full Description
Powerful Interactions In Early Childhood Programs: How Teachers Connect with Children to Extend Their Learning, by Judy Jablon
This powerfull webinar, presented by Judy Jablon, will focus on the powerful impact teachers can have when they intentionally and respectfully interact with children to extend their learning. Although research has shown that high-quality teacher-child interactions have a significant impact on children’s emotional, social, and cognitive development, many teachers grapple with this important part of teaching young children. Too often classroom[…] Full Description
The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life, by Alison Gopnik
In the last thirty years there’s been a revolution in our scientific understanding of babies and young children, a revolution that’s also transformed our understanding of human nature itself. In this webinar, Dr.Gopnik will outline some of the new discoveries and their implications for the way we think about young children and ourselves. Human beings have a longer childhood than any[…] Full Description
Is Your Program Ready and Safe for Emergencies? Before, During and After the Unimaginable Happens, REPEAT PERFORMANCE by Sarah Thompson and Jessy Burton
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! A WEBINAR SO IMPORTANT AND POPULAR, WE’RE DOING IT AGAIN! This webinar sponsored by: THIS WEBINAR IS A REPEAT PERFORMANCE OF THE INFORMATION PACKED SESSION OFFERED ON AUGUST 6, 2014. Disasters can strike anywhere at any time, and when they do children are the most vulnerable victims. Each work day 68 million children are in child care or school, where[…] Full Description
