Early Childhood Training
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Centers
LT1576 Discovery Science Centers
8/7 from
$45.00 2.5 PDPs PreK-K
Learn how to encourage children to investigate open-ended materials and to provide time for them to do just that. Discuss and explore the best location in your classroom to offer the discovery area. Learn how to observe the children and to document what you see them exploring in life science, physical science, earth and the environment. This is a perfect place to start or expand your environmental awareness.
LT1577 Music and
8/14 from
$45.00 2.5 PDPs PreK-K
Learn how to create a delightful, creative setting for exploring music. Discover a variety of music options (not just for stories) for your listening centers. You will get a musical bibliography of children's musicians that you can integrate into your curriculum. Examine the possibilities of placing a musical center outdoors. Learn how to introduce props such as pompons, feathers, streamers and other fun things to encourage movement. Create unique and inexpensive musical instruments with recyclables and junk; in addition learn about musical instruments that are commercially available.
Saturday Series
LT1579 More Than Pocket Charts
Carol Hartery
Saturday 8/16 from 8:30-2:00, Stoneham
$85.00 5 PDPs PreK-K
Using pocket charts is just one way to create a print-rich environment and portable easy-to-manage learning centers. Charts, labels, graphs, question of the day and attendance charts are other valuable tools to help children develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters and an awareness of print.
LT1581 Corduroy the Bear Visits the Classroom
Amy Percoskie
Saturday, 8/23 from 10:00-12:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Come join us for a bear-y exciting 100th year celebration of author Don Freeman’s life and work. Learn how to integrate this contemporary children’s literature with math, science, social studies, literacy and science. This make-and-take session will include games, file folder activities, bingo ideas, music suggestions and much more. We will also discuss ways to introduce the Corduroy theme into an inclusive classroom environment.
LT1589 Friends and Bullies
Carol Hartery
Saturday, 9/20 from 8:30-2:00, Stoneham
$85.00 5PDPs PreK-Grade 1
Examine the fabulous works of children’s authors Audrey Penn and Jan Brett whose books have reached millions of children, parents and teachers and whose messages have life-long value. Learn how the story of a little raccoon impacted the world for Audrey Penn and how that little raccoon can help you teach social skills in your primary classroom. Make extensions and learn about music, movement and activities that enhance the literature and, therefore, the level of engagement for children to learn about the world of people and animals around us.
LT1582 Humpty Dumpty Had a Great Fall --And That Is Not All
Amy Percoskie
Saturday, 9/27 from 10:00-12:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Teach the classic nursery rhymes in your preK-Kindergarten classroom with manipulatives, puppets, and activity charts. Graph and problem solve the nursery rhyme classics such as Humpty Dumpty, Mary Had a Little Lamb and Hickory, Dickory, Dock to name a few. Make nursery rhymes meaningful with music and movement, too. Discuss the early childhood strands (MA Frameworks) that correlate to the teaching of nursery rhymes.
LT1590 Boxes, Bags and Other Containers
Carol Hartery
Saturday, 10/25 from 8:30-2:00, Stoneham
$85.00 5PDPs PreK-Grade 1
When is a box not just a box? When it’s in Carol’s workshop of course. It might be part of a math lesson. Maybe it’s going to be a literacy tool. Maybe it’s something for a social studies lesson? Or a science lesson? Or a craft lesson? Or maybe it’s all of these things in one 5 hour action packed workshop complete with literacy, math, social studies, science, and music of course! Carol would never do a workshop without her music "box!"
LT1591 What about Nonfiction Books?
Carol Hartery
Saturday, 11/22 from 8:30-2:00, Stoneham
$85.00 5PDPs PreK-Grade 1
Examine and explore nonfiction children’s books that meet the needs of the science, social studies and language arts standards in the Early Childhood Frameworks. Give children the opportunity to read nonfiction and fiction books and help raise awareness of the natural world around us. Make activities, charts and games to build skills that are natural extensions of these fabulous books.
Language Art Series
LT1592 Red, White and Blue Days
Carol Hartery
Thursday, 9/11 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Everyone is buzzing about the upcoming election. Teach children about voting and American symbols through fiction and nonfiction books and music. Create games and activities that will help build an understanding of our democratic society.
LT1593 American Folklore
Carol Hartery
Thursday, 9/18 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Johnny Appleseed is not the only traditional folk legend but he certainly led the way in our native New England stories. Give children the opportunity to learn about American folk lore through stories, poems and songs. Make and take curriculum that enhances the already strong connections that children make with these giants in our literary history.
LT1594 It’s Crunch Time
Carol Hartery
Thursday, 9/25 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
It’s crunch time! That is what the squirrels must say when the season of fall arrives and the seeds and nuts are bountiful. Help children recognize the season and appreciate its beauty. Enhance their experiences by presenting seasonal children’s literature. Explore the natural environment whose wonder surprises us and delights the child in all of us. Incorporate store-bought, recycled, natural and other products and discuss the values and ramifications of each.
LT1595 Play Ball
Carol Hartery
Thursday, 10/2 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Teach children about the world around us - the rich sports world, that is. Make an even playing field for all of your students with games, activities, puppets, props and more to build literacy. Engage children and their families when you give them activities related to their favorite sports and see the results. Football, soccer, cheerleading, baseball are all around us. Why not use them?
LT1596 Native American Trickster Tales
Carol Hartery
Thursday, 10/9 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Expose children to the fabulous tradition of Native American trickster tales. Teach literacy, analytical thinking, cause and effect and so much more with stories, chants and songs. Involve social studies, language arts, music, art and movement with one easy stroke of a metaphorical brush. You might even create your own trickster tale!
LT1613 Literacy Games and Activities
Carol Hartery
Tuesday, 8/5 from 8:30-10:30 Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Learn how to save yourself time and effort by using inexpensive bulletin board borders, mini bulletin board sets, notepads and cut-outs to create file folder games and other activities. The new products that have realistic photo images make this fun, informative and the results fit the NAEYC standards.
Early Childhood Math Series
LT1597 Number Sense Workshop
Carol Hartery
Wednesday, 10/15 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Number concepts are the foundation of mathematics. Counting, one-to-one correspondence, quantity, making comparisons, and number symbols are the skills we will address in this hands-on workshop. Create games and activities that will enable your students to communicate their mathematical thinking.
LT1598 Measurement Workshop
Carol Hartery
Wednesday, 10/22 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Measuring with a piece of ribbon, a hand, a shoe, and other nonstandard units gives children the opportunity to understand the concepts of longer, shorter, heavier and lighter. Create games and activities to help foster these skills in this hands-on session filled with literature, music, movement, and more.
LT1599 Data Collection, Organization, and Representation
Carol Hartery
Wednesday, 10/29 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Make and take your own graphs in this early childhood math session. Teach children how to see and compare data in the every day curriculum that you already teach. Make a graphing learning center to make math a vibrant part of your students’ day.
LT1601 It Makes Cents
Carol Hartery
Wednesday, 11/12 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Examine, manipulate, and identify familiar U.S. coins through games and activities that you will create in this hands-on make and take workshop. Listen and create age-appropriate stories and songs about money and coins. Pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters are not just loose change in this session.
LT1602 Spatial Sense
Carol Hartery
Wednesday, 11/19 from 6:00-8:00, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Tonight we’re Going on a Bear Hunt as we move our bodies through an obstacle course. At the end of the obstacle course we’ll find materials that we can use to create activities to develop directional language. Music will be an integral component in this fast-paced workshop.
LT1614 Math and Literacy Games and Activities
Carol Hartery
Tuesday, 8/12 from 8:30-10:30, Stoneham
$40.00 2PDPs PreK-K
Create math and literacy games that go with the beginning of the school year favorites such as Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom by Bill Martin, Jr., School Bus by Donald Crews and Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. See how children enjoy these activities and games which are based on the NCTM math standards.
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