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Location: Middlebury

Training Type: In Person

Total Hours: 6

Cost: Free

Scholarship: No

Contact Information:

Jennifer Cyr
(802) 338-0611
jennifercy2@gmail.com

Never Too Early: Early Literacy Development Sylvia Kennedy-Godin

Special Topics:
Sponsor: Vermont Humanities Council
Instructor: Amanda Menard

The Never Too Early literacy program brings childcare providers together for training sessions to learn about children’s language and early literacy development and fun, instructive, and engaging ways to share books with children. Each of the program’s components - all structured as lively book discussion and activity workshops - provides wonderful age-appropriate books suitable for use with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Experienced early childhood professionals conduct trainings state wide. Trainings are free to childcare providers and other early care and education professionals. Literacy learning begins at birth and is a cornerstone for later academic achievement and lifelong opportunities. Early literacy includes all activities involved in speaking, listening, reading, writing, and appreciating both spoken and written language. Early childhood professionals with families are key to creating meaningful opportunities for young children to develop early literacy skills, the love of reading and writing, the participation in meaningful conversations, and the strengthening of relationships with the adults in their lives. This two-part workshop enables early educators to identify the components of quality children’s literature for ages birth to six; b) plan how to use children’s books to both launch and enhance all areas of the curriculum; and c) practice reading and using quality literature to help children develop and express their early literacy skills. Participants attend two, 2-hour sessions a week or more apart, and practice their new knowledge and skills using the books between sessions. At the workshops, participants receive quality children’s books at no cost.

Core Knowledge Area
  • Child Development & Learning
  • Developmentally Appropriate & Inclusive Practices
  • Curriculum & Learning Environments
Focus
  • Infant/Toddler
  • Preschool/PreK
Session Dates
Session Times
July 18, 2019
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
July 25, 2019
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Additional Information