This interactive session full of fantastic ideas will highlight creating purposeful learning centers in the classroom that addresses Teaching Strategies Objectives and Florida Standard Benchmarks to promote readiness!  For teachers infant-Pre-K.

In this presentation you will learn how incorporating fine motor movement through signs can foster communication independence and decrease frustration in the classroom. Other topics discussed will include how to support language modeling through many techniques including self/parallel talk, repetition, recasting, and communication extension.

Unlock the full potential of creativity in your preschool classroom! This engaging session explores how open-ended play and art can foster innovation, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills in children aged 3-5. By emphasizing the importance of the creative process over the final product, participants will learn how to create an environment that nurtures exploration, curiosity, and self-expression.

Unlock fresh ways to spark curiosity and critical thinking skills during your read-alouds while enhancing content development and literacy connections through integrating the innovative technology of MarcoPolo Learning! Learn how developmentally appropriate, short video content can enrich lessons and inspire outside-the-box thinking, empowering educators to create more dynamic, interactive learning environments.

Throughout this session, we will examine effective strategies for strengthening our relationships through good communication skills. We will talk about strategies for having better communication with coworkers & families, with particular focus on those pesky difficult ones. We will dive deep into how to best have hard conversations without those awkward moments causing anxiety, worry, and fall out. We will leave you with action steps to put in place at work, at home, and even when you are out and about town.

In this session, participants will discover effective strategies for teaching empathy, self-regulation, relationship-building, and problem-solving in their classrooms. Through activities, discussions, and modeling techniques, they will gain tools to support and enhance young children’s social-emotional development.

In this interactive session, participants will explore strategies for integrating sensory play into daily routines to foster learning and language development.  Using Touchstone’s CLASS dimensions for infants as a framework, this session builds on a previously-recorded training from the summer of 2024. 

During this training, teachers will explore universal supports, accommodations, and adaptations to meet their specific classroom needs.  Looking at the subjects of regard for students, classroom transitions, and language use, teachers will reflect on best practices and create a plan to support them in the upcoming school year.  This workshop aims to help teachers increase positive feelings about their teaching strategies and classroom management skills. 

Discover how to include fine and gross motor skills, self-regulation, pre-literacy and math skills throughout a toddler’s day.  Have fun making an artifact that will make the day go more smoothly.  This is a repeated training from the summer of 2024 with some new additions.

This session will focus on recognition and reflection of early childhood educators across all age groups.  During this session, participants will briefly discuss a challenging time of day, analyze a possible cause, and create a tangible solution.  We will discuss how to create successful classroom transitions.   A make and take is included which will create meaningful bonding between the teacher and student.