Build the Brain: Supporting Early Learners' Creativity and Inventive Thinking
Presented by Cindy Terebush, MS, BCISE | January 9, 2025 7PM EST
Did you know that art, crafts, and projects are not the same? Join us in untangling those three words and exploring the benefits of children being given authentic opportunities for independent thinking, problem-solving, planning, and evaluation. Children growing up in today’s inventive and creative world benefit when adults understand how to support their individual cognitive abilities. Gain strategies for facilitating meaningful activities and conversations as you encourage the deeper thinking they will need as they continue to learn, grow, and enter a world filled with innovations. Discover how to ask thought-provoking questions, grab teachable moments, and use thinking routines to help children express their curiosity. When children know we value their independent thinking and creativity, they develop a positive self-concept that will provide them with confidence for years to come.
DISCLOSURES [CINDY TEREBUSH]
Financial Disclosures – CINDY TEREBUSH has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Nonfinancial Disclosures - CINDY TEREBUSH has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Objectives
The participants will be able to…
1. Analyze if an activity is art, craft, or project
2. Describe the benefits of independent decision-making during early childhood creative experiences
3. Implement thinking routines to help children express what they see, think, and wonder
4. Identify the value of open-ended questions and deep conversations with children as they play,
explore, and create
Agenda
1. Introduction of topic and objectives (7-7:10pm)
2. How Creativity and Inventiveness Build the Brain (7:11-7:20pm)
3. Creativity & The Visual Arts, Dramatic Arts, Music/ Movement (7:21pm-7:35pm)
4. Project-Based Learning (7:36-7:50pm)
5. Strategies to promote Creativity (7:51-8pm)
RUNTIME: 1 HOUR
This program is offered for 0.1 ASHA CEUS (Intermediate Level)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
ASHA Certification Maintenance Standards require that all certificate holders (CCC-A and CCC-SLP) must accumulate 30 Certificate Maintenance Hours (CMHs) of professional development during each 3-year certification maintenance interval in order to maintain their ASHA Certificates of Clinical Competence (CCC).
How to obtain your certificate:
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You MUST attend the webinar from start to finish
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You MUST fill out the attendance form (will be sent via email)
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You MUST answer & submit the evaluation form after the webinar (will be sent via email)
ASHA will reflect your CEU credits on your ASHA CEU Registry within 45 days.
Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.
Speaker's Biography
Cindy Terebush is a sought-after professional development facilitator and keynote speaker nationwide.
Cindy is an Early Childhood Specialist, and educational and administrative consultant. She is the author of Teach the Whole Preschooler: Strategies for Nurturing Developing Minds (WW Norton - publisher) and the co-host of the popular podcast “How Preschool Teachers Do It.” Cindy is widely recognized for her engaging and insightful presentations, which provide practical strategies for teachers and caregivers working with young children. In addition to her work as a speaker and author, Cindy instructs college courses as an Associate Faculty member of UAGC and provides subject matter expert services for The Institute for Families at Rutgers School of Social Work. Cindy is involved in early childhood Continuous Quality Improvement systems in multiple states. For more information, you can visit her website at www.HelpingKidsAchieve.com.
Host's Biography
Dr. Scott Mesh is the Director of Young Child Learning and the CEO and Co-Founder of Los Niños Services which serves 2,000 young children with special needs each year through homecare and center services. He is a Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years of experience working with young children and their families and is an expert on assessing young children for developmental disabilities and autism. He has helped thousands of parents over the years make the transition to gaining help for their children through early childhood special education services. He is a leader in early childhood development and working effectively with parents.
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