Early Literacy: The Art of Inventing Stories
Presented by Tommaso Lana
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL | 1 HOUR | LIVE ONLINE via ZOOM | INTERACTIVE
Supporting early childhood educators working with toddlers and preschoolers (2-5) in implementing a new approach to “early literacy” by exploring how literacy builds and develops in young children, starting from their innate imagination, autonomous discoveries, and competence. In “The Art of Inventing Stories,” children are storytellers, protagonists of their own learning, and creators of language, communication, identity, and media/objects that contain and carry their stories.
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Objectives
The participants will be able to…
-> Apply three activities that foster and promote children's imagination to create stories.
-> Identify how sensory competence can positively impact early literacy skills.
-> Describe how a focus on vestibular and kinesthetic systems can enhance early literacy skills.
This Course Offers
The Following Certificates:
1.0 ASWB CE CREDITS (INTERMEDIATE)
Association of Social Work Boards
(ASWB)
Provider Code #1366
Approval Period: 3/30/22-3/30/25
Young Child Learning, #1366, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 3/30/22-3/30/25. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 General continuing education credits.
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)
You will receive your certificate within 1-12 business days via email after fulfilling the above requirements. Contact [email protected] for any issues/concerns.
PURCHASE THIS COURSESpeaker's Biography
Tommaso specializes in emphasizing sensory perception, movement and imagination in young children's learning experience. With expertise in experiential pedagogy, psychomotor education, and kinesthetic didactics, he offers workshops for educators to explore supporting, observing, and assessing child-centered learning in their classrooms. Tommaso mentors schools and organization leaders, helping them adopt innovative approaches and curricula to meet children's evolving and challenging needs. His "Embodied Learning" PD programs focus on acknowledging learning as a cognitive, physical, and emotional act.
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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System Requirements
You can access this course from various devices and platforms, on both PC and Mac desktops/laptops, as well as Android and iOS mobile devices. Our system requirements for these follow below.
Minimum system requirements
- Browser: The latest Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or Opera for desktop/laptop
- A broadband connection with a minimum speed of 5 Mbps
PC specific requirements
- Platform: Windows 8.1 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mac specific requirement
- Platform: Mac OS X 10.12 or higher with the latest updates installed
- RAM: 4GB or more
- Video: Graphics output capability
- Sound: Sound output capability
Mobile specific requirements
- iOS 15.0 and above
- Android 7.0 and above
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