BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® is an UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSE FOR
EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION PROVIDERS, including pre-school and
kindergarten teachers enrolled in higher education early childhood
degree programs. The COURSE PROVIDES A CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE
RESEARCH-based components necessary to deliver effective language
learning opportunities in early care and education/Pre-K settings to
assure LITERACY SUCCESS. This COURSE IS ALIGNED WITH THE VERMONT EARLY
LEARNING STANDARDS, integrating play-based strategies to demonstrate
scaffolding skills within each key concept. Participants will become
familiar with ongoing evidence-based practices that integrate current
research with family and professional wisdom and values. Participants
will learn how language acquisition, phonological awareness, shared
book reading and the speech to print connection help children to build
early LITERACY SKILLS.This workshop is part of the Early Childhood
Summer Institute offered by Castleton University. The Early Childhood
Summer Institute will include courses related to: early literacy
(Building Blocks); infant and toddler development; science in the
early years; family and community engagement; trauma sensitive
practices; promoting social and emotional competence (early MTSS);
supporting children who are dual language learners; financial and
legal issues; advanced child development; curriculum development birth
to grade 3 (focus on STEM, place based and nature education); issues
in special education.
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