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Critical Thinking Skills in the Preschool Environment
Critical thinking skills are essential for good decision-making and long-term academic and professional success. This course examines critical thinking skills through the lens of Bloom’s Taxonomy, which categorizes the different ways humans interact with knowledge. Participants will explore basic, practical classroom strategies that support the development of critical thinking skills in young children.
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Dual Language Learning in the Early Childhood Environment
This course provides early childhood professionals with strategies and tools for helping young children develop language and early literacy skills in English as well as the children’s home language. Participants will learn the benefits of ?dual language? learning for young children along with key strategies for increasing family engagement and promoting rich, dual language development in the classroom.
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Family Child Care Basics
This course was designed to provide information, resources, and advice to family child care providers. The course provides information regarding the business and regulatory side of family child care, as well as a basic overview of health, safety, child development, and educational issues relevant to those who use their homes to care for children.
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Music in Early Childhood
This course is written by well known author and national trainer, Rae Pica. The goal of this course is to provide an understanding of the importance of music in the early childhood years and the ways in which it can become part of the curriculum and of children’s lives. Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to define the role of music in a child’s development, the role of both quality and variety in the selection of music for children, the impact of music on children/s moods and behaviors, the musical elements young children can and should experience, and list appropriate musical activities.
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Promoting Speaking and Listening Skills
This course emphasizes the central role of speaking and listening skills in the development of communication and early literacy skills. Course participants will examine strategies for encouraging young children to express basic needs, ideas, emotions, and questions. Importance is placed on oral language comprehension in conversations and books.
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Individual Options
Flexible options for individual educators, including course hours and annual subscriptions.
Center Options
Cost-effective annual group training packages tailored for child care centers and staff management.