Professional Learning Opportunities for Early Educators

Early childhood educators play a pivotal role in laying the foundation for fine motor skills, which are critical for successful handwriting and overall academic success. However, many children struggle with pencil and scissor grasp due to underdeveloped fine motor skills, which can impact their ability to write, draw, cut, and engage in other essential classroom tasks. This edWebinar is designed specifically for early childhood teachers seeking practical strategies to improve pencil grasp in young learners using fun, playful opportunities.

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From bugs and plants to pets and friends, low-cost and no-cost loose parts alive enhance the quality of childhood through play. Noticing the living things in and around our environments leads to innovative ways to incorporate them into children’s playful explorations.

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Witness the magic of open-ended exploration and the wonder of learning through play. As a nurturing caregiver, you have precious opportunities to ignite curiosity in the infants, toddlers, and twos you care for. 

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Understanding your ideal customer, writing a marketing plan, creating a responsive service system, and tracking your performance are just a few of the tools highlighted. With key terms to know, case studies, key questions, and exercises to help you apply the concepts, this book will set you on your way to growing and strengthening your child-care business.

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Executive function helps people remember what they need to, attend to what they are supposed to, and maintain control over their thoughts and actions so they can be successful in planning, completing, and executing goal-driven activities.

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Dr. Sarah Taylor Vanover dispels the myths and explains the opportunities of a mixed-delivery system to bridge gaps in child care.

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Dr. Sarah Taylor Vanover shares how to draft a powerful vision and mission statement, navigate the legal landscape of special education, and create policies and accommodations that meet the needs of children with disabilities and their families.

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Kimberly King, Body Safety Educator, Sexual Abuse Prevention Expert, and Best-Selling Author, shares how breaking down the topic of prevention early, using research-based strategies, and taking the scare out of the topic helps prepare all who care for children and protect children.

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Whether you’re new to UDL or looking to deepen your understanding and practice, this edWebinar will empower you to unlock the potential of every child in your early learning environment. Prepare to transform your teaching and create a more inclusive, engaging, and effective environment.

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Dr. Julie Tourigny, OTD, MS, OTR/L shares teaching simple and effective strategies to help preschool- and kindergarten-aged children learn to regulate their emotions throughout the school day.

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In this edWebinar, Dr. Sandra Duncan explores how nature offers valuable and important lessons about transforming classroom spaces into places where infants and toddlers can thrive.

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Teresa A. Byington, Ph.D. shares techniques that will help you become a more joyful leader and/or teacher and ways you can inspire joy in others.

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Angela Searcy, Ed.D., discusses strategies that will help you navigate conflicts and elevate equity. Watch the recording to earn a CE certificate.

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As early childhood professionals concerned with the well-being of the whole child, we have a responsibility to create learning environments where all children feel affirmed, safe, and welcome regardless of their skin color, hair texture, language, socioeconomic background, etc.

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In this webinar, Dr. Sascha Longstreth and Dr. Sarah Garrity prepare early childhood consultants, coaches, and leaders to implement a simple five-step process that can be used to create and revise discipline policies that support young children’s social-emotional competence.

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Nature-based education is a rapidly growing approach in early childhood. The Nature-Based Education Rating Scale (NABERS) is a tool developed to help identify the quality and level of “natureness” for those PreK and K-3 programs adding nature to their curricula. This edWebinar identifies the core principles of Nature-based Early Childhood Education (NbECE) and discusses tangible measures of quality.