Read, Play, and Learn!®: An Integrated, Developmentally-Appropriate Curriculum for Young Children
Speaker(s): Toni Linder, Ed.D.; Jeanine Coleman, M.S. |
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Logistics
Recommended book(s) or materials: Teacher’s Guide for Read, Play, and Learn!®: Storybook Activities for Young Children
Seminar length: 1–5 days
Number of participants: varies by length of presentation; longer seminars involve more hands-on activities that can only be done by small groups
Who will benefit from this seminar: Educators, curriculum specialists, early intervention teams, early childhood educators, reading specialists, education administrators, and related service professionals
Speaker Fees: (What do fees include?)
1 day: $1800
2 days: $3300
3 days: $4800
More than 3 days: $1800 per day
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This seminar can be a one-day overview, a five-day seminar full of hands-on learning experiences, or any length in between. A two-day presentation is recommended.
Have another idea? Tell us about it, and we’ll do our best to customize this seminar to your needs!
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Seminar Description
This seminar examines a curriculum model that incorporates literacy and play into a developmentally appropriate curriculum for children of all ability levels. It introduces classroom activities that are relevant, challenging, accessible to all children, and designed to promote independent learning and facilitate developmental progress. Dr. Linder discusses how Read, Play, and Learn!® can be used with children with disabilities as well as typically developing children to address cognitive, communication, social-emotional, and sensorimotor development in addition to pre-academic skills. She explains the activities and processes incorporated into preschool and kindergarten classrooms and uses slides to illustrate examples of curriculum modules.
Participants will learn how to develop centers that integrate developmental, educational, and therapeutic approaches. The curriculum, which utilizes storybooks as the basis for integrated study, includes emerging literacy, math, and science centers in addition to dramatic play, floor and table play, sensory and motor centers, music, and art. Dr. Linder shows early childhood professionals how to identify each child’s level of learning (sensorimotor, functional, symbolic) and adapt activities so that each can be challenging yet accessible to children at all levels of learning. She explains how to involve team members (teachers, paraprofessionals, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech–language pathologists) and the children’s families. Participants will learn to use collaboration to implement IEP goals as part of the curriculum and extend activities and skills gained beyond the classroom.
In this seminar, participants will
- become familiar with a curriculum that is designed to include children with disabilities in childcare and early educational settings
- learn how a literacy and play-based curriculum can address developmental and educational targets
- learn to combine pre-academic and play approaches and include parents as partners in the learning process
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| Bonus: Combine this seminar with a presentation on Transdisciplinary Play-Based Assessment, Second Edition (TPBA2) and Transdisciplinary Play-Based Intervention, Second Edition (TPBI2). Allow at least two days for a combined presentation. |
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