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September 11: “Light Table Play” (KCF: II.E, CDA: 2)
Light tables offer children opportunities to explore light, reflection, art, color mixing, patterns, writing, letters, numbers, x-rays, nature, and more. Any activity placed on a light table instantly becomes something new and exciting for children and adds unique sensory experiences to their day. Join us in this fun hands-on training as we discover the many benefits of light table play, learn how to make several inexpensive DIY versions, and enjoy “testing” tons of possible activities you can use with a light table in your program. You’ll be inspired to create light table play...every day.
September 16: “Mini Math = Big Fun” (KCF: II.B, CDA: 2)
Move past the notion that handing
children a worksheet “covers” math for the week. Discover fun, natural,
and effective ways to incorporate math into your early childhood program.
Each part of a typical day offers many unique ways to help children
acquire the math skills they need to be successful in school and life.
Explore inexpensive activities to share with children and ways to include
the families in your program to ensure that fun is part of the equation!
September 23: “Parents & Policies: #NoProblem” (KCF: III, CDA: 4)
Fostering a positive partnership with parents and having effective policies will benefit you, the parents, and the children in your care. Yes, you can have both good policies and good relationships with your families! Learn how to maintain harmony and trust in your relationships with parents and create—and enforce—excellent policies. Discover effective communication strategies for even the most challenging situations and how to proactively avoid/anticipate them. Explore activities, events, and parent conferences that empower parents to collaborate in their children’s learning. The next time a parent questions your policies or insists that fever is “just teething,” you’ll think: #NoProblem.
September 30: “We Need More Dramatic Play!” (KCF: II.E, CDA: 3)
Discover that we all need more drama in our lives—dramatic play, that is. Dramatic play is essential for children’s healthy development; it fosters cognitive, physical, social/emotional, and executive function skills such as self-regulation, language, and conflict resolution. Not to mention: it’s fun! Learn how to encourage dramatic play with materials and activities that afford children the freedom to discover, problem-solve, and grow. From the grocery store to the fire station, the flower shop to the wild west, be inspired with fun and inexpensive ideas for more than 25 dramatic play themes that your children—and you—will love.
October 2: “Character Education” (KCF: II.C, CDA: 3)
Discover why character education is essential for children’s development. Character education is an intentional approach to teaching children about human values and morals such as kindness, respect, responsibility, fairness, honesty, and courage. Fred Rogers said, “There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” High quality character education emphasizes human interactions, boosting children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and ethical development and creating positive and inclusive environments. Explore simple ways to incorporate character education in your program to foster their problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills and give them skills that will last a lifetime.
* This training meets the
annual family child care behavior guidance training requirement. *
October 14: “Boom! Splash! Fizz! Science Made Fun” (KCF: II.B, CDA: 2)
Give your little scientists
opportunities to build their natural curiosity and love for learning!
Explore ways to help children question, hypothesize, test, observe, and
discover through fun and inexpensive science activities. Experiment with
explosions, fizzy fun, pulleys, lights, electricity, ramps, frozen
materials, bubbles, goop, density, soap, chemical reactions, water, color
mixing, and more in this hands-on class. You’ll leave eager to channel
your inner Mrs. Frizzle and encourage children to “take chances, make
mistakes, and get messy.”
October 23: “Learnercise: Activities that Exercise Minds
& Bodies”
(KCF: II.D, CDA: 2)
Explore how to exercise children’s brains and bodies through Learnercise. These fun, developmentally appropriate, engaging, and inexpensive activities combine physical and cognitive components to help children develop fundamental movement skills and improve their fitness while naturally boosting their cognitive skills. Experts recommend children participate in at least an hour of moderate intensity physical activity daily, and research shows it hones cognition and brain function. Learnercises are easy to implement, modify, and rotate to teach various concepts in any setting. Travel through a variety of multi-sensory Learnercises and experience how they help children learn and grow...and why they love them.
Ocotber 28: “Busy Boxes” (KCF: II.C, CDA: 3)
Encourage children’s love for learning with busy
boxes! Whether you call them busy boxes, busy bags, quiet bins, or tinker
trays, these open-ended, independent, educational, and engaging small
activities make a big impact on children’s learning. They foster
children’s self-regulation, independence, focus, problem-solving
abilities, and social and language skills. Children utilize creativity,
literacy, hand-eye coordination, science and math exploration, and more.
They are perfect quiet activities to use during nap time—creating a fun
routine—or during transitions. Through this hands-on training with tons of
simple and inexpensive activity ideas, you’ll leave inspired to make many
of your own.
* This training meets the
annual family child care behavior guidance training requirement. *
November 6: “A Few of My Favorite Things”(KCF: II.A, CDA: 2)
Discover many favorite activities that are fun, inexpensive, and effective for children of all ages. Some of the activities we’ll explore include rainbow volcanoes, shaving cream blocks, busy boards, painting with many different types of items, sensory table materials, car ramps, bean bag games, frozen treasures, outdoor games, science experiments, Backpack Buddies, and more. There’s something for everyone in this hands-on, active session. Walk away inspired to try new things and experience why “When the wind bites, when they are bored, when they’re feeling sad…I simply pull out my favorite things, and then they all feel so glad!”
November 20: “De-clutter & De-stress Your Way to Success”(KCF: VI, CDA: 6)
If you’ve ever watched a "hoarding" show and thought, “Amateurs,” or you simply want to be more organized, then this is the online training for you! Learn simple and specific solutions to de-clutter and organize your childcare and time. Take proactive and deliberate steps to keep organized and reduce stress so you can spend your time enjoying life and the children in it! Warning: may instill a strong desire to rush home and organize everything!
December 2: “Keep It Positive: Behavior Guidance That Works” (KCF: II.C, CDA: 3)
Hit. Kick. Tattle. Whine. Does this sound like a typical day in your program? Let’s change that! Help children identify their feelings, express them appropriately, resolve conflicts, boost self-esteem, increase empathy, and improve communication through positive behavior guidance, your environment, and simple, yet effective, tools. You’ll leave ready to tame tantrums, wane whining, prevent pushing, banish biting, thwart tattling, halt hitting, stop screaming, lessen lying, and more.
* This training meets the
annual family child care behavior guidance training requirement. *
December 9: “Scentsational Sensory Activities” (KCF: II.D, CDA: 2)
Is your idea of messy play when the children leave out toys? If so, then come join us as we celebrate messy play using all of our senses. Sensory activities are integral to children’s ability to learn, process, interpret and adapt. Foster children’s development, even those without Sensory Processing Disorder. Discover the fun and benefits of sensory activities as we explore several sensory bins. Explore play dough, space dough, flubber, goop, slime, gelatin, bubbles, and more. You’ll leave the mess behind, but you’ll go home with recipes, activities, and inspiration in this fun training.
Hollee (M.A. Early Childhood Education) has loved working for 30+ years with children of all ages in various schools and programs—including more than 20 years as a licensed family child care provider—promoting play and child-directed learning. She loves sharing her passion by providing trainings and resources for early childhood and school-age care professionals. When Hollee's not teaching children, presenting trainings, serving on her local school board, designing websites, or advocating for child care and education, she loves spending time with her family, volunteering, playing board games and cards, and baking.
* All trainings are Devleop-approved and presented by Hollee Saville.
* Registrations are nonrefundable and cannot be exchanged for a different class.
* Refunds will be given only if I cancel the class.
* A minimum of 20 participants is required for each class; please invite others.
* Your attendance will be entered into Develop within 72 hours of each class.
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