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The Transitional Kindergarten Learning Environment
30
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During this interactive 1-day session, participants will learn strategies for creating an impactful, developmentally appropriate, culturally responsive, engaging, and positive transitional kindergarten learning environment for children and families. Participants will explore the characteristics of dynamic interest areas and learn how to use room arrangement as a teaching strategy. In addition to planning the physical spaces, participants will examine strategies for strengthening the social and temporal environments to meet the needs of children and families. During the session, participants will also analyze their daily activities and create a schedule that maximizes opportunities to support development and learning. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
0.5 Day
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® Cloud for Transitional Kindergarten
30
Max Participants
The Creative Curriculum® Cloud couples our leading early childhood curriculum with powerful digital planning tools. During this 3-hour session, intended for transitional kindergarten teachers, participants will explore the dynamic teaching resources available in the Creative Curriculum® Cloud Digital Content Library. Participants will discover the MyTeachingStrategies® Family app and investigate impactful family engagement strategies. Additionally, participants will learn how to use The Creative Curriculum® Cloud to streamline their planning and individualize learning experiences for children.
Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
0.5 Day
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Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California
30
Max Participants
This highly interactive 2-day session introduces participants to The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California. Throughout the session, participants will become familiar with the characteristics, purpose, and components of The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California. They will explore and practice using the 38 objectives for development and learning and will closely examine The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California’s knowledge-building volumes. Participants will be introduced to strategies for preparing and maintaining an engaging physical environment and will practice using Mighty Minutes®, Intentional Teaching Experiences, Book Discussion Cards®, Highlights High Five Bilingüe®, Book Conversation Cards®, and other resources to enhance teaching and learning. Through large- and small-group discussions and activities, participants will learn how Teaching Guides support the implementation of a meaningful study. Participants will be introduced to the three main parts of a study and will learn how to integrate content learning into daily events. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
2 Day
1 Day
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California
30
Max Participants
This highly interactive 1-day session introduces participants to The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California. Participants will become familiar with the 38 objectives for development and learning that inform every aspect of teaching. They will then explore and practice using the components of the curriculum, including knowledge-building volumes, Teaching Guides, Mighty Minutes®, Intentional Teaching Experiences, Book Discussion Cards®, Highlights High Five Bilingüe®, Book Conversation Cards®, and other resources to enhance teaching and learning. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
0.5 Day
Discovering Studies for Transitional Kindergarten: California
30
Max Participants
This 3-hour session is designed to help teachers using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten effectively implement studies in their classrooms. Participants will learn how to choose appropriate study topics, understand how to prepare for a study, and investigate how to effectively implement a study from beginning to end. Through hands-on interactive experiences, participants will be introduced to the three parts of a study and the benefits of conducting long-term investigations with children. Additionally, participants will learn how to address the objectives for development and learning in meaningful ways during a study and how to include families and the community in children’s learning. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
0.5 Day
1 Day
Inspiring Interactions: Exploring the Transitional Kindergarten Teacher’s Role in Interest Areas
30
Max Participants
Are you interested in maximizing positive child outcomes by offering Choice Time? Are you curious about how you can intentionally address the Objectives for Development and Learning within interest areas? If so, Inspiring Interactions: Exploring the Teacher’s Role in Interest Areas, is for you! During this 6-hour advanced session for users of The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten, participants will discover techniques for facilitating important content learning, including literacy and mathematics learning, in interest areas. Participants will be introduced to a collection of helpful teaching strategies that nurture creativity, encourage problem-solving, and engage children in critical thinking. Through discussions and activities, teachers will examine their role in supporting, and extending, high quality play experiences during Choice Time. Additionally, teachers will practice aligning Objectives for Development and Learning, along with associated support strategies, to child-led play scenarios. Participants will leave the session equipped with the tools and skills needed to make Choice Time one of the most important and impactful times of the instructional day. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
1 Day
The Power of STEAM: Leading Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics Learning With The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten
30
Max Participants
STEAM (science, technology, engineering, the arts, and mathematics) serves as an integrative approach to teaching that allows children to explore, question, research, create, and discover. During this 6-hour session, participants will examine the many facets of STEAM and explore its connection to the objectives for development and learning. Educators will learn how to integrate science and technology throughout the day and will discover how in-depth, project-based investigations support STEAM learning in the transitional kindergarten classroom. Participants will unpack strategies for teaching children about physical science, life science, the earth and the environment, and, through hands-on interactive activities, explore the four steps of the engineering design process. Users of The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten will also learn how Teaching Guides and the Daily Resources help support STEAM planning. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
1 Day
Language and Literacy in The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California
30
Max Participants
This 1-day session offers an opportunity to explore The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten resources that support your language and literacy program. Through interactive large- and small-group experiences and individual reflection, participants will learn how the wealth of materials included in The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten help teachers engage children in meaningful language and literacy experiences. You will learn how research relates to The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten approach and how to use the resources effectively. By the end of this session, participants will be able to articulate how their programs will implement The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten to help children build a strong foundation for life-long language and literacy learning. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
1 Day
Mathematics in The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California
30
Max Participants
During this 1-day session, participants will become familiar with research related to how transitional kindergarten children learn mathematical concepts and process skills. Participants will examine the components of mathematics that form the basis of instruction and explore ways to incorporate developmentally appropriate mathematical activities in meaningful ways throughout the day. Note: Available for CA programs using The Creative Curriculum® for Transitional Kindergarten: California only.
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Prerequisites:
Introduction to The Creative Curriculum®
Transitional Kindergarten
Creative Curriculum
1 Day
0.5 Day
Anti-Bias Education to Nurture Belonging for All Children
30
Max Participants
Anti-bias education is not simply a set of classroom materials. Instead, it is a way of being that challenges educators to examine their own biases, view differences as positives, address the impact of stereotypes, bias, and discrimination, and seek the active engagement of families and communities. During this 3-hour session, anchored by NAYEC’s 2019 Advancing Equity in Early Childhood Education position statement, participants will explore anti-bias education, identify the importance of self-awareness and self-reflection, observe anti-bias education in action, and brainstorm ideas for implementing anti-bias education into children’s learning experiences.
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