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LEGACY 2010
3/6/2010 at The Riverside School, Danvers, MA
[TLTSTLEGACY2010]

$85.00

LEGACY 2010
3/6/2010 at The Riverside School, Danvers, MA

The institute consists of the keynote presentation by Grace Lin followed by two workshops. Please choose the workshops you wish to attend and write them in the comment field when you check out. The letter and number of the workshops are sufficient. For example, A2 B3 works fine.

Morning Workshops 10:00-12:00

A1: Path of a Multicultural Author
Grace Lin
Learn about Grace Lin’s path to becoming a children’s book creator and her embracing the adjective “multicultural.” Using Grace’s personal experiences, gain understanding about her books and the value of books that portray many cultures. Take a journey through the concept of literature and how cultures are portrayed through a powerpoint (graphically beautiful) presentation.

A2: Once Upon a Time: Time Management
Dr. Janet Arndt
“Oh dear, oh dear, I’m late, I’m late! “ If you are feeling like the White Rabbit in Alice and Wonderland and managing time has you in a dither, come to this work shop to conquer your time management issues. The sharing and discussion of strategies to help you organize your day, classroom, and all that paperwork will provide stress relief and a new plan for getting through the day.

A3: . Literacy Through Art
Kathryn DiPietro
A picture is worth a thousand words. Come and learn some watercolor painting techniques that will lead to powerful writing. Be prepared to paint and write. Learn a great way to encourage reluctant writers to expand their vocabulary and find the joy in writing.

A4: Do You See What I See?
Tere Bowen-Irish
Look at visual perception, acuity and visual motor integration skills. Discuss the many factors that impact a child’s performance in literacy, success with written communication, or navigating one, two or 3 dimensional activities in their academic world. What is acuity and why is it important? Learn about the concepts of visual ability in the areas of figure ground, visual spatial, visual memory, visual sequential memory, visual discrimination, form constancy and visual closure. Discover how these skills can contribute to one’s ability to read, write, work independently and remember visual information to use for all kinds of tasks. Learn how to modify games, activities and curriculum.

Afternoon Workshops 12:45-2:45

B1: Stories in Song and Dance
Lisa Cheney
Foster early language, literacy, and math skills through music and movement. Do what the research says! Sing, dance, experience, move and even play an instrument with this licensed Kindermusik Educator. Learn about how and why music and movement makes a difference and how music and movement fosters all learning domains in a child’s development. Join Lisa for this high octane workshop.

B2: That’s Another Story
Donna Rosso and Jenny Corduck
“a sense of belonging and membership, positive social relationships and friendships, and development and learning to reach their full potential.” DEC/NAEYC. (2009) How do you create an inclusive environment for all children? Together we will explore the use of embedded interventions (environmental modifications and/or peer support) in inclusive early childhood classrooms. We will create tools you can use as you focus on and respond to the challenges faced each day in your work with young children with disabilities and their families.

B3: Spring through Fiction and Nonfiction Books
Carol Hartery
Introduce your children to our beautiful world through fiction and nonfiction books. Create your own fiction and nonfiction books in this make and take workshop about “spring things” and literally grow your children’s interests in books, language, science and nature. Springboard classroom activities to strengthen language arts skills through fiction children’s book author/illustrators Lois Ehlert and Jan Brett. Develop discovery-based thinking using nature photos, found objects and nonfiction books.

B4: Building, Blocks and Classic Stories
Patti Roka
Use your imagination and the stories you love to create a magical house. Build a 3-d house that represents classic stories using a basic house structure, recycled materials, and very basic architectural techniques. Step through the door into a world of wonder that will guide teachers to see our favorite stories with more dimension, through the windows of a child’s world. Look and see who will become authors and architects!

Please remember to type in your workshop choices in the comment box.

Grade Level: Pre K to Grade 1

LEGACY 2010 3/6/2010 at The Riverside School, Danvers, MA[TLTSTLEGACY2010]

LEGACY 2010
3/6/2010 at The Riverside School, Danvers, MA
[TLTSTLEGACY2010]