Last Chance Trainings for Early Childhood Educators!
• Held at APT’s Birmingham Office (directions in new tab)
• Selected Mondays and Wednesdays, Aug 28 to Sept 27
• Two hour sessions: 2-4 PM CT
• 8 Different Sessions and Topics
• Free Parking
• Free Training Hours
• Free Books and Resources
• Free Registration (Required Below)
Don’t miss your chance to attend these FREE trainings that are being retired after September 30!
Infant and Toddler Trainings
Indoors Out and Outdoors In: Connecting Infants and Toddlers to Animals and Nature
Mon, Aug 28 | 2-4pm CT
Come think outside the box! Experiences with nature and animals foster empathy and self-confidence. Learn fun hands-on activities and explore PBS Kids programming that extends children’s understanding of nature and connects children to the world around them. Let’s bring the outside environment and living animals into infant and toddler classrooms and take classroom strategies outside!
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Infants, Toddlers
DHR Training Areas: QCCL
Subject Areas: 1, 2, 3, 8
Content Areas: LEE
Training Areas: 13, 20
Quality Indicator: C: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Stories and Songs, Oh, My! Using Books & Music to Enrich Learning in the Infant & Toddler Classrooms
Mon, Sept 18 | 2-4pm CT
This training is designed to bring reading and music into the infant and toddler classroom in a fun and simple way. This training will provide ideas on how to use books to extend learning for toddlers and how to use developmentally appropriate music and movement songs for infants and toddlers.
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Infants, Toddlers
DHR Training Areas: CD, LD
Subject Areas: 2. 3. 8
Content Areas: CGD, LEE
Training Areas: 13, 15, 20
Quality Indicator: C: Child Development
Time In vs. Time Out: Build Resilient Classrooms
Mon, Sept 25 | 2-4pm CT
This training draws from Conscious Discipline practices and principles to support children in the classroom. Come discuss effective teaching strategies that foster problem solving, community, and acceptance. This training will also explore tools for helping children self-regulate, and PBS content that promotes kindness, communication, and patience.
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Infants, Toddlers
DHR Training Areas: PDG
Subject Areas: 1, 2, 3, 5
Content Areas: ICFC, CDG
Training Areas: 15, 20
Quality Indicator: C: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Preschool Trainings
The Tale of Books: How to Build Your Classroom Library
Wed, Aug 30 | 2-4pm CT
In this workshop, we will discuss how to build a classroom library and why the books you choose are important. We will discuss how to incorporate picture books, nursery rhyme books, multicultural books and PBS KIDS books. At the end of the workshop, you will receive several of these books to add to your own library. So come on and read with us!
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Preschool
DHR Training Areas: CD, LD
Subject Areas: 1, 3
Content Areas: CDG, HSN, LEE
Training Areas: 13
Quality Indicator: M: Professional Development
Chores and Choices! We Can All Be Helpers!
Wed, Sept 13 | 2-4pm CT
Preschoolers love to be helpers! This training will explore providing child-size chores, teaching responsibility, and offering appropriate choices to young children. We will discuss how to help the child and also how to communicate with parents about providing chores and choices at home!
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Preschool
DHR Training Areas: CD, PDG
Subject Areas: 2, 3, 4, 8
Content Areas: CGD, ICFC
Training Areas: 13, 15, 16
Quality Indicator: C: Child Development
Fostering Healthy Preschool Friendships
Wed, Sept 27 | 2-4pm CT
Social and emotional development for preschool children is a crucial part of their day. This training will provide ideas on how to foster kindness, friendship and coping with feelings as we help to reduce frustration or bullying among friends. Using PBS KIDS programming, hands-on activities, and books, participants will learn how to facilitate kindness and friendship in their classrooms.
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: Preschool
DHR Training Areas: CD, PDG
Subject Areas: 1, 2, 3, 8
Content Areas: CGD, LEE
Training Areas: 13, 15
Quality Indicator: E: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
School-age Trainings
Words are All Around Us: Expanding Children’s Vocabulary Knowledge
Mon, Sept 11 | 2-4pm CT
Join us as we explore resources and strategies that can be used to help children expand their vocabulary knowledge. In this two-hour workshop, we will focus on poetry, vocabulary games, author studies, and more. Using books, PBS KIDS programs, and hands-on activities, we will discover how to make learning vocabulary fun, exciting, and meaningful for children.
Training Level: Basic
Target Age Group: School-Age
DHR Training Areas: CD, LD
Subject Areas: 2, 3
Content Areas: CDG, LEE
Training Areas: 19
Quality Indicator: C: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Endless Possibilities: Community Helpers & Future Career Opportunities
Wed, Sept 20 | 2-4pm CT
In this two-hour workshop, we will explore a variety of careers that have been selected to show children that the possibilities for them are endless. We will discuss careers like being a botanist, fashion designer, and paleontologist, along with how they help the community. We will also review activities that will teach children more about these careers and inspire them to know and believe that they can be anything!
Training Level: Intermediate
Target Age Group: School-Age
DHR Training Areas: CD
Subject Areas: 2, 3
Content Areas: CDG, LEE, DIV, ICFC
Training Areas: 19
Quality Indicator: C: Developmentally Appropriate Practice
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