BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY 6 Hour Applied Training in Berlin, VT
- Course Number: BB65
- Date: March 27, 2010
- Time: 8:30 AM-3:30 PM
- Location: Central Vermont Medical Center
- Address: 130 Fisher Road
- City: Berlin
- State: VT
- Cost: $25
- Instructor: Brenda Buzzell
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® offers strategies based on recommendations from the National Research Council and outcomes of the 2008 National Literacy Panel. Trainings support early care and education providers as they build the emergent literacy skills of two- to five-year-old children.
Professional development provided in the areas of:
· Phonological Awareness
· Vocabulary and Language Development
· Shared Book Reading
· Speech to Print Connection
6-hour professional development training (limit of 40 participants per site) and the opportunity to participate in the new BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® online course www.buildingblocksforliteracy.org for an additional 12 professional development hours.
Participants at the training will receive:
· BUILDING BLOCKS curriculum manual
· Teaching resource materials
· Children's books and a CD of children's songs that promote Phonological Awareness
Follow up Provier Training/Parent Workshops are available.
Cost: $25 (grant Funded for Early Care and Education Providers)
"The fun games, activities, and songs were great. I feel I have new tools and renewed energy to implement into my shared reading playgroups."