Courses

  • Creating a Landscape to Learning: Appropriate Indoor & Outdoor Learning Environments

    14 Lessons

      3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will provide participants with knowledge of how an infant/toddler learning environment should be designed in order to enhance relationships and learning by developing competencies through movement, exploration, and appropriate challenges.

    • Creating A Positive Social Emotional Climate in Infant/Toddler Care Settings

      16 Lessons
      • Creating a Positive Social Emotional Climate In Infant/Toddler Rooms - $20.00

      3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will help participants to understand that when they develop a positive social and emotional climate in the care setting and provides nurturing relationships with young children, the young child feels more secure in the environment and more likely to feel comfortable learning and growing. Such relationships are likely to lead to a more emotionally secure and independent child, which will foster success in school.

    • E-3 Dimensions of Quality Online

      11 Lessons
      • E-3 Dimensions of Quality Online - $30.00

      5 clock hours (0.5 CEUs) - Take a look at this snapshot of the 2015 ECERS3 Conference. This Course includes the video recorded during the main presentation and all four breakout sessions. This course is designed for students who were unable to attend the conference, or for those who attended and would like the ability to access and review the conference materials.

    • Encouraging Peer Interactions in Preschool

      18 Lessons
      • Encouraging Peer Interactions in Preschool - $20.00

      3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will provide participants with strategies for supporting the development of peer interactions in the preschool classroom. It will also provide ways for teachers to help children learn anger management skills and problem solving skills.

    • Homelessness and Young Children: Dealing with Trauma

      14 Lessons

        3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will help participants to define homelessness according to the McKinney-Vento definition and to discover how being homeless affects the child's health and development. Participants will also be provided guidance strategies to support young children experiencing homelessness.

      • Homelessness and Young Children: Education and Services

        13 Lessons

          3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course is for administrators of early childhood centers. It will provide them with information and best practices to facilitate collaboration between child care programs and community organizations to increase the provision of services to families with young children experiencing homelessness.

        • Let's Get Physical: Movement and the Young Child

          26 Lessons

            3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - In this course, we will learn how to incorporate moderate to vigorous physical activity in early learning environments, both indoor and outdoor.

          • Literacy in Action: Developmental Writing

            14 Lessons
            • Literacy In Action: Developmental Writing - $25.00

            4 clock hours (0.4 CEUs) - Teachers play a critical role in emergent writing. This class will explore the essential components of developmental writing as well as interactive strategies that promote positive experiences with writing. Participants will also learn ways to incorporate daily writing experiences throughout the preschool classroom.

          • Meeting the Challenge: Effective Strategies for Dealing With Challenging Behavior in School-Age Children

            16 Lessons
            • Meeting the Challenge: Effective Strategies for Dealing with Challenging Behavior in School-age Children - $20.00

            3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will provide school-age providers with the skills they need to manage a child's feelings that cause them to act out. They will be taught guidance skills that teach children how to get along with others, how to express their feelings with words, and how to problem solve in a positive way.

          • Positive Guidance: Helping Children Learn Self-Discipline

            13 Lessons
            • Positive Guidance: Helping Children Learn Self-Discipline - $20.00

            3 clock hours (0.3 CEUs) - This course will provide participants with knowledge on a relationship-based approach to prevent and manage challenging behavior more effectively, creating a more enjoyable learning environment. The goal of positive guidance is to develop children's self-control, encourage children to assume responsibility, and assist children in making thoughtful decisions.