Workshops
Preschool Language & Literacy: In the Kitchen/On the Farm
for parents and teachers of preschool aged children
A road map for developing pre-literacy skills is available at the Fundamental Learning Center. Using the curriculum units, In The Kitchen and On The Farm, you will learn to map lessons for preschool-aged children. These units provide a light script for 15 minute’s worth of activities that are easy to follow, build vocabulary, and provide materials. As you move from In The Kitchen to On The Farm, oral language expands as it relates to letters, sounds, numbers, print awareness and phonological awareness skills. You and your child will have fun as you experience the hands-on activities, songs, finger-plays, and stories.
Thursday: October 7, 2010
Thursday: November 4, 2010
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $310 (Includes Language Literacy Kit 1)
KDHE inservice hours included
Reading Readiness
for preschool, kindergarten and 1st grade teachers and parents.
In this two-day workshop, teachers learn strategies for teaching phonological awareness, oral language, letter identification, decoding, handwriting, and spelling development skills as well as how to establish the alphabetic principle. This course was recently expanded to include opportunities to explore the program, practice the concepts, and develop lesson planning. This allows you the confidence to apply the program Monday morning.
Thurs. & Fri.: September 23-24, 2010
Mon. & Tues: November 8-9, 2010
Thurs. & Fri.: January 13-14, 2011
Thurs. & Fri.: February 10-11, 2011
Thurs. & Fri.: April 14-15, 2011
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
COST: $180 (includes manual & materials)
“It is exactly what I need to help my struggling students.” Pat Poulter
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Phonological Awareness
for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents
Phonological Awareness is the number one predictor of a child who is going to struggle in the area of reading, writing, and spelling. However, the good news is Phonological Awareness can be taught. Come spend a day with us and discover new skills and strategies to teach this important skill to students.
Friday: September 17, 2010
Friday: October 29, 2010
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: call for pricing information
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Multisensory Grammar
for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents.
Grammar is an essential skill for understanding written expression. In this all day workshop, participants learn sequential steps in teaching sentence construction. This approach incorporates a color coding multisensory method for teaching the eight basic parts of speech.
Monday: October 18, 2010
Friday: March 4, 2011
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $105 (includes manual & materials)
“The students will be able to grasp all parts of speech because of the innovative way it is presented to them.” Sydney Costello
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Advanced Multisensory Grammar
for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents
pre-requisite: Multisensory Grammar
Grammar is an essential skill for understanding written expression. In this follow-up workshop, participants who have already implemented Multisensory Grammar learn what comes next. This approach incorporates the color-coding multisensory method for applying the parts of speech in more complex sentences, as well as how to use grammar to improve a student’s writing skills.
Thursday: September 16, 2010
Thursday: October 28, 2010
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: call for pricing information
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Scientific Spelling
for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents
Do you know a student that struggles with spelling? They seem to have the words memorized by Friday’s test, but don’t apply them to their written work on Monday? Eighty-five percent of our language is predictable if someone understands the reliable patterns for English. This two-day workshop will cover reliable patterns, five must-know spelling rules, and what to do when a word just doesn’t follow any rules. Learning the rules for spelling will help improve a child’s writing.
Mon. & Tues: September 13-14, 2010
Mon. & Tues: October 25-26, 2010
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: call for pricing information
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Study Skills & Organizational Strategies for Developing Students
for elementary through secondary regular and special education teachers, educational therapists and parents.
Too many times our children fall through the cracks of learning due to an inability to organize, prioritize, and structure assignments. This workshop provides useful strategies to keep a child “on-track” with homework assignments and projects. Study skill tools and activities will be presented in conjunction with organization strategies.
Friday: June 2, 2011
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $135 (includes materials)
“PRACTICAL! I have strategies for every academic challenge.” Kristine Goossen.
6 hrs applied towards a unit of teacher recertification credit
Semple Math
for elementary regular and specialeducation teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists and parents
Semple Math is an ungraded multisensory basic skills program designed to help students with committing basic facts to memory, number reversals, number alignment, money concepts, as well as the abstract language of math in word problems. Upon completion of this course, you will have all the skills and materials to begin with a student. Make-it-take-it projects will be included. Additional materials will be available for review.
Saturdays (2): November 6 & 13, 2010
Saturdays (2): February 5 & 12, 2011
TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
COST: $255 (includes manual & materials) $100 deposit required.
“A new and exciting way to teach and encourage students who are struggling.” Cherie Davis
