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.

Friday: March 9, 2012

Monday: July 9, 2012

Friday:  August 24, 2012

Friday:  November 9, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $310 (Includes Language Literacy Kit 1) $250 deposit required.

KDHE inservice hours included

“I started teaching at Shirley Mayes in March of last year. As “In the Kitchen” has already been in progress, I was impressed by the children’s knowledge of “short” and “long” words. As I began to teach the curriculum myself, I was continually impressed by my relative ignorance about the curriculum. After attending this training, I am so excited to begin the new school year. After seeing the research behind this curriculum, I totally believe in it. I loved that Jeanine went into enough detail to explain why things are set up the way they are. I feel very prepared to help my preschoolers learn solid pre-reading and pre-literacy skills.

I also appreciated all the research presented that lead up to the idea that THIS program — because it teaches and promotes language and literacy — could be the key to our impoverished children becoming successful. And if they are successful, we are on our way to winning the war on poverty.”

~Suzy Matousek

Preschool Language & Literacy: People, People Everywhere/Me and My World Around Me

for parents and teachers of preschool aged children

After you and your child have worked through In the Kitchen and Fun on the Farm, your child is ready for the second literacy unit. This program was developed for four and five year olds who have already completed unit 1. Come find out how to extend your child’s education and transition them into the world of print.

Friday:   September 28, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $310 (Includes Language Literacy Kit 2) $250 deposit required.

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 immediately.

Mon. & Tues.:   April 2-3, 2012

Thurs. & Fri.:  May 31-June 1, 2012

Thurs. & Fri.:  June 28-29, 2012

Thurs. & Fri.:  August 9-10, 2012

Thurs. & Fri.:  September 20-21, 2012

TIME:  9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

COST: $180 (includes manual & materials) $50 deposit required.

“It is exactly what I need to help my struggling students.” Pat Poulter

Teachers may receive one hour of graduate credit  from Newman University. (an additional fee is required.)

Phonological Awareness

for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents

It’s great news that research tells us that phonological awareness skills can be taught. Come spend a day with us and discover the principles of planning strategic lessons to address these critical skills. Learn how to incorporate manipulatives and reinforcing activities to address targeted gaps and make this area of essential learning fun!

 

Friday:    October 26, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $175 (includes manual & materials) $85 deposit required.

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.

Friday:     March 2, 2012

Friday:     June 1, 2012

Thursday:      June 21, 2012

Friday:      July 13, 2012

Monday:     October 15, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $125 (includes manual & materials) $35 deposit required.

“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 Grammar

for elementary regular and special education teachers, secondary special education teachers, educational therapists & parents

pre-requisite: Multisensory Grammar

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:    October 25, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $160 (includes manuals) $70 deposit required.

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.:  October 22-23, 2012

TIME:  9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $250 (includes materials) $70 deposit required.

Teachers may receive one hour of graduate credit  from Newman University. (an additional fee is required.)

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.

Thursday:  May 31, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $135 (includes materials)  $45 deposit required.

“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 to begin Semple Math with a student. Make-it-take-it projects and Level 1 materials will be included. Additional Semple Math and other math materials will be available for review and purchase.

Thurs. & Fri.:        May 31-June 1, 2012

Mon. & Tues.:   August 6 – 7, 2012

TIME: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

COST: $255 (includes manual & materials) $125 deposit required.

“A new and exciting way to teach and encourage students who are struggling.” Cherie Davis

If you are interested in taking any of our courses, please see our Enroll Call newsletter and download it to see all of the information on our courses.  The mail in registration form is found on page 10 or you can download just the registration form here.

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