Change Doesn't Have to Be Hard: Daily Classroom Transitions that Support Children
Learn how to support children and teachers through daily classroom transitions.
Teachers' Choice! Digging Deeper into Challenging Behavior: Part 2
This webinar offers preventative teaching strategies for children's challenging behaviors.
Teachers' Choice! Digging Deeper into Challenging Behavior: Part 1
This webinar addresses why children might engage in challenging behaviors.
Help Me Make a Strong Start! Strategies for Successful Kindergarten Transitions
This webinar reviews the importance of helping children transition from preschool or Head Start to kindergarten. It also shares successful strategies to help children, families, and teachers during this time.
Beyond Sink and Float: Science for Preschool Children
In this webinar, see what science looks like in the preschool classroom and learn to encourage children’s thinking skills through everyday classroom activities.
Adult Support
This in-service suite provides strategies for using adult support. These strategies can be used to increase the participation of children who need more support or challenge. Also, find examples that illustrate what the strategies look like in the classroom.
Curriculum Modifications: An Introduction
This in-service suite gives an overview of eight types of curriculum modifications. Teachers can use these simple changes to classroom activities to increase a child’s engagement and learning.
Break It Down: Turning Goals into Everyday Teaching Opportunities
Use these methods to break down a learning goal into smaller steps. Breaking down a goal into easier objectives helps a child to make steady progress in mastering a skill.
Activity Matrix: Organizing Learning Throughout the Day
This in-service suite introduces the activity matrix as an effective tool for teachers to organize learning opportunities for children who need additional support during daily classroom activities and routines.
Highly Individualized Teaching and Learning
These 15-minute In-service Suites are a professional development resource for staff in busy, active early childhood centers and programs. They are organized around one topic or big idea and address effective teaching and assessment practices.