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Are you interested in learning strategies to expand children’s feeling and emotion vocabulary? Join Trying Together on September 30 for our online session, “Connections and Conversations: Feelings Behind the Mask: Building Emotion Vocabulary.”

About

Connections and Conversations Virtual Check-Ins are biweekly interactive sessions that highlight topics of interest to the field of early childhood education. Participants engage in virtual discussions with child development experts while interacting with early learning practitioners to share questions, experiences, and expertise about the highlighted topic. Sessions offer one hour of PQAS credit. Act 48 credit will not be provided.

In this session, participants will learn about strategies to expand children’s feeling vocabulary in order to support their abilities to correctly perceive and respond to feelings in themselves and others. Identifying and expressing emotions are key skills in a child’s development. Children need a large and complex feeling vocabulary to make finer discriminations between feelings, to better communicate with others about their internal affective states, and to engage in discussions about their personal experiences with the world.

Session Details

• • Session Date: Wednesday, September 30  |  6 – 7 p.m
  • Instructor: Nancy Loughead
  • CKC: Curriculum and Learning Experiences
  • CDA Subject Area: Social & Emotional Development
  • Registration Deadline: Monday, September 28

Registration

To register, visit the course PD Registry page. Space is limited.

Participants will receive the course Zoom link via email within 24 hours before the start date for the course. For questions, contact Jasmine Davis at jasmine@tryingtogether.org.

Session Rules and Guidelines

These virtual discussions are designed to provide educators the opportunity to grow professionally and share knowledge on early childhood topics. During the meeting, participants should follow the guidelines below to ensure a successful virtual meeting for all participants.

• • Please allow all participants a chance to speak. Listen respectfully and actively.
  • Commit to learning about each other, not to debating the topic.
  • Embrace differences of opinion as healthy and support each person’s authentic self-expression.
  • Participants will be muted for the beginning portion of the session.
  • Participants may use the “Raise Hand” feature in Zoom to request an opportunity to comment or ask a question. Individuals will be temporarily unmuted by the moderator.
  • Participants may type a comment or question in the Chat or may send comments or questions directly to the moderator for them to share.
  • To receive PQAS credit, you must complete an evaluation at the end of the session and include your PD Registry number.
  • Have fun, make connections, and engage in the conversations!

More Information

For questions or more information, please contact Jasmine Davis at jasmine@tryingtogether.org.