Join Music Together on July 10 for an edWebinar exploring opportunities to support young children’s emerging math skills with developmentally appropriate music activities.
About
In this edWebinar, participants will learn about developmentally appropriate music and movement activities that naturally support children’s exploration of math concepts, including pattern, sequence, representation, proportion, and opposites. Participants will be introduced to new songs and chants they can use in their work with children, hear about research on the topic, and see ways to lead music experiences with young children.
This edWebinar will be of interest to educators working with toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners. Time for questions will be provided.
Register
To register and learn more about this edWebinar, visit the event page.
Robots provide unseen services across industries, including transportation, medical, and manufacturing. Early learners need the foundational STEM skills that allow them to imagine and build the robots of the future.
About the Event
Join the Carnegie Science Center Teaching Excellence Academy for a professional development workshop where participants will use resources from NAEYC and other STEM experts to examine developmentally appropriate concepts to prepare students for robotics technologies. Educators will discover hands-on, standards-aligned activities they can do right away, even if they don’t have a robot — yet!
This professional development opportunity is for pre-K through 2nd-grade teachers.
About the Academy
Carnegie Science Center’s Teaching Excellence Academy offers opportunities for educators in all grade levels, with specific workshops in STEM, early learner education, and digital fabrication. Act 48 credit is provided upon successful completion of each workshop. In addition to onsite workshops, the Science Center offers multiple opportunities for professional development to be delivered at local sites throughout the academic year. For more information, visit their website.
Registration & Questions
To register or ask questions, contact Toni Stith at StithT@CarnegieScienceCenter.org or 412.237.1616.
On Thursday, October 4, Remake Learning held its monthly Lunch & Learn at Trying Together’s Hazelwood Early Learning Hub.
Approximately 30 early childhood educators attended from the Carnegie Science Center, Focus on Renewal in McKees Rocks, Fox Chapel Area School District, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Propel Charter Schools, and other early childhood programs. There they discussed strategies to address young children’s behavior and learned more about DAP responses which may be helpful for future situations.
Attendees will receive an exclusive first-look at the latest white paper from Trying Together’s policy team entitled, “End Early Childhood Suspensions and Expulsions: Developmentally Appropriate Practices and Policies For Addressing Behaviors in The Early Elementary School Grades.” A supplemental document entitled, “Addressing Suspensions and Expulsions: A Guide for Families” provides helpful tips family caregivers can employ to address their suspension and expulsion concerns. Both documents will be available to the public on Friday, October 5.
If you are interested in advocating for better policies around suspensions and expulsions, sign-up for Public Policy Alerts.
Join Trying Together for a webinar to learn how you can support developmentally appropriate and play-based learning experiences for young children.
Conversation will explore strategies for policymakers, educators, and families to support DAP and play in early childhood education.
Panelists will include:
- Dr. Catherine Lobaugh – Assistant Executive Director for Early Childhood, Family, and Community Services, Allegheny Intermediate Unit
- Dr. Scott Miller – Principal of Avonworth Primary Center
- Ronna Currie – Woodland Hills School Board Member and Parent
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Join Trying Together for a webinar to learn how you can support developmentally appropriate and play-based learning experiences for young children.
Conversation will explore strategies for policymakers, educators, and families to support DAP and play in early childhood education.
Panelists will include:
- Dr. Catherine Lobaugh – Assistant Executive Director for Early Childhood, Family, and Community Services, Allegheny Intermediate Unit
- Dr. Scott Miller – Principal of Avonworth Primary Center
- Ronna Currie – Woodland Hills School Board Member and Parent
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Date & Time:
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
The framework and philosophy of developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) when teaching young children is based on available knowledge about learning and development that occurs from birth to age nine.
While early learning professionals base their interactions with children on these principles, other adults who interact with young children may not be familiar with this information. To support better understanding of DAP and increase the quality of early learning environments for young children, the Pittsburgh-area nonprofit Trying Together publicly released its second white paper on the subject.
“This document will be a resource for anyone who wants to have positive interactions with the young children in their lives,” said Cara Ciminillo, Trying Together Executive Director. “Our hope is to encourage and inform all adults about DAP.”
The Trying Together white paper entitled, “Advance Developmentally Appropriate Practice” provides researched recommendations on DAP which include:
- changing policies for state licensing and training for principals;
- establishing a professional learning system to connect early educators with teachers in grades K – 3;
- emphasizing the importance of positive interactions between children and caregivers;
- creating recess policies;
- educating and engaging families; and
- conducting more research that highlights the benefits of play.
“As lead organization for the Playful Pittsburgh Collaborative, we emphasize the critical need for play at any age, but know it is particularly important for young children,” said Ciminillo. “In Pittsburgh we are fortunate to have many opportunities for play, such as those highlighted in the recent publication from Remake Learning called, “If Kids Built A City.”
The full DAP white paper is available for reading and download at tryingtogether.org.
A one-page guide for families is also available for reading and download at tryingtogether.org.
