February 22, 2019 Disability and Mental Health Summit Join State Representative Dan Miller in the 2019 Disability and Mental Health Summit. Happening over three days, this summit includes the following opportunities: Informative Sessions Topics of interest for parents, students, providers, and professionals seeking continuing education A Resource Fair State, county, and local agencies; service providers, advocacy and support groups; post-secondary education organizations; and employment opportunities Free and open to the public, this summit includes multiple sessions on a range of disabilities and mental health issues spanning from early intervention to adults and seniors. View the attached flyer or visit the Summit website for more information.
February 11, 2019 Raising Readers Together Club The Raising Readers Together Club runs weekly and explores the importance of acceptance, equality, and tolerance through reading. Thursday sessions are suitable for children ages five and younger. For children age six and older, see our Wednesday sessions at Willie Tee’s Barbershop. Winter 2019 Books: Word Play by Adam Lehrhaupt | February 7 My Heart Fills With Happiness by Monique Gray Smith | February 14 Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney | February 21 Unplugged by Steven Antony | February 28 All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold | March 7 Malala: My Story of Standing Up for Girls’ Rights by Malala Yousafzai | March 14 The Library Book by Tom Chapin and Michael Mark | March 21 Billy Bloo is Stuck in Goo by Jennifer Hamburg | March 28 Raising Readers provides free: books discussion food songs storytelling resources Questions For questions or more information, contact Cynthia Battle at 412.421.3889 or cynthia@tryingtogether.org. Share this flyer with your network.
Raising Readers Together Club The Raising Readers Together Club runs weekly and explores the importance of acceptance, equality, and tolerance through reading. Wednesday sessions are suitable for children age six and older. For children age five and younger, see our Thursday sessions at the Homewood Early Learning Hub. Winter 2019 Books: Ghosts by Raina Telgemeier | February 6 – 27 The Watsons Go To Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis | March 6 – 27 Raising Readers provides free: books discussion food songs storytelling resources Questions For questions or more information, contact Cynthia Battle at 412.421.3889 or cynthia@tryingtogether.org. Share this flyer with your network.
February 5, 2019 Open Wide the Circle! Musical Games for Early Learning Fun Musical games can provide so many rich benefits to children’s social and cognitive development! This interactive workshop will model how educators can integrate musical games in their early childhood classrooms to support their students at various levels of play. During this engaging workshop, educators will participate in a variety of musical games, including parallel play games, circle and line games. There will be plenty of fingerplays, too! Educators will be able to identify connections to early literacy and math concepts. Act 48 and PQAS credit hours available. Register for this event here.
December 6, 2018 Dancing Our Way Through STEM Providing children with opportunities to explore creative movement can spark so many natural connections to STEM concepts. During this interactive workshop, educators will participate in a variety of dance-focused strategies that will deepen understanding in science, math, ingenuity, and other fundamental STEM concepts. Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their own creative movement techniques that can support student’s STEM learning. Act 48 and PQAS credit hours available. Registration is required. Objectives Through active participation and successful completion, participants will be able to: Define and discuss what “creative movement” means within an early educational experience and how children’s movements connect to STEM learning concepts. Brainstorm and share movement activities, targeting a multi-aged early education environment that focuses on the concepts of science, math, and other STEM learning concepts. Registration and Questions To register or ask questions, contact Rachelle Duffy at 412.421.3889 or rachelle@tryingtogether.org.
