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Amanda Gooch
October 1, 2025
Childcare Resources is happy to present our next workshop this Saturday, October 4th. Tracie Wieczorek and Lesley Jennings from Teaching Strategies will be here to explore Embracing the Science of Reading in our Early Childhood Classrooms. Together, we will compare and contrast instructional practices for teaching reading. We will identify the five pillars of literacy in early childhood classrooms. Finally, we will develop plans to incorporate language development and literacy learning in the classroom environment.
If you would like to learn more about Teaching Strategies and the organization's role in Early Childhood Education, click here:Teaching Strategies
Our next fall early childhood educator workshop will take place on Saturday, November 15, 2025. We welcome Dr. Peg Oliveira from the Gesell Program in Early Childhood at Yale Child Study Center as she presents, Learning to Play, Playing to Learn. Discover the joy of learning through play. Together we will learn how play supports children's cognitive development and explore play as a spectrum. We will examine how play fosters learning and peer connection. We will also uncover the benefits of play on executive function skills in early childhood education classrooms.
To learn more about Gesell at Yale program in Early Childhood, click here: Gesell at Yale Program in Early Childhood
Wishing you well,
Amanda & Todd
