The Case Against the Letter of the Week: What We Need to Know About Children's Literacy Development

by Carol Weisheit
August 20, 2009
Reg. 8:30 AM, Workshop 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Description/Bio: Do you often wonder about the best way for children to learn about the alphabet? How DO they figure out our complex language? What are important motor and language milestones which will impact their learning? Join us for a workshop filled with literacy ideas to help children ages two through six make sense of the literate world. We?ll discuss the importance of phonemic awareness, rhyming awareness, alliteration, and letter recognition. Small group activities with hands-on materials, video clips, and discussions will highlight the morning.

Carol Weisheit is an Early Childhood Resource Specialist with Illinois STARNET, a federal project funded through the Illinois State Board of Education. As an Early Childhood Specialist, Carol provides technical assistance and support to teachers who work with children birth to age eight, focusing primarily on children with special needs. Carol is a certified High/Scope teacher/trainer and teaches adjunct for Heartland Community College. Formerly, Carol was state director of Illinois Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), served on the National CASA Curriculum Advisory Committee, and trained for National CASA. Carol has directed child care programs for low-income families, coordinated and taught in an at-risk pre-kindergarten program and served as a parent educator providing home visits to families at-risk. She has a Bachelors degree in Child Development and a Masters degree in Child and Family Studies. In her spare time, Carol volunteers for the Make- A-Wish Foundation, granting wishes to children with life threatening illnesses.

This training will provide 3.0 hours for the following:

• CPDUs (Continuing Professional Development Units) for teacher certification
• CDA (Child Development Associate) credit in area(s) #2
• CE credit for SLP, SW, LCPC, PT, and OT professionals

Full attendance is required to receive a certificate of participation.

Registration form for this workshop.