Boost Vocabulary Through Science Play
Boost Vocabulary Through Science Play is designed for child care providers caring for toddler through preschool age children. This 3 hour training focuses on evidence-based practices for teaching vocabulary in natural, meaningful contexts while sparking curiosity through Science exploration. Participants will learn how to integrate vocabulary for each of the 5 science domains into everyday routines, hands on activities, books, and toy, sensory, and imaginative play. By the end of the session, providers will leave with a toolkit for boosting vocabulary development (which leads to later academic success!) and foster a love for Science.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Early Intervention and Your Role
You play a vital role in shaping young lives—and you’re often the first to notice when a child might need extra support. But what comes next? In this training, you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to recognize developmental delays, approach families with compassion, learn the early intervention referral process, and collaborate with early intervention specialists to ensure every child thrives.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Get Your Toddlers Talking or Talking More: 10 Tips from a Pediatric Speech Therapist
Have a late talker or a toddler that just isn't talking as much as you would expect? This training is for you! Learn language developmental milestones from 1-3 years old so you know what to expect and when, when it comes to a toddler’s language development. You will also learn language boosting strategies used by pediatric speech therapists to support language development and get littles talking or talking more! These strategies are quick, easy, and can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines! Decrease frustration and increase communication with these tips!
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Interactive Interiors: Enhancing child care spaces to support language development and peer interactions
This training explores strategies behind creating interactive and engaging interiors that stimulate language development and peer interactions. We will delve into principles for effective interactions between you and the children you care for, classroom design that supports peer interactions, and practical strategies for grouping children for maximum engagement. We will also problem solve how to support children that are not engaging socially with their peers. By the end of the training, you will feel confident optimizing your furniture and layout, establishing learning centers, supporting language development, and fostering positive peer interactions.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Little Hands Big Connections: Sign Language for Childcares
Looking to incorporate sign language in your childcare? This 3 hour training is for you! Learn about the many benefits of using sign language with infants, toddlers, and preschool age children that are both typically developing and have special needs. Then have opportunities to watch videos and practice signs you can use during your everyday routines! You will also learn ways to incorporate sign into your curriculum and how to create a supportive environment that fosters signs at your childcare and with the children’s families!
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Mealtime Struggles to Mealtime Success with Infants Toddlers and Preschoolers
Some children will eat 2/3's of their meals in childcare. From babies first bites of solid foods to troubleshooting challenging mealtime behaviors with toddlers and preschoolers- this training provides you with the information you need to feel confident during mealtimes. You will learn ways you can get baby ready for solids, how to handle gagging, what to do when children throw food, how to handle food refusal, and best practices when it comes to supporting picky eaters. You will also learn nutritional needs and recommended serving size by age, how to include diverse cultures during mealtime, the prevalence of feeding disorders, and what to do when you have concerns.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Read Between the Lines: Enrich Literacy by Fostering Comprehension Skills
Strong emergent literacy skills are directly related to later academic success. One piece of the emergent literacy puzzle is comprehension. Want to help children truly understand the stories you read together? In this training you'll learn simple, powerful ways to support children's comprehension, language development, and retelling skills. At the end of the training you will have ready-to-use tools like story cards, question prompts, and hands-on ideas for small group & whole group reading. The strategies you learn will transform how your children connect with books and how confident you feel while reading them!
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Sounds and Symbols: Enrich Literacy by Developing Print and Phonological Awareness
Strong emergent literacy skills in early childhood are key predictors of later academic success. This training explores how phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet knowledge work together to support early reading development. You will learn how to intentionally build these skills through playful, developmentally appropriate activities and routines and leave with practical strategies to create a literacy-rich environment.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Supporting Fine Motor Skills from Infancy Through Preschool
The training is designed to equip childcare providers with the knowledge and skills necessary to support and enhance fine motor development for handwriting. Participants will learn what fine motor skills develop and when starting at infancy through age 5. You will leave the training with play ideas, toy suggestion, table top activities, and ways to provide explicit letter forming instruction to support handwriting skills at each stage of development: infant, toddler, and preschooler. The training also gives you utensil recommendations for common skills like pencil grasp and cutting, how to support children with fine motor delays, and we will answer common FAQ’s.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Supporting Math Skills Just By Talking
This training provides information on math language and the benefits using math language in early development has on later success at school age. Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support math language in five key areas that can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines. The strategies are proven to support higher oral vocabulary and academic success at school age.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
What To Do When You Don't Understand What A Child Said: Tips from a Pediatric Speech Therapist
It can be frustrating for both you and a child when you don’t understand what they said. This training provides information on speech sound development from 1-6 years old so caretakers know what sounds a child should be saying at specific ages. Providers will learn quick and easy strategies to support speech development and respond in ways that reduces frustrations. These strategies can be implemented throughout the day, during natural routines! Providers will also learn the answers to frequently asked questions such as how to support dual language learners speech, when to be concerned, and common things that have a negative impact on sound development.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
Word by Word: Enrich Literacy by Boosting Vocabulary
Strong emergent literacy skills are directly related to later academic success. One piece of the emergent literacy puzzle is vocabulary. In this training, you will learn the importance of strong vocabulary skills on later academic success, how to intentionally teach vocabulary during book reading activities so the words actually stick, and leave the training with book suggestions, a lesson planning tool, and confidence supporting early literacy.
CourseBy Kelly Goldberg
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