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Workshops for Early Childhood Educators
KQED workshops provide hands-on instruction in topics ranging from reading and math skill development to physical and emotional health. Attend a workshop and you'll receive educational materials, including research-based PBS KIDS program DVDs, educator guides, and children's books. Early Learning workshops support the Preschool Learning Foundations recently released by the California Department of Education.
If you're interested in hosting a KQED workshop at your site, send us an email at EarlyLearning@kqed.org.
Learn how to:
- Select developmentally appropriate television programs
- Turn PBS KIDS television programming into an interactive learning tool
- Utilize the "hidden curriculum" of programs to support your learning environment
- Expand children's reading skills and vocabulary
- Support children's healthy physical, social, and emotional development
- Develop activities that build on PBS educational content and provide children with concrete learning experiences
New workshop series!
Valuing and Nurturing the Young Child:
A Multimedia Approach to Social and Emotional Development
Early childhood educators can play an important role in the development of children's healthy social and emotional stability and future success. This series provides tools and strategies for helping young children learn to self-regulate and manage emotions, and develop an appreciation for their uniqueness and abilities.
Workshop One: Valuing and Nurturing the Young Child
This important foundation for workshops two and three offers an overview of social and emotional developmental milestones.
Workshop Two: What Do You Do With the Mad That You Feel?
Use Mister Rogers' Neighborhood to model developmentally appropriate techniques for helping children manage their angry feelings and gain self-control. Developed by Family Communications.
Workshop Three: Challenging Behaviors
Gain a greater understanding of behaviors typically referred to as "challenging" and see the "challenging child" from a new perspective. Explore the impact of children's environment on behavior patterns and plan intervention techniques that support children's healthy emotional development.
Talk, Read, & Write: A Multimedia Approach to Early Literacy
Children thrive in environments that support language and literacy through play, daily interactions, and important relationships with adults and other children. Learn how to use research-based PBS KIDS programming such as Sesame Street, Super Why!, and Teletubbies, along with theme-related children's books and hands-on activities to create a language- and literacy-rich environment. Workshop One: Listening & Speaking, Workshop Two: Reading, Workshop Three: Writing.
Math 1, 2, 3: A Multimedia Approach to Math Development
Math is learned best through everyday experiences that occur in children's natural environment. Learn how to use Sesame Street, Curious George, and Reading Rainbow, along with theme-related children's books and hands-on activities, to support children's early math learning and skills development and create a math-friendly environment. Workshop One: Number Sense & Classification, Workshop Two: Geometry & Patterns, Workshop Three: Problem-solving.
Healthy Habits
Nurture children's healthy physical development using Sesame Street and other PBS KIDS programs. Topics include preparing children for doctor visits, planning nutritious family meals and fun physical activities, and managing triggers for children with asthma.