Parents and child care providers are children's first teachers and it is essential to provide them with the knowledge and skills needed to create environments that will promote school readiness and continued school success. This training will explore: the value and importance of literacy development, the factors that contribute/adversely effect literacy development and school success, early literacy competencies, strategies and skills to organize the environment to foster literacy development, and evidence based instructional practices that will help develop appropriate learning activities for all children.

Trainer: Renee Falanga-Brenner, Early Childhood Specialist , Mid-Hudson Regional Early Childhood Direction Center

The cost of this workshop is $20 partner and $25 non-partner.
OCFS topics covered include: early childhood development.

This workshop is appropriate for FDC, GFDC, and DCC.