Follett Early Learning - Early Childhood Webinars

Sponsor of the Follett Early Learning Series on Early Childhood Investigations

We’re honored to have Follett Early Learning as the sponsor of the Follett Early Learning Webinar series on Early Childhood Investigations. Through this generous sponsorship, Follett Early Learning brings you the latest thinking on early literacy from some of the nation’s most respected experts in 1.5 hour free webinars.

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The early literacy experts at Follett share a common goal with you– building children’s critical learning skills so they become lifelong learners. Follett Early Learning offers the tools, resources, and individualized attention you need to create literacy rich environments. The experienced early learning specialists at Follett are passionate about their work– and yours. As a company with a long and rich history of providing services and products to librarians and schools, they now offer you the same approach for your early learning program.

The knowledgeable team at Follett Early Learning offers a unique approach to classroom resource acquisition by creating preassembled and custom collections of books and related resources that will help you engage children to achieve positive outcomes. Their warehouse is brimming with a dizzying array of one of the world’s largest inventories of books, related classroom materials, digital tools, and audiovisual resources, but the early education team constantly combs through the stacks to bring you the best of the best, which they offer through personal relationships. In fact, if you don’t see a collection that meets your goals, they will develop custom collections designed around the needs, interests, abilities of the children in your program, and the standards you have to meet.

In addition to sponsoring this series of free webinars, Follett Early Learning is now the Platinum Year Round Sponsor of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). As the only Platinum Year Round Sponsor, Follett Early Learning is committed to aligning its services and products to developmentally appropriate practice and NAEYC standards. To Follett, sponsorship means a lot more than logos and exhibit booths– it means providing support to help NAEYC achieve its mission and extend its philosophies. That’s why Early Childhood Investigations is honored to also be sponsored by Follett Early Learning.

We hope you will join this special series of webinars to view early learning through a new lens– the Follett Early Learning perspective. Come along with us to grow strong readers.

The Follett Early Learning Series, 2013 – 2014

CUSTOM Door prizes in every session: When you attend the Follett Early Learning Series webinars, you will automatically have a chance to win a collection of books and/or other resources customized to your specifications with the personalized expert guidance of the literacy specialists at Follett Early Learning.

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Support Diversity in Your ECE Program With a A Treasure Trove of Free Resources: Libraries and Librarians

Presented by: Lisa Guernsey, Karen Nemeth, and Cen Campbell
Date: January 16, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Priming Children for Language and Literacy Success: A Focus on the Toddler Years

Presented by: Betty Bardidge, Ph.D.
Date: February 6, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Proven Strategies Early Education Administrators Can Use to Help Teachers Close the Vocabulary Gap in Their Classrooms

Presented by: Julie M. Wood
Date: April 10, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The Connection Between Culture & Challenging Behavior – Creating Culturally Respectful Early Learning Environments

Presented by: Barbara Kaiser
Date: May 15, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Improving Vocabulary in the Age of Common Core Standards- Guidance for Early Childhood Educators

Presented by: Susan B. Neuman
Date: August 7, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The Librarian’s “Magic Lens”: A New Way to View DAP Early Childhood Program Alignment

Presented by: Dr. Mary Stansbury
Date: August 14, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost:FREE This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Cate Heroman and Carol Aghayan

How to Support Teachers’ Use of Story Retelling to Build Comprehension and Oral Language in Early Learning Programs

Presented by: Cate Heroman and Carol Aghayan
Date: September 25, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The ECE Directo r’s Guide to Must-Have Literacy Practices in Early Education Classrooms

Presented by: Nell Duke
Date: October 2, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Using an Anti-Bias Lens to Examine Early Childhood Children’s Books in Your Program

Presented by: Linda Santora and Cheryl Kilodavis
Date: November 6, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The Bell Picture Book Awards: A New Tool to Support Early Literacy Practice In Your Classrooms

Presented by: Melissa Depper
Date: December 11, 2013
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Are Your Early Literacy Program Materials Good Enough? Lets’s Find Out! by Kathleen Roskos

Presented by: Kathleen Roskos
Date: January 15, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Reading for Information in Preschool- Best Practices in Selecting Informational Text

Presented by: Jenny Meyer and Sarah Novy
Date: February 5, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available

Early Literacy Beyond Circle Time- Integrating Language & Literacy into Play, by Melissa Depper and Laurie Ann Armstrong

Presented by: Melissa Depper and Laurie Ann Armstrong, M.A.
Date: February 26, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Power Up Story Time by TALKING: Reading with Toddlers and Preschoolers in Small Groups

Presented by: Betty Bardidge, Ph.D.
Date: March 19, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Integrating STEAM into the ECE Classroom: Finding and Utilizing the Right Resources for Your Center

Presented by: Amy Koester
Date: April 9, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The Building Blocks of Early Mathematics: Learning Trajectories for Young Children

Presented by: Julie Sarama and Dr. Douglas Clements
Date: May 14, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

The Power of Playful Learning in Early Education: How Guided Play Sparks Social and Academic Outcomes

Presented by: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek
Date: June 18, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

A Menu for Successful Family Engagement- How Administrators Set the Table

Presented by: Bev Schumacher
Date: July 16, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available.

Emergent Curriculum- Debunking the Myths and Creating Shared Understanding

Presented by: Susan Stacey
Date: August 20, 2014
Time: 2:00 Eastern Time
Cost: FREE
This session has concluded. The recording is now available!