Phonological Awareness Development for Preschoolers

This course is appropriate for ALL early childhood educators wishing to increase and build their knowledge of emergent literacy development in young children.

This course consist of three (3) training components totaling 5 hours.

This training meets the Emergent Literacy course requirements.

Component One – 3-hour instructor-led training course

By the end of this component, participants should be able to:

• Recognize the key elements of early language and literacy development
• Describe the stages of PA development and understand the connections to emergent reading and writing
• Identify the phonological awareness standard and benchmarks for 4 year olds
• Plan and implement phonological awareness instruction using developmentally appropriate activities

Participants must register via DCF, no walk-ins.

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Late arrivals will not receive credit for attending.

Component Two –  Planning, Practice and Self- Reflection or PPR component  During the PPR participants will independently plan a lesson, practice the lesson with a group of children and complete the self-reflection sheet. (THIS WILL BE ASSIGNED DURING COMPONENT ONE)

Component Three –  Virtual Reflection Session or VR component.  Participants will attend a virtual session hosted by a facilitator and reflect on the strategies learned and implemented during the PPR component. (REGISTRATION INFORMATION FOR COMPONENT THREE WILL BE PROVIDED DURING OR FOLLOWING COMPONENT ONE)

Upon completion of all three training components, 5 hours or .5 CEUs  will be posted to your DCF training transcript.