Workshops are offered in six areas of Core of Knowledge:  
  • Child Development
  • Community
  • Curriculum
  • Health, Safety, and Nutrition
  • Professionalism
  • Special Needs
Two specialized series are outlined at the bottom of this page.
Below are examples of workshops offered by C.A.R.E.
Child Development Workshops
  • Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?  Portfolio Development for the Early Childhood Classroom
  • Seeing is Believing:  Observing Young Children
  • Building a Sense of Community among young children
Community Workshops
  • "I'm a Part of a Family!"  Appreciating and Supporting the Close Ties between Child and Family
  • But I'm Not Sure I'm Ready:  Educating Parents About Separation Anxiety
  • The Only Constant is Change:  Addressing Ways to Help Families in Transition
  • Expand Your Vision:  Understanding Dimensions of a Learning Community
  • One-Minute Parent Education:  Providing Sound Bytes of Information for Parents
  • Realizing Relationships through Reading:  Encouraging Early Literacy
Curriculum Workshops
  • Poetry--A Part of Life:  Encouraging Early Literacy Learning
  • Conferences Are a Two-Way Street:  Enacting Developmentally Appropriate Conferences
  • Starting Small with Big Ideas: Understanding Diversity and  Promoting an Anti-Bias Curriculum
  • Adventures that Expand Children's (and Adults') Minds:  Understanding the Project Approach to Learning
  • Let's Take it Outside:  Extending the Learning Environment to the Playground
  • Don't Worry! Be Happy!  Promoting Humor in an Early Childhood Program
Health, Safety, and Nutrition Workshops
  • Poetry--A Part of Life:  Encouraging Early Literacy Learning
  • Conferences Are a Two-Way Street:  Enacting Developmentally Appropriate Conferences
  • Starting Small with Big Ideas: Understanding Diversity and  Promoting an Anti-Bias Curriculum
  • Adventures that Expand Children's (and Adults') Minds:  Understanding the Project Approach to Learning
  • Let's Take it Outside:  Extending the Learning Environment to the Playground
  • Don't Worry! Be Happy!  Promoting Humor in an Early Childhood Program
Professionalism Workshops
  • MMSR...Mm, Mm, Good:  Maryland Model for School Readiness
  • A Balancing Act:  Managing Home and Work Responsibilities
  • More Than the Sum of It's Parts:  Discovering the Positive Possibilities of Mentoring Partnerships
  • Exercise Your Ethics!  Applying the NAEYC Code of Ethics to the Field of Early Childhood
  • Building a Sense of Community (among staff, among parents)
Special Needs Workshops
  • More Alike Than Different:  Exploring the Benefits of Inclusion for All Children
  • Environments for Everyone:  Planning Room Arrangements that are Inclusive for All Children.
  • Bibliotherapy:  Providing Empathy and Understanding of Children with Special Needs through
    Literature
  • I Need You to Understand:  Gaining Greater Awareness of Needs of Children with Attention Disorder
    and Hyperactivity
  • The Inclusive Classroom:  Developing Awareness about Differences in Ability
Learning By Heart--4 Part Series
This series focuses on promoting learning through supporting emotional intelligence in infants/toddlers and
young children.
  • Part 1:  Understanding the Connections between Social/Emotional Development and Early Literacy
    Skills
  • Part 2:  Integrating Emotional Intelligence into Children's Daily Activities
  • Part 3:  The Power of Relationship
  • Part 4:  Supporting Emotional Intelligence in Early Childhood Professionals
Minding the Brain--5 Part Series
This series is based on the book "Teaching with the Brain in Mind" by Eric Jensen.
  • The Learning Brain:  Understanding the Structure and Functions of the Brain
  • Brain-based Learning Environments:  Developing Enriched Learning Environments Based on Current
    Research
  • Getting the Brain's Attention:  Learning Methods to Engage the Whole Brain
  • Emotions and Learning:  Understanding How Emotions Can Enhance and Prevent Learning
  • Movement and Learning:  Promoting Learning and Memory
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