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Reading With Young Children

The goal of the Reading With Young Children course is to introduce storytelling as a critical component of children's development across all domains. This course will provide early care and learning professionals with strategies that promote storytelling throughout the day, during circle time, and with individual children. This course will also explore strategies for selecting books for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school agers and techniques for extending learning beyond story time.
Beginner
English
Online
Instructional Supports
2.00
Focus:
  • Administration
  • Center-Based Care
  • Home-Based Care
  • Infant 0-12 months
  • Preschool 3-4 years
  • School Age 5+ years
  • Toddler 13-36 months
*Workforce Knowledge and Competencies:
Competency 4: Using Developmentally Appropriate Approaches to Connect with Children
ECE4.1 - Modeling positive relationships with colleagues, children, and families and encouraging children to develop and maintain positive relationships.
ECE4.2 - Using a broad repertoire of developmentally responsive teaching and learning approaches, guided by applicable learning and development standards, individualized for every child.
ECE4.3 - Intentionally planning and preparing a learning environment that nurtures each child’s initiative, encourages active exploration of materials, supports engagement with activities, and encourages interactions with others.
Competency 5: Using Content Knowledge to Design Meaningful Learning Experiences
ECE5.1 - Utilizing the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS) as a framework for growth and development.
ECE5.5 - Utilizing content knowledge in the GELDS Communication, Language, and Literacy domain to plan, implement, and evaluate developmentally appropriate activities for each child, taking into consideration cultural context, first language, and individual needs.
ADM
ADM-2 - To plan and implement administrative systems that provide effective education and support programs.
Prerequisites:
N/A
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  • Add Participants
  • Submit Enrollment
Upcoming Scheduled Dates:
 Session InfoStatusSeat Capacity 
1
Training DateDeadline Date/DaysLocation
Dec 31, 2026
Online (Self Paced)
Open
5000
1775