2013 Writing Seminars
Joyful Pathways to the Common Core
Seminars appropriate for Literacy Coaches, preK-1, Reading,
Special Education,
ELL Teachers and Administrators
This summer explore joyful and proven pathways to the Common Core.
Writing-to-Read Accelerates Literacy: All Children Love to Write, Draw, and Make Books!
by Nellie Edge
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| Tacoma, WA | July 30, 2013 | ||||
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Explore Joyful Pathways to the Common Core
How do we differentiate instruction to simultaneously challenge and support diverse learners within the same kindergarten? How do we teach more intentionally, systematically, and create joyful pathways to the Common Core Standards? Authentic, meaning-centered literacy is the answer.
The 10 high-impact Writing-to-Read strategies shared in this seminar may be used in tandem with any writing workshop model to dramatically accelerate literacy.
In just one day you’ll learn:
- Kindergarten-Friendly Handwriting strategies—and why efficient handwriting matters!
- Multisensory ABC and Phonics Immersion strategies that dramatically accelerate learning.
- Fluency-building strategies with high-frequency "heart words."
- How to organize and introduce favorite Independent Writing Centers. You will leave with actual templates, photo essays, and black line masters needed to create your own Independent Writing Center Totes.
- Strategies for teaching children to make three kinds of "Really Cool Books". You will make samples of these books using literacy models and mentor texts.
- Ways to use mentor texts, organize “Kid Writing” folders, create science journals, and set up the News Story Center.
- How to publish children’s books and honor kindergarten writers: from impromptu celebrations to “sitting in the author’s chair!”
- Practical and engaging ways to involve Parents as Partners in providing drawing and writing activities at home.
- Simple assessment practices that inform instruction!
- Proven strategies to turn kindergartners into researchers who do really big work!
How do we differentiate instruction to simultaneously challenge and support diverse learners within the same kindergarten? How do we teach more intentionally, systematically, and create joyful pathways to the Common Core Standards? See 10 Best Writing-to-Read Strategies.
Returning Teacher ScholarshipIf you have already attended Writing-to-Read Accelerates Literacy with Nellie Edge, please attend this summer again on scholarship! Register for only $49. Email us with your name and the location of previous writing seminar and we'll email you a special registration code. Many accomplished teachers say they glean even more from this seminar the second or third time! And … We think you will love the beautiful finished book and expanded CD! |
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REGISTER ONLINE
Come as an early literacy team to maximize school achievement. Register 3 or more, send 1 additional participant for free!
If you are registering for a TEAM, please download this form.
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Portland, OR
Price: $239.00
Tacoma, WA
Price: $239.00- Registration form for paying with check (additional fee required)
- Confirmation Letters: Portland | Tacoma
- Writing Workshop Hotel and Details
Additional Workshop Information
- See workshop invitation
- Summer Scholarship Information
- Professional Development Credits and Distance Learning — Practicum Suggestions
- Develop a Personal Philosophy and Photo Essay
- Read our cancellation policy
- Sponsoring a Nellie Edge Seminar Discover why teachers give this seminar rave reviews!
Content from this workshop will also be available in upcoming Kindergarten webinars.
Literacy Manual and CD currently only available with workshop.
Writing to Read in Kindergarten: Growing Engaged and Purposeful Writers Through the Lens of the Common Core State Standards
Presented by award-winning kindergarten teacher Julie Lay, NBCT
Fall schedule coming soon.
- Professional Development Credits available
Discover why the “Kid Writing” approach is such a powerful way to systematically develop phonics skills through journal writing. Use music, art, sign language, and dance for brain-friendly learning across the curriculum.
In just one day you will:
- Begin the year with “Kid Writing” and book making
- Use powerful ABC and phonics immersion strategies
Teach high-frequency “heart words”—their way- Make interactive word walls
- Teach handwriting effectively
- Use ongoing authentic assessment
Additional Resources and Information
- See Sample pages: A Simple Model for Monthly Publishing
See the Free video clips of "Kid Writing" Workshops with Julie Lay- See Photo Essays: "Writing-to-Read" in Kindergarten and "Writing-to-Read" Part II
- Download Writing-to-Read Seminar Sampler: Complimentary e-Book
- Your colleagues evaluate this seminar
- Read our cancellation policy
Art-Science-Literacy and the Kindergarten Child
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Laura Flocker with Nellie Edge facilitating
Literacy manual only available with workshop
TBA
Limited to 24 participants. Literacy Manual included.
- Candalaria Elementary School Kindergarten, Salem, Oregon
- 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Common Core State Standards in practice
- Up to 3 Professional Development Credits or 6 Washington Clock Hours available
- Scholarships have been given to Salem Kindergarten teacher leaders.
Laura Flocker, a master kindergarten teacher with a background in Reading Recovery® will share her incredible insights into developing a community of kindergartners who see and express themselves as artists and writers from the first days of school. Learn how to organize the art/literacy classroom, discover practical art techniques and the best of art resource materials. Be inspired by Laura’s classroom, which is alive with animals, growing things, science experiments, puppet plays, curious minds and real-life learning experiences.
Includes:
- How to introduce basic art materials to maximize instruction and minimize mess
- A year-long guide for teaching and integrating art across the curriculum
- Teaching children to see like an artist: skills that transfer to science, math, literacy and life
- Guided art techniques that develop confidence, drawing ability and visual literacy skills
- Exercises to develop ABC and writing fluency
- Deep science explorations from nocturnal animals to chemistry
Our Uniquely Qualified Presenter, Laura Flocker
Laura Flocker has pursued the artistry of teaching excellence for twenty-seven years. For the past eleven years, her passion for beginning literacy has focused her energy on kindergarten. She delights in weaving science and art instruction into the curriculum because those subjects allow her to teach students to think, wonder, create, experiment, and play.
Laura Flocker’s experience as an English teacher, her graduate degree in educational administration, and her ongoing professional development as a Reading Recovery® teacher are evident in her keen insight into student learning. Laura’s deep connection to nature, her love of animals, and her passion for the arts infuses everything she teaches. She puts children in charge of their own literate lives as she teaches them about thinking, making choices, and expressing their unique ideas through the arts. Laura’s award-winning website reflects her commitment to both high levels of academic achievement and joy experienced by the children fortunate enough to spend a year with Laura.
- See Laura Flocker's Kindergarten website
- Kindergarten Scientists Record Their Work in Notebooks (PDF)
- Drawing Instruction Supports Handwriting Skills in Kindergarten (PDF)
- Download images from Laura Flocker’s Art-Rich Kindergarten (PDF)
Begin the Year with “Best Practices” in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten and Early Literacy
Presented by Nellie Edge
Content from this manual will be available as a series of web seminars in 2013.
- Professional Development Credits and 6 Washington Clock Hours are available
What are the most brain-friendly and engaging literacy strategies we can use to create a joyful and challenging kindergarten? Explore exemplary literacy instruction with Nellie Edge as she inspires you to build the oral language and literacy foundations—honoring research—and honoring childhood.
In just one joyful day, you will:
- Learn powerful multisensory ABC and phonics immersion and high-frequency “heart word” strategies—see amazing results.
- Build reading stamina and independence with quality literature and “Just Right: I Can Read” Books.
- Engage "Parents as Partners": Simple and practical ways to dramatically multiply your teaching effectiveness.
- Develop differentiated literacy work centers that support and challenge all learners.
- Begin and end the day with joyful learning rituals and celebrations—make every moment count.
Additional Resources and Information
- Purchase the Literacy Manual from our Online Bookstore
- Download Complimentary e-Book: Ten Best Practices in Joyful Accelerated Kindergarten Literacy
- See Description of Ten Best Practices
- See Seminar Content Photo Essays: Accelerate Literacy through Joyful Learning and Celebrate Language and Accelerate Literacy
- See Joyful Accelerated Literacy Video Clips: L-o-v-e Spells Love and M-o-m Spells Mom
- Read our cancellation policy
Parents as Partners in Kindergarten Literacy: Family Connections that Multiply Our Teaching Effectiveness
Purchase literacy manual at our Online Bookstore
Presented by Nellie Edge
Content from this manual will be available as a series of web seminars in 2013.
- Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
Create a supportive "Parents as Partners" program with easy-to-implement strategies that will make a powerful difference in each child’s language and literacy development, social skills and love of learning.
This engaging and practical seminar includes:
- Build Respectful and Supportive Parent Connections that will Enhance Every Part of the Kindergarten Experience
- Welcome Children and Their Families into a Joyful Language-Rich Classroom
- Support Parents as Partners in Providing Name Writing Practice and ABC and Phonics Immersion Strategies
- Learn How to Get More Parent Volunteers into the Classroom and How to Use Their Skills More Effectively
- Establish a Nightly Reading-At-Home Program
- Create Memorable Parent Performances and School Celebrations that Children and Families Delight in
- Learn Proven Strategies for Successful Kindergarten Registration, Family Literacy Evening, and Literacy and Art Gifts that Families Love
“We have a covenant that says we jointly share responsibility for teaching your child.”
—Ernest Boyer
- Download Previous Seminar Flier (pdf format)
- See photo essay: How Parents and Grandparents Enhance Our Curriculum
- See articles and parent letters: Parents as Partners
- See Video Clips of Student-led Parent Conferences
- Purchase the Literacy Manual from our Online Bookstore
- Read our cancellation policy
The Magic of Signing Songs: Enhancing All Children's Language, Literacy, Engagement, and Joy! (includes instructional DVD of all songs)
Purchase literacy manual at our Online Bookstore
Presented by Nellie Edge and Diane Larson
TBA
- Professional Development Credits and 6 Washington Clock Hours are available
- See Magic of Signing Songs: Distance Learning option
Take advantage of how the brain learns best! Discover the powerful multisensory tool of fingerspelling and signing songs to accelerate literacy skills for ALL children! Delight the hearts of parents and administrators with memorable children’s performances, motivated readers, and higher test scores! Explore joyful accelerated literacy strategies that you can immediately use in your classroom. No previous Sign Language experience needed.
In just one day you will experience:
- The easiest and most joyful way to teach ABC and Phonics skills
- How signing songs greatly influences oral language fluency and
reading motivation - Best practices for teaching high-frequency “heart words”
- Delightful songs that teach vocabulary and develop self-regulation
- Using Sign Language for class management and to keep children engaged and
focused - Creating memorable children’s performances that parents love
Songs Include:
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Additional Information
- Hotel Details and Confirmation Letter
- See seminar invitation
- Read our cancellation policy
- Your colleagues evaluate this seminar
- See Photo Essay: The Magic of Signing Songs (research and accelerated literacy benefits)
- See ASL Video Clip from Seminar DVD: Pledge of Allegiance
- Download Discover The Magic of Signing Songs Complimentary e-Book.
- See The Magic of Signing Songs: Distance Learning Information
- Research Supports Teaching All Children to Fingerspell and Sign Songs
Favorite New Books and How To Use Them for Literacy and Delight in Kindergarten!
with author and storyteller, Nellie Edge
TBA
WA Clock Hours and Professional Development Credits Available
Get acquainted with some of the books we believe all children deserve to have as friends. These are the books that bring a smile and often a chorus of “Read it again!” They are the books that build a love of reading, the books worthy of “grand conversations” with children. These books also bring a contented sigh and remind us again that “literature is life, and life is literature” as we celebrate our love of sharing wonderful books with children.
In just one joyful day, you will:
- Get to Know Kindergarten Teachers’ Choice: Best Book of 2009, 2010, 2011, and other Favorite “Must Have” Books for the Kindergarten Library (Your new resource book contains many annotated lists!)
- Explore quality information books for science explorations
- Engage Children Imaginatively in Real Books: Use “Grand Conversations,” drama, movement, and mime to build comprehension skills and vocabulary
- Build a Reading-at-Home Program to Support Young Readers and create a Book Buddies Program of shared memories between home and school
- Make your Storybook Reading a Magical Time: Learn simple, practical, playful tips from master kindergarten storytellers (Several guest kindergarten storytellers will join us.)
- See previous invitation for more information
- Read our cancellation policy
Other Nellie Edge Seminars: Small Saturday Workshops in Exemplary Kindergartens
Explore Excellence in Kindergarten Literacy: Joyful and Rigorous Learning Honors Childhood!
A practical “in kindergarten” workshop with Katie Nelson and Nellie Edge
Purchase literacy manual at our Online Bookstore
TBA
We are not accepting a waiting list for this workshop.
- McKinley Elementary School Kindergarten, Salem, Oregon
- 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
- Common Core State Standards in practice
- Professional Development Credits and six Washington Clock Hours available
Katie Nelson’s playful and engaging approach to literacy reflects her deep, deep knowledge of children, her love of music and language, and her understanding of how research supports a meaning-centered and systematic approach to literacy. With great wisdom and delight, Katie and Nellie will share how to organize the environment and implement A Comprehensive Literacy Model.
In just one day you’ll learn how to:
- Incorporate “Best Practices”: Name Tickets, Poetry “I Can Read” Folders, Kid Writing, “The Daily 4”, and Literacy Play Centers
- Use powerful ABC and Phonics Immersion Strategies with Sign Language: Sing, Sign and Read!
- Set up independent writing and word work centers that differentiate learning.
- Engage children in memorizing, reciting, and performing songs, poems, and rhymes. Parents love to see their children perform. (Enjoy short video clips of the amazing musical performances from Katie’s kindergarten!)
- Creatively engage children with “Just Right: I Can Read” books to build reading motivation, independence, and stamina.
- Infuse literature, poetry, music, drama, and American Sign Language throughout the curriculum.
- Multiply your teaching effectiveness with an organized, supportive “Parents as Partners” Program!
- Use positive discipline and “choice” to develop the “habits of mind” for success in school–and success in life. Understand why “emotional literacy” matters.
- Use playful, poetic transition activities to take advantage of every teaching moment.
Additional Resources and Information
- Writing Workshop TIme with Katie Nelson
- The Helper of the Day Routine: Playing with Phonics!
- Your colleagues evaluate this seminar
- See Workshop Invitation for more information
- See workshop confirmation letter
- Read our cancellation policy
Purchase literacy manual at our Online Bookstore
Joyful and Rigorous Kindergarten Experiences: Celebrate the Imagination and Challenge All Learners
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Diane Bonica with Nellie Edge
- Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
Welcome to a Kindergarten That Meets
High Common Core State Standards…
Discover a treasure trove of meaningful and creative curriculum ideas in Diane Bonica’s exemplary, child-centered kindergarten. You will be welcomed into “The Chicka-Boom Classroom” complete with a menagerie of giraffes, and a high level of science, math and literacy engagement. Discover how to truly honor childhood and challenge children to think deeply and love learning. See high Common Core Standards in practice!
- Fascinating science explorations that take children into the real world
- Playful and poetic transition activities
- How to keep reading meaningful and joyful and still raise the DIBELS scores
- Diane’s original songs and rhymes: teach new vocabulary for every concept from metamorphosis to hibernation
- Rituals, traditions, and celebrations that delight the hearts of children and their families
- Beautiful full-color literacy manual, anthology set, and little book masters
This all-day, “in-kindergarten” workshop features:
- See Diane Bonica's Kindergarten website
See Video Clips: The Silent E Song, We Can Write Nonsense Words and Kindergarten Puppet Magic Meet Rulee - Read our cancellation policy
Spend a Saturday studying in real kindergarten classrooms with some of Oregon’s most accomplished teachers. The following workshops have inspired rave reviews from Northwest educators. Please email info@nellieedge.com if your district or kindergarten support cadre is interested in attending or co-sponsoring any of the following joyful accelerated literacy trainings. Each workshop comes with a full-color comprehensive literacy manual honoring the work of an accomplished teacher.
Literacy through Literature, Dance, and Song: Developing Skills Within a Love of Language
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Kathie Bridges with Nellie Edge facilitating
Salem, Oregon
Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
How do we develop a classroom of kindergartners who not only learn to read and write—but choose to read and write? How do we honor the need for socio-dramatic play—and the need for a rigorous literacy focus in a half-day kindergarten? Kathie Bridges' comprehensive and engaging approach to literacy reflects her deep knowledge of children, her love of language, and a systematic, differentiated approach to literacy. With great skill, wisdom, and delight, Kathie demonstrates how to raise the literacy standards and still keep kindergarten a "child's garden."
Includes:
- With Happy Hearts We Dance and Sing
- Bringing Folk Tales and Literature Alive
- Enhancing Small Muscle Development and Handwriting Skills
- How to Develop Responsible Learners from Day One
- Memorable Parent Performances
- "Parents as Partners" in Maximizing Literacy
- Download Previous Seminar Flier (pdf format)
- See photo essay with Kathie Bridges: With Happy Hearts We Dance and Sing
- See Video Clips: With Happy Heart We Dance and Sing and Year-end Kindergarten Rap
Joyful Learning in a Child's Garden: Celebrating Language and Accelerating Literacy
A Saturday Kindergarten Workshop
Presented by Becky Leber and Nellie Edge
Future dates to be announced. Portland, Oregon
Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
How do we raise the literacy standards and still keep kindergarten a "child's garden?" How do we honor the need for socio-dramatic play — and the need for rigorous literacy skills instruction with "at-risk" and English language learners in an all-day kindergarten? Becky Leber's balanced and engaging approach to literacy reflects her deep, deep knowledge of children, her love of language, and her understanding of how to support kinders with a meaning-centered, systematic approach to literacy. With great wisdom, patience, and delight, Becky works with the children who need her most.
Workshop includes:
- Joyful Accelerated Literacy: Multisensory ABC and Phonics Immersion
- How to Set Up Literacy Centers for Differentiated Word Work
- Dramatizing and Reading Mother Goose Rhymes
- Building Reading Stamina with "Just Right" Books
- How to Engage Children in Memorizing, Reciting, and Performing Songs, Poems and Rhymes
- Writing Across an Arts-Rich Curriculum
This Saturday workshop in Becky's kindergarten classroom in Milwaukie, Oregon is limited to 20 teachers and may fill quickly.
- Download previous Seminar Invitation
- See Photo Essay: Becky Leber's Literacy Centers
Kindergarten: A Celebration of the Arts With Happy Hearts We Dance and Sing
Presented by Joanie Cutler and Nellie Edge
Future dates may be announced. Eugene, Oregon
Professional Development Credits and Washington Clock Hours Available
How do we celebrate the arts, honor childhood, and connect young children with the natural world outside the classroom? How do we nurture a love of learning in children and their families? Come and meet Joanie Cutler, who has been a mentor teacher to many of us. With her love of music, poetry, art and literature she has created a beautiful kindergarten model that is infused with the arts; nurturing creativity and literacy. When Froebel described kindergarten as a "child's garden," we believe he had a teacher like Joanie Cutler — with her gentle wisdom and uniquely creative teaching — in mind. The beautiful, full-color handbook is only available to workshop participants.
Workshop includes:
- With Happy Hearts we Dance and Sing
- Exploring the Rhymes and Images of Mother Goose
- How to Incorporate Literature and Myths into a Study of the Stars and the Cycles of Nature
- Creating a Kindergarten of Bird Watchers, Star Gazers, Plant Explorers, Rock Collectors and Insect Lovers
- Using Art, Music, Drama and Sign Language to Enhance Literacy
- Involving Parents in the Kindergarten Experience
Download Previous Seminar Invitation