2012 Tracy Wilson SMCOE Reading Language Arts Coordinator twilson@smcoe.k12

1. Transitional Kindergarten Early Learning InstituteDay 2Digging DeeperAges and Stages of Development 2012 Tracy Wilson SMCOE Reading Language Arts Coordinator twilson@smcoe.k12.ca.us

2. May 22Opening 08:00 - 08:30 • Sign-In • Light Breakfast • Pre-read: Historical and Current Theories of Development, Chapter 2, pages 26 and 27 • The Architecture of the Brain

3. May 22Agenda • Welcome and Warm-up: 08:00- 08:30 • Sign-In and Light Breakfast • Pre-read: Historical and Current Theories of Development, Chapter 2, pages 26 and 27: The Architecture of the Brain • Ages and Stages of Development: 08:30- 09:30 • Morning Workshops: 9:40- 10:55 and 11:00- 12:15 • How can we enhance children’s understanding so that they are motivated to interact and experiment with language?! ~ Soodie Ansari and PauahiMcGinn(OAK) • Motor Development:  "Moving and Learning";  strategies which support physical development, from circle time to writing and from indoor to outside learning environments. ~ Gayle Mayekawa (PINE) • Lunch: 12:15- 12:45 • Afternoon Workshops: 12:45-130, 1:35- 2:20, 2:25- 310 • Thematic Planning: Collaboratively create a model thematic lesson ~ Tracy Wilson (Laurel) • Create interactive learning environments and watch them grow! ~ PauahiMcGinn and Sheryl Chan (OAK) • Social-Emotional Development:  Beginning discussions - what can teachers do to identify, support and  build social and emotional skills ~ Gayle Mayekawa (PINE) • Closing: 3:15- 3:30

4. Curiosity, creativity, and imagination are like muscles: if you don’t use them, you lose them. Tufts University child development expert David Elkind Prior knowledge explains up to 81% of the variance in post test scores. (Dochy, Segers & Buehl, 1999). 85% of children’s core brain structure is developed by the age of four… Children Now, http://www.childrennow.org/index.php/learn/early_learning_and_development/ National Average 2.6% of instructional time in elementary grades is spent on history/ social studies. http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass/tables/sass0708_039_s12n.asp 2008 46% of the children in SMCOE reported attending preschool. A Data Report, April 2008: Does Readiness Matter? How Kindergarten Readiness Translates Into Academic Success Free-play time for children fell 25% between 1981 and 1997 A paper published in 2005 in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 80% of all information that enters our brain is VISUAL Eric Jensen, Brain Based Learning A *teacher should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. *man, Albert Einstein Vocabulary Experience AGE 3 Low Socio-economic: 525 words Middle Socio-economic: 749 words High Socio-economic: 1,116 words D.A. Sousa, “How the brain learns to read” When adults read words they learned when they were younger, they recognize them faster and more accurately than those they learned later in life. http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2000-2009

5. Track Changes4 6 Jigsaw Choose an area: Motor, Language, Personal-Social, Learning Track the changes, note the ahaas Swap information with a teammate

6. Historical and Current Theories of Development • We Re-visit: Current Research- The Architecture of the Brain • Jigsaw: Self-selected Reading, choose two to read • Freud: Psychodynamic • Gesell: Maturational theory • Erik Erikson: Psycho-social Development • BF Skinner, Albert Bandura: Behavior Theories • Jean Piaget: Cognitive Theories • Lev Vygotsky: Cognitive Theories, ZPD • Urie Bronfenbrenner: Ecological Theory • Howard Gardner: Multiple Intelligence • Make Connections: Brain + 2 • Talk it out: Process with one other person http://www.gesellinstitute.org/bookstore/

7. Morning Workshops 9:40- 10:55 and 11:00- 12:15 How can we enhance children’s understanding so that they are motivated to interact and experiment with language?! ~ Soodie Ansari (OAK) Motor Development:  "Moving and Learning";  strategies which support physical development, from circle time to writing and from indoor to outside learning environments. ~ Gayle Mayekawa (PINE)

8. Food for Thought • All I really need to know... I learned in kindergarten. ~ Robert Fulghum • If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. ~ Winnie the Pooh • The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go. ~ Dr Seuss • Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education in the early years, our children are at risk of falling behind by the time they start Kindergarten. ~ Robert Ehlrich • We can not teach people anything, we can only help them discover it in themselves. ~ GalieoGalilei • Education is not preparation for like; education is life itself. ~ John Dewey

9. Quiz for Prizes! • How does a 3 year old, 4 year old, and a 5 year old walk? (Demonstration) • According to Ericson, what does a stage 3 child (ages 3- 7) need? • Why is the commando crawl important? • What percent (%) of communication is nonverbal? 50, 60, 70, 80, 90

10. Afternoon Workshops 12:45-130, 1:35-2:20, 2:25-310 • Thematic Planning: Collaboratively create a model thematic lesson ~ Tracy Wilson (Laurel) • Create interactive learning environments and watch them grow! ~ PauahiMcGinn and Sheryl Chan (OAK) • Social-Emotional Development:  Beginning discussions - what can teachers do to identify, support and  build social and emotional skills for young children. ~ Gayle Mayekawa (PINE)

11. Curiosities Other Resources Pink- Preschool Foundations/Frameworks Ready or Not!

12. Wrap Up • Table Talk: What is different about TK? • Participant Agreement… $ • Monkey Survey • September site visits to Palo Alto Young 5’s