Children as Critical and Informed Media Users

Big Ideas in Early Learning offers a one-of-a-kind experience, drawing together professionals from various disciplines in the field of early childhood education for a 3.5 day exploration of the Big Ideas that bring them together in their work.

This workshop is an introduction into mindfulness for those who seek to counter the stress often found in today’s classrooms.

What leads to healthy brain development? Genetics, yes; but our experiences and our interactions with our environment have a significant impact.

Learn new ways of considering your role as a teacher and how to implement intentional practices to best ensure a gender flexible environment.

Social workers, teachers, therapists, and parents will learn how to identify selective mutism and how to employ evidence-based interventions.

Word problems can be daunting for young children-- discover how to increase children's confidence as fluent problem solvers!

Learn how to engage your students in constructing knowledge about mathematics

Learn about the structure and function of children's brains, and how you can support and improve the necessary skills to increase students' ability to learn

Our children don't need to feel alone when facing grief and loss-- and neither do educators.

Language activity in children ages birth to five correlates with language comprehension later in school in life. Learn what you need to know to aid children in this development.

Young children have few opportunities to engage in STEAM learning before age three. This workshop will help you provide those opportunities!

This two-day workshop is the first step in earning a CLASS® Observer Certification (November 8-9)

Oral language is one of the key early predictors of reading and school success-- but why are language supports largely missing from early childhood classrooms? Come and learn more-- and how to help!

Learn how to establish trust with young children and develop successful partnerships with families through open, effective communication.

Technology is everywhere young children and families are and it is not just screens. Early childhood educators play a critical role in helping young children and their caregivers navigate how to use technology meaningfully and appropriately.

This webinar will examine some of the myths, beliefs, and research on very early exposure to more than one language, in particular during the critical language development period between birth to 36 months.

According to a 2014 report from the Center for Disease Control, nearly 6 million children have been diagnosed with ADHD.

This session examines issues impacting families with a child (from birth to eight years) with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).

Big Ideas in Early Learning offers a one-of-a-kind experience, drawing together professionals from various disciplines in the field of early childhood education for a 3.5 day exploration of the Big Ideas that bring them together in their work.

MEME 2019 is four days of intensive, exciting early math exploration. This hands-on professional development opportunity will delve deeply into practical ways you can improve early math instruction and will help make early math learning meaningful for both you and young children.

The following three day Working Model of the Child Training includes the June 21, 2019 event “Seeing Children the Way We Are- Not the Way They Are” which is a pre-requisite and included in the WCMI intensive training. If you have already registered for the Friday June 21st training and wish to attend the additional Saturday and Sunday training days. Please contact Zach Kulhan: 312.893.7719 or zkulhan@erikson.edu There is not early registration discount for the 3 day training

The workshop will address how to teach Asian American history, culture and literature for the PreK-8 classroom. Teachers can earn 6.0 ISBE PD hours. This virtual two-part workshop takes place on August 16th and August 17th.