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FREE
Educational Workshops
for
Parents, Child Care Providers and Educators
WSKG
Educational Services offer a variety of workshops for parents, child care
professionals, and educators. Our workshops are FREE
and can be held at the WSKG studio or at your site. Workshops are usually
1.5 hours in length, however they can be modified to fit most situations.
For more information or to schedule a workshop contact Cynthia Szeliga by
phone, 607-729-0100 ext. 369 or email,
cszeliga@wskg.org
Each
workshop:
- is
interactive
- offers
take home resources
- has
multiple give-a-ways
WSKG
offers the following workshops:
K-12
Teachers/Adult
Literacy Educators
Parents/Child
Care Providers/Educators
Parents/Child
Care Providers
Workshops based on PBS Kids Programming
Curriculum-Area Workshops
Theme-Based Workshops
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Us
K-12
Educators
Learn how to view
and organize media with PowerMediaPlus, navigate WSKG's website for
programming relevant to your classroom instruction, and find helpful PBS
teacher guides with lesson plans, activities, assignments, and quizzes for
upcoming shows on WSKG (This workshop is the prerequisite to: Classroom
Applications for EdVideo Online).
CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS FOR EDVIDEO ONLINE
Learn how to create interactive lessons using Windows Movie Maker,
Microsoft PowerPoint, Blogs, and Websites with content from multi-media
PBS resources (Prerequisite: Introduction to EdVideo Online and WSKG
Resources).
WORLD PERSPECTIVES THROUGH MULTI-MEDIA
Explore new ways to teach global issues involving conflict, economics,
human rights, politics, religion, and culture using award-winning
documentaries available online through WIDE ANGLE: A Window into Global
History. Teachers will also learn how to use Assignment: The World,
an interactive program that covers top news stories of the week from
around the world and teaches students about global issues (Appropriate
for Teachers, grades 7-12).
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Parents/Child
Care Providers/Educators
TV
AS A LEARNING TOOL
Learn and share techniques and strategies for using TV and video to motivate,
teach, and accommodate different learning styles. Workshops can be presented
in a general format or with a concentration related to teaching the following
topics: literacy, character development, or health issues. We can also
highlight any of our individual programs.
CONFLICT
RESOLUTION
This
workshop features a positive approach to solving conflict using short
PBS video clips as resources. Participants will explore conflict resolution
styles, discuss effective communication strategies, and share their conflict
resolution experiences. Related resources will also be provided.
DIVERSITY:
CELEBRATING OUR UNIQUENESS
Focusing on teaching respect for
each individual, this workshop centers on celebrating our differences
and uniqueness. Video clips will be used to promote tolerance and emphasize
how we can promote positive resolutions to bias.
HEALTHY
HABITS
Explore the ways children can learn about the importance of exercise,
hygiene, and nutrition through the use of PBS video clips and interactive
PBS websites. Participants will become familiar with ways to utilize
PBS content to promote the healthy development of children.
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Parents/Child
Care Providers
COMMUNICATING
There are few joys in life that compare to feeling really connected
with your child. Communicating well starts from birth, as you talk with
your baby and learn how to interpret what your baby is saying to you.
This workshop explores how early interactions lay the foundation for learning
language. Strong language skills contribute to later literacy skills.
EXPLORING
Young
children open every door, chew on anything within reach, and repeat favorite
activities endlessly. They watch everything that goes on around them,
and they look to grownups to help them decide what to do. This workshop
examines how children use exploring, imitating, and social referencing
to learn and make sense of the world around them.
HANDLING
STRESS
This workshop examines the
causes of stress in infants and young children. Participants will understand
more about their role in helping young children learn soothing responses
to stress. Other topics discussed include the danger of too much stress
in early life and the lifelong benefits of learning healthy ways to handle
stress.
We
can also customize a workshop using one or a combination of the following
modules: Baby Cues (communication), Copycats
(imitative behavior), Parentese (early language
development), Reading Faces (communication), Stress
(how to handle), Testing (exploration), Building
Words (language skills), Valuing Emotions (feelings),
and Tantrums (strong emotions).
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 RIGHT
FROM BIRTH
This
series is based on the “big picture” approach to raising babies. It begins
with the important role parents play in how their baby’s brain develops
and how they learn later in life. There are hands-on activities and discussion
questions included. The twelve 15-minute episodes are:
- The
Wonders of the Brain
- People
Skills in Infancy
- Learning
and Intelligence
- The
Many Worlds of Infancy
- The
Seven Essentials
- Getting
Oriented and Building Trust (the 1 st month)
- Discovering
the World (2 – 3 months)
- Becoming
a Social Being (4 – 6 months)
- Thinking
and Experimenting (7 – 10 months)
- Independence
(11 – 18 months)
- Self-Competence
- Going to School
 GOING
TO SCHOOL
This
series gives practical advice on how to prepare children to enter school
for the first time and how to foster success throughout their education.
There are hands-on activities and discussion questions included. The ten
15-minute episodes are:
- Going
to School
- The
Seven Essentials
- Encourage,
Mentor, Rehearse
- Protect,
Guide & Limit, Celebrate
- Parents,
Families and Education
- How
to Prepare for “Big School”
- The
Academic and Social Sides of School
- Language:
The Key to Learning
- Your
Unique Child
- The Ten Hallmarks of Children
Who Succeed in School
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Workshops based on PBS Kids Programming
CLIFFORD THE BIG RED DOG
Uses
activities and resources on the Clifford the Big Red Dog web site to help
children develop social skills.
ARTHUR
Introduces participants to activities and
resources on the Arthur web site to help children develop problem-solving
and conflict resolution skills.
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Curriculum-Area Workshops
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
Encourages families to provide young
children with early language and literacy experiences involving PBS KIDS
programs.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Encourages families to help children
build relationships and develop the ability to get along with others.
Also urges families help children recognize and understand feelings.
THE ARTS
Encourages families to provide young
children develop basic math concepts and skills.
MATH
Encourages families to help young children
develop basic math concepts and skills.
SCIENCE
Encourages families to explore and
observe their surroundings.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Helps children develop social
studies concepts through the use of PBS KIDS television, books, and fun
activities.
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Theme-Based Workshops
MEDIA
AWARENESS
Encourages families to think and talk about what they see on TV and the
web. Teaches families how to help children understand that media is
purposefully constructed.
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