Start with a Book! Extending the Story with Hands-On Activities

Looking for new ideas to integrate into your programs and services? This virtual workshop will help refresh and rejuvenate your planning process with practical, fun ideas that support play-based, early learning activities. A variety of literacy extension ideas based on children’s picture books will be introduced. This workshop is ideal for those working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Content includes:

• Reviewing the importance of play-based, child-led literacy activities in the early years

• Exploring a wide variety of early literacy extension activities that can be easily integrated into current programming

• Providing a suggested children’s book and activities listing that scaffolds on the ideas introduced in the workshop