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Registration Closed.

Last Date to Register: 2/5/2015 12:01 AM

Last Date to Cancel: 2/4/2015 12:01 AM

Agency:

CESA 10

Agency Assistant:

Shari Owen 715-720-2060

Audience:

Early Childhood Special Educators, Speech/Language Pathologist, Special Education Directors, Head Start Home Visitors, OT, PT, etc.

Location:

Online Book Study

Facility:

Online Book Study

Date/Time:

2/6/2015

12:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Attachments:

Play Book Study flyer revised 1-13-15.pdf

Play: The Pathway from Theory to Practice

Author: Sandra Heidemann and Deborah Hewitt

Publish Date: 2009

Teachers will find successful strategies for implementing changes in the classroom to enhance the environment for play and techniques to help support children’s development. This is the revised edition of the well-respected and relied-upon handbook Pathways to Play. Play contains activity ideas that encourage play skills, checklists to help identify where children are having problems, specific teaching strategies, and assessment options. This new edition also examines how play theory translates into practice.

Reading Schedule

February 6, 2015

Introduction/Chapter 1: Play is the Main Event: Valuing Play

February 13, 2015

Chapter 2: Props and Peers: Learning the Basics of Play/Read and Reflect on the Reflection. Questions at the conclusion of Chapter 2.

February 20, 2015

Chapter 3: Setting the Stage: Organizing for Play

February 27, 2015

Chapter 4: It’s Not Easy: Recognizing Influences on Play Development

March 6, 2015

Chapter 5: Finding Out More: Observing, Evaluating Play Skills, and Using the Play Checklist.

March 13, 2015

Chapter 6: What Will the Child Do? Writing Goals from the Play Checklist.

March 20, 2015

Chapter 7: What Will You Do? Planning for Play Skills.

March 27, 2015

Chapter 8: The Heart of the Plan: Choosing Teaching Strategies.

April 3, 2015

Chapter 9: Case Studies: Putting It All Together.

Reflect on the Reflection Questions at the conclusion of chapters. Submit your reflection on a question of your choice to the group. Respond to other’s submissions via the book study listserv.

Objectives	Expand ability to pin point the play skills that need work and plan goals for improving those play skills. Expand ability to observe children and notice the differences between socio-dramatic and social skills.
Place	Read and post in the comfort of your home….
Additional Information	Participants will send out to all on distribution list one reflection question per chapter. Books will be provided prior to the February 6 book study start via the CESA van.
Target Audience	Early Childhood Special Educators, Speech/Language Pathologist, Special Education Directors, Head Start Home Visitors, OT, PT, etc.
Cost	$25.00 (to off-set cost of book)
Facilitated by	Chris Hambuch Boyle
Registration Deadline	January 26, 2015