Early Childhood Symposium 2024: Libraries, Early Literacy and the Science of Reading (CTLE 1.5)
Join us for the Sixth Annual Early Childhood Symposium at Brooklyn Public Library. This year, we will explore Early Literacy and the Science of Reading in a series of four workshops offering 1-1.5 free CTLE credits each to NYS-certified educators.
What do young children need in the early years to be successful readers when they start learning to read? The science of reading (SOR) is a collection of five decades of international, interdisciplinary research. That research led to guidelines for supporting what’s essential and works best in reading instruction. It is most helpful in assessing how children learn to read and write, why some have difficulty, and how to intervene. The theories, studies, and frameworks within SOR can provide a basis for reading instruction, but it isn’t a curriculum or a reading program. And, as the name suggests, it is science and it will evolve as research unfolds. In this series, educators will learn from researchers, practitioners, and educators how to best support young children's foundational early literacy skills in the early years.
Speaker: Melanie Okadigwe is an Orton Gillingham certified Reading Specialist, Ready Set Kindergarten facilitator, and mom to a 2nd grader.
Course descriptions will be available in April 2024. Please register in advance for each session.
The Early Childhood Symposium is supported by the City's First Readers initiative of the NY City Council.
Join us for the Sixth Annual Early Childhood Symposium at Brooklyn Public Library. This year, we will explore Early Literacy and the Science of Reading in a series of four workshops offering 1-1.5 free CTLE credits each to NYS-certified educators.
What do young children need in the early years to be successful readers when they start learning to read? The science of reading (SOR) is a collection of five decades of international, interdisciplinary research. That research led to guidelines for supporting what’s essential and works best in reading instruction. It is most helpful in assessing how children learn to read and write, why some have difficulty, and how to intervene. The theories, studies, and frameworks within SOR can provide a basis for reading instruction, but it isn’t a curriculum or a reading program. And, as the name suggests, it is science and it will evolve as research unfolds. In this series, educators will learn from researchers, practitioners, and educators how to best support young children's foundational early literacy skills in the early years.
Speaker: Melanie Okadigwe is an Orton Gillingham certified Reading Specialist, Ready Set Kindergarten facilitator, and mom to a 2nd grader.
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