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IAEYC Conference: Student to Student . Andrew Barrand Shannon Finley & Veronica Schilb. AlphaBeat by Kate Kuper. Andrew Barrand Shannon Finley. Basic Information . CD of 21 tracks of songs Poems and music for dancing and learning. Preschool, primary, families, and teachers
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IAEYC Conference: Student to Student Andrew Barrand Shannon Finley & Veronica Schilb
AlphaBeat by Kate Kuper Andrew Barrand Shannon Finley
Basic Information • CD of 21 tracks of songs • Poems and music for dancing and learning. • Preschool, primary, families, and teachers • Step-by-step instructions to teach lessons
See, Hear, Say, Do Warmin’ Up! Both English and non- English speaking children. Acquire vocabulary through seeing, hearing, saying, singing Children remember things they learn through their muscles, eyes and ears! Reflect!
Teaching Tips • DO NOT FEAR MOVEMENT! • FOCUS TIME! • Use the SENSES!
Empty Space • Children do not understand appropriate spacing! • Yoga Mats • Steps to defining space • Students hold hands • “Step Back” • “Hands to your side”
Classroom Management • Teachers need to make sure their early learners understand the rules. • Kate Kuper has high expectations for her students. • She wants them to bring: • Concentration • Imagination • Body Control • Memory
ACTIVITY NOTES FOR “LITTLE SEED” 1. Begin closed up small. 2. Send out a root (leg). Cue root 3. Send up a shoot (arm). Cue shoot 4. Grow tall and sway. Begin to grow on reaching up every day; sway on moving in the gentle wind. 5. Spin, sprinkle, or drop from high to low when you drop your seeds, ending closed up small. Cue is drop down seeds. 6. Finally, begin to grow a root and shoot again. Cue is that seed will make a tree again. 7. End in an “‘artistic” partly grown shape
Connecting Literacy and Technology The Learning Curve at Marion County Public Library By: Veronica Schilb
PNC Digital Littles Mobile Lab • Library story time and digital component • Cameras • Robots • Laptop • Audio recording devices • Goals • Kindergarten readiness • Working with parents, educators, children • Professional development for educators
Literacy and Technology • Computers are everywhere • Excitement level important for learning to read • Pleo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xswvJOWUiMc • Activities with a Computer • Examples from handout • Rabbit Video • http://vimeo.com/14587951
Early Childhood Standards Met • Communication Skills • Science • Math • Art • Literacy • Vocabulary: math, science, reading, art • Narrative • Print motivation • Print awareness • Alphabet recognition • Phonological awareness
Work Cited • http://www.katekuper.com/