Building Early Reading Strategies

This session helps educators translate research into engaging, print-based classroom practices — connecting sounds to print through game-based activities for early reading approaches and developmentally appropriate approaches to building motor skills essential for early writing. Leave with a fully planned, print-based literacy activity that integrates phonological awareness, early reading, and writing, ready for immediate classroom implementation. 

 Key Learning Objectives 

• Strengthen early foundational skills instruction by implementing routines that build sound–spelling knowledge, including letter identification. 

• Apply phonemic awareness skills to print-based activities that support early reading development.  

• Learn and implement early reading strategies that support decoding and meaning-making. 

• Develop and practice instructional approaches that support early writing skills.   

• Design integrated literacy activities that connect reading, writing, and play, including planning a print-based lesson that incorporates phonological awareness, early reading, and writing. 

Date: Wednesday, Oct. 21, 4:30 – 6:30 pm EST
Instructor: Dana Carr-Ford, MA, MEd
Grades: PreK-2
Location: Virtual
Price: $ 120
Credentials: 2 Approved CTLE Hours