Enhancing Storytime to Build Children’s Math Skills Webinar
Event description
Tuesday, May 21, 2024, 1 PM - 3 PM Eastern/ 12 PM - 2 PM Central/ 11 AM -1 PM Mountain/ 10 AM - 12 PM Pacific
Online session via Zoom (2-hour webinar). Includes recording access through June 30, 2024.
It all adds up! Support children’s math readiness skills through nursery rhymes, games, and songs while hearing about cutting edge research findings on children’s math development. Experience easy-to-replicate activities that translate the research into action. Identify ways activities can be used to emphasize the development of early math while adapting popular songs and rhymes to increase practice of school readiness skills.
Certificate of completion available upon request with successful completion of post-test.
Pricing:
- Individual: $75 (includes live webinar and recording access for 30 days after the live event)
- Group rates available for groups of 10 or more. Contact info@mgol.org for more information.
About the instructors:
Dr. Betsy Diamant-Cohen (she/her), a children's librarian with a doctorate, is a nationally recognized instructor, consultant, writer and presenter. In addition to working in public libraries, children's museums, and preschools, Betsy was a home childcare provider when her children were under age 5. Her innovative spirit, love of literacy, devotion to children, and desire to help adults who live and work with children resulted in the creation of her groundbreaking early literacy program, Mother Goose on the Loose® (MGOL).
Dr. Erica Zippert (she/her) is an educational researcher and trainer who focuses on how preschoolers develop math knowledge through everyday routines and playful experiences in informal spaces. She examines the factors influencing math learning, including child characteristics, social partners, and available play materials. Dr. Zippert equips families and early childhood practitioners with the knowledge and methods for engaging young children in meaningful and playful math experiences that foster math learning.