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This training provides participants with an overview of child development, health, and safety issues for children birth through early school-age. Emphasis will be on understanding patterns of development, developmental domains, and the role of nutrition in development. In addition, health and safety issues will address supporting the growth of healthy children—from the basics such as handwashing to more in-depth practices surrounding healthy procedures and disease prevention. Participants will learn more about emergency planning/preparedness and first aid as well as identify tips for maintaining safe indoor/outdoor environments.

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Los niños aprenden a través del juego. Desarrolle actividades de aprendizaje y planee rutinas que estimularán el desarrollo integral del niño.

Description. 

This training provides participants with an overview of child development, health, and safety issues for children birth through early school-age. Emphasis will be on understanding patterns of development, developmental domains, and the role of nutrition in development. In addition, health and safety issues will address supporting the growth of healthy children—from the basics such as handwashing to more in-depth practices surrounding healthy procedures and disease prevention. Participants will learn more about emergency planning/preparedness and first aid as well as identify tips for maintaining safe indoor/outdoor environments.

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Are you exposing your children to good stories? Come discuss the picture book and its important role as a major component of children’s literature. We’ll explore guidelines for selecting age-appropriate picture books, read and analyze several selections, and consider how they influence early literacy, social-emotional development, and children’s appreciation of story.

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Todos los comportamientos que muestran los niños tienen un significado. Los comportamientos deben ser entendidos, y luego identificados antes de las intervenciones se pueden determinar. Observaciones y documentación juegan un papel clave en la comprensión y el apoyo de la conducta de los niños.

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Los participantes aprenderán sobre los efectos de estrés en el cerebro, que es la regulación y desregularización emocional. Conocerán sobre como el movimiento ayuda al cerebro a mejorar la regulación emocional, y se darán ideas de movimientos divertidos para promover auto regulación emocional en los niños.

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The value of humor and laughter in the lives of adults is well-documented: increased immunity, decreased pain, boosted serotonin levels, better stress management, and optimism. For young children, there are myriad benefits as well: increased problem-solving, critical thinking and perspective-taking; enhanced personal creativity; greater self-confidence; increased optimism and emotional intelligence. In this presentation, participants will explore their own perspective on humor and how humor functions in the lives of young children, along with its developmental benefits; identify specific techniques and activities to embed in planning and curriculum; and ways to use humor to deepen the emotional life of the classroom.

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La sesión "Las conversaciones del cerebro!" Presenta una visión general del desarrollo del cerebro, el aprendizaje temprano, y las interacciones adecuadas con bebés y niños pequeños para desarrollar el lenguaje. El desarrollo del cerebro ocurre en el contexto de relaciones afectuosas con adultos.