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PBS Teacherline Raising Readers Courses

RDLA051 - Raising Readers: Preparing Preschoolers for Success

Course Description
This course focuses on preparing preschoolers for success by developing their early literacy skills. The theories and strategies presented are based on the latest early literacy research from Susan B. Neuman and Kathleen Roskos (2007). You'll learn to use this research as you plan meaningful early literacy-learning experiences. These activities build on preschoolers' prior knowledge, expand their vocabulary, and strengthen oral language development - providing them with the foundation for reading, writing, and future academic success. The course provides video examples, online interactives, and activities from PBS, and engages you and your colleagues in a collaborative learning experience.

This course is approved by MSDE/Office of Child Care for the following Core of Knowledge hours: 15 hours – Curriculum (approval #CKO-30810).

RDLA056- Raising Readers: Ready to Read and Write with Digital Media (PreK)

Course Description
This course demonstrates how preschool teachers and care givers can use digital media—specifically PBS programming and online resources—as a teaching tool to help young children develop essential early literacy and reading skills. Learners will explore how to use different types of stories with digital multimedia to teach young children early reading and writing skills. Learners will be engaged in a collaborative experience as they learn some different ways to share stories with children through oral storytelling, interactive read-alouds, and creating new stories together while interacting with PBS story characters in online games and activities designed to help build early literacy skills. The course provides research-based articles, video examples, online interactives, and online and onscreen resources from PBS.

This course is approved by MSDE/Office of Child Care for the following Core of Knowledge hours: 15 hours – Curriculum (approval #CKO-30810).

NOTE: To complete this course, learners need access to one or more preschool-aged child and a computer with Internet access for the child to use.

If this is the learner’s first online course, we encourage him/her to complete RDLA051: Raising Readers: Preparing Preschoolers for Success before beginning this course.

Raising Readers: Ready to Spark Word Power! (Grades 1-3)

Course Description
This course helps elementary teachers, care-givers, and after-school providers reach and teach kids who are struggling readers. Through an engaging, collaborative experience, learners will explore different ways to teach decoding and build kids’ vocabulary, comprehension, and reading fluency skills—all designed to motivate and transform kids into confident readers and writers. Learners will explore hip, innovative songs, raps, videos, games, and activities from The Electric Company® and learn how they can motivate and engage at-risk kids. The course provides research-based articles, video examples, online interactives, and online and onscreen resources from PBS.

NOTE: To complete this course, learners will need access to students ages 6-9 and a computer with Internet access.

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