Christine provides continuing education training to early childhood professionals and can offer contact hours through the Mississippi Department of Health. These are examples of topics available.
Family Playtime
Building a strong, loving family bond doesn’t require elaborate vacations; it starts with simple, positive activities and intentional time spent together. Whether you are looking to boost your child’s development or simply reduce household stress, establishing a regular family game night or dinner tradition can make an almost instant difference.
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Prelanguage Skills: Steps To Communication
This training session looks at the prelinguistic skills every child must learn before they can learn to talk. Participants will learn playful intervention strategies to promote these skills and, as a result, promote language to the little ones in their care.
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Play Partners As Well As Protectors
This training, available upon request, was created to orient new childcare providers to the basics of best practices in childcare. Those providing high-quality care for children are called to be play partners and protectors of little ones. The training emphasizes play and safety.
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Grace-Based Discipline For The Preschool Classroom
This presentation is for teachers who teach in a Christian faith-based classroom, such as those located in a church, which is where many preschool programs are based across the state. This presentation, available upon request, draws connections between neuroscience, positive discipline strategies, and lessons in grace to promote positive discipline in a preschool classroom.
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Physical And Cognitive Development In The Infant Toddler Classroom
This presentation examines the physical development of infants and toddlers, its impact on cognitive development, and teachers’ classroom activities to promote both.
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Steps To Prehandwriting: Early Developmental Milestones Needed For Handwriting
Christine just did a break-out session on pre-handwriting at the 2019 Mississippi Early Childhood Association Imagine Conference in Jackson. If you’d like to refer back to it for reminders and web links, it is available to download.
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Tweens and Teens Need Playtime Too!
Tweens and Teens need playtime too. We are never too old for play. Adolescents need playtime for stress relief, joy and health. Let me share with you the highlights of some really good articles on the why your tweens and teens need playtime too!
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Toys For Talking: Play Activities To Encourage Language
Remember that you, the parent, are your child’s best toy to encourage talking. Playing with you is the best way to increase interactions that lead to talking. When choosing toys, be sure to stick to the basics, include some “people toys” and help your child use her imagination.
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Homework Help: 9 Tips to Make Homework Less Painful
Back to school and back to homework. Homework can be a huge source of conflict and strong feelings for some families. You may remember having those strong feelings in your own childhood when doing your homework. Maybe you did your homework without a hitch, and don’t understand how to help your child who is now…
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All Things Early Intervention 