Spent the day with Pre-K friends, complete with an apple tasting and comparison, and then the evening with pre-K and K teachers. So grateful for this work I get to do 💗

Many thanks to Nancy and Crystal for leading our R4K afterschool workshop for pre-K and K teachers! We can’t wait to see how teachers will implement these strategies to support student regulation and learning.

Child development students taught us how to play red light green light today! We had so much fun! #ece Dr. Kristine Pearl

Full house of Pre-K teachers led by our dynamite Early Childhood Education Team! Right down the hall, ⁦@FCPSDualEnroll⁩ and ⁦Kelly Denti⁩ leading high school CCR teachers on all things college and career readiness. PreK to CCR, that’s what I call a pathway!

Words cannot express the energy when all of our Pre-K teachers come together! Today was filled with math routines and resources, reviewing Launchpad, exploring ways to ensure high quality programming, and break out sessions! What an honor and privilege to support this work!

We ended our first week back with Pre-K teachers who were excited to learn how to integrate movement into their classrooms! Thank you Christy Donnelly & Kelly Robbins for the invite. Your teachers are excited for the school year! #YAP #movement #fcpspe #mathmovement

We have amazing THS students working with our PreK students each day 🙂❤🐺 #FOCUS Susan Verdi

Tonight concluded our LETRS EC course. What an honor and pleasure it has been to work with these amazing early childhood educators!

Another fabulous childcare session led by our own FCPSAdaptedPE teacher specialist, Emily & Liz! Did you know that simply standing up increases learning by 7-14%?

Did you know that when children spend time on a screen, it impacts the development of eye muscles and eye movement? Nancy Stultz, OT Therapist, shared great strategies to promote fine motor and sensory development with child care providers. #ecefcps

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“Building knowledge need not—and should not—wait until students possess some level of foundational reading skills.”

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Fantastic R4K session: Behavior in the Childcare Setting! Thank you Alia Roberts, for sharing your expertise and wealth of strategies!!

Thank you Sarah Welker for sharing some fantastic tips and features of Peardeck!

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Three school visits today- spending time with teachers and students was the perfect way to end this busy week!

It’s only 10 am, but I feel confident in saying the highlight of my day was visiting three Pre-k classrooms as a guest reader FCPS Thurmont Primary ! 💗Thanks for letting me share a favorite story with your amazing little learners Ashley Lillard Mrs. Mucker and Ms. Gouker!

Congratulations Sheila~selected FCPS Central Office Business Support Employee of the Year! Well deserved!!

Pre-K teachers spent time thinking deeply about student writing, writing phases and identifying instructional scaffolds to promote achievement for every student! The collective effort of ECE teachers is unmatched!