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California Kindergarten Association.

Rockin' Kindergarten for over 30 years!

Early Literacy Institute

$150 for CKA members, $160 for nonmembers, and $75 for students.
Lunch is included.

Meet the presenters…

Molly Bricker:
Moving Beyond Multisensory Instruction to Embodied Learning for Greater Literacy Outcomes
Calvie Clement:
Read, Move, Sing! Joyful Early Literacy Strategies for Lasting Learning
Kimberly DeMille:
Revitalize Your Reading Instruction – Strategies for Year-Round Student Engagement
Teka Sims:
Building Strong Readers: Strategies and Takeaways for Word Recognition
Beth Pittman Henry:
From Play to Print – Growing Readers & Writers in the Early Years
Meghan Sanchez:
Morphology Matters – Building Stronger Readers from the Start
Greg Smedley-Warren:
Centers Made Simple
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Institute attendees have the opportunity to purchase 0.5 professional development unit after completing extension activities.Β Click hereΒ for more information.

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