Programs/Services

Early Childhood Family Education: Workshops

The following workshops are available for parent groups and early childhood educators:

Children with Special Needs in the Early Care Classroom –

The goals of this workshop for parents are to provide a brief overview of early care settings for a child with special needs, to assist parents in understanding their own and their child’s rights in the early care setting, and to offer information on how parents can ensure that their child feels secure and happy, and that he/she learns to his/her full potential.

Families Reading Together –

What are the best ways to read to my child during these early years? Find out the “whens” and “hows” of reading to your child and the benefits of doing this early. The workshop also focuses on the importance of making reading an enjoyable experience between parent and child.

Florida's Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten: What Parents Need to Know

Implementing and Studying a Parents as Teachers Program with Migrant Families

Kitchen Reading and Math -

This workshop is designed to be an interactive workshop for parents and pre-K children, though the activities can be adapted to be used with children up to second grade. The activities are designed to show parents that they do not need to invest in expensive educational materials to help their children succeed in school. Everything they need to make learning fun and meaningful can be found in most kitchens, or by taking an inexpensive trip to the grocery store or dollar store. Activities include simple counting, measuring, sequencing, finding and writing letters of the alphabet, making shopping lists, and things to do that improve fine motor control.

Partners in Caring: Parents and Teachers Working Together for Early Success  –

This is a workshop for early childhood educators. This workshop focuses on the relationship between parents and teachers in the early care setting. When parents and educators work together in an atmosphere of mutual respect, the child is the winner and will ultimately experience greater success in school.

Preschool Literacy: The Home-School Connection –

This workshop offers early childhood professionals ways to involve parents in their children’s early literacy education, and also presents classroom activities that can enrich early literacy at home and at school. .

Super Sories (Preschool, Infant and Toddlers

For more information about early childhood workshops, please click here to contact the Florida PIRC at USF.

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