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Early Brain Development - Birth through Four and Building the Reading Brain

Presenter: Tammy Shepherd
Workshop Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Registration fee: $175, ($150 for Texas ASCD members)
One-day Institute

Dates and Locations:

July 27th, 2010
Judson ISD (San Antonio area)

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Workshop overview:
With the rapidly expanding increase of knowledge about how the brain grows and develops, early childhood educators can align developmentally appropriate lessons with critical periods. The development of vision, language, emotions, and intelligence are explored.

The human brain is biologically organized for speaking not for reading. Using new findings from neuroscience, educators can support young developing brains to become reading brains. Strategies that have been substantiated by neurological studies will be shared. A brief, non-technical overview of early brain development will be included. The foundation for reading begins at birth!

Tammy Shepherd works as a consultant and presenter on the topic of neuroeducation. She has written and presented informative, engaging, and thought provoking workshops on enhancing student achievement for the past 10 years. With 30 years of experience in public schools as a science teacher, counselor, administrator and now completing a doctoral study in the area of Brain Research as it relates to teaching and learning, Tammy bridges practical experience with researched perspectives on how we can enhance learning in today’s diverse classrooms.

Workshops are designed to be interactive and engaging as they enhance the important work of educating all students by supporting those who teach them. We are teaching students today to live, learn, and work in a world of tomorrow that is unknown and expanding exponentially. The best approach is to prepare students who think, evaluate, explore, and create. Although the world is rapidly changing, the biology of the brain is not. We now understand the brain better! Neuroeducation is a natural connection between a love for learning, the science of learning, and a commitment to making instructional practice effective, enjoyable, and research-based.