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Wired to Move: Facts and Strategies For Nurturing Boys in an EC Setting(ONLINE)
09/06/2025 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Admission
- Free
Location
Summary
**ONLINE** Did you know that 80% of the children expelled from preschool are boys? In this session we will discuss some sobering facts from national statistics about boys in preschool. We will review current brain research and what it says about the differences between boys and girls. We will discuss strategies to implement in the early childhood classroom to help boys learn, grow and develop and to decrease challenging behavior.
Description
Presented By: Becky Strickfaden & Christy Pogue
Objectives:
Participants of this training will gain skills and understanding to meet the developmental and educational needs of preschool boys.
Content Areas
- 1a: Understand the developmental period of early childhood from birth through age 8(0.50 hour)
- 1c: Understand the ways that child development and the learning process occur in multiple contexts(0.50 hour)
- 4c: Use a broad repertoire of teaching skills and strategies for learning(0.50 hour)
- 5c: Modify teaching practices in the disciplines and their pedagogical content knowledge(0.50 hour)
CDA Content Areas
- Physical and Intellectual Competence(1.00 hour)
- Growth and Development(1.00 hour)