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April 2025

EC T.R.I.O.

As the season of growth and renewal blooms, so does our commitment to supporting you! Our T.R.I.O. (Training, Resources, Information, and Offerings) Newsletter is designed to keep early childhood care and education practitioners informed about blossoming learning opportunities—without showering you with added stress.

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Trainings:  

You don't have to use the STREAMin3 curriculum to benefit from STREAMin3's Webinar Wednesdays.  This week, on April 9th, the webinar will highlight strategies and tools to support all preschool-aged children in Preschool Language and Literacy​​​​.   

Ready to find some hands-on, process-based learning activities to keep students engaged in activities next year? ODU TTAC is hosting a regional Early Childhood Make and Take Workshop and Resource Fair in August, and you don't want to miss it! Learn the Process for CLASS-ing It Up!

Resources:

  • Explore the Early Learning and Development Standards (ELDS) resources on the ECE Resource Hub by diving into one of the five ELDS areas.

  • Do you often ask yourself, who needs to learn what in your early childhood classroom? Find out how to sort and organize learning outcomes by using A Simple, but Necessary Organizing Framework.

Information:

  •  Learn about the eight types of curriculum modifications to engage children in learning in less than 15 minutes at the HeadStart Curriculum Modifications: An Introduction webpage.  

  • What does NAEYC say about early childhood curriculum? Review the Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP): Planning and Implementing an Engaging Curriculum to Achieve Meaningful Goals practice to find out.

Offerings:

What is a curriculum in early childhood education, and why is it important? Watch this 5-minute video for the answer.

Check out our ODU TTAC library to read Building Blocks for Teaching Young Children in Inclusive Settings, Fourth Edition, and learn how to implement curriculum modifications to support children in your classrom.

 

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