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Professional Development: Family Nights
Author Night
Children are authors! Families discuss the importance of writing and how to encourage writing at home. Families engage in model writing activities that may include: book making, story webbing and . . . read more
Cooking Up Some Math Fun!
Families will have fun learning the connection between cooking and math through a hands-on cooking experience. (A supply fee will be charged for more than 25 participants.) read more
Cooking Up Some Reading Fun!
Families will have fun learning the connection between cooking and reading through a hands-on cooking experience. (A supply fee will be charged for more than 25 participants.) read more
Family Fitness Fun Workshop
We will discuss the impact of fitness and health on academic achievement. We will engage participants in the fun of family fitness activities and we will discuss how families can make fitness a part of every day living. Healthy eating, . . . read more
Hands-On Science Night
A variety of hands on materials will be set up for families to explore, manipulate, and play. These may include: a microscope and bugs, magnifying glasses, puzzles, a bucket of water and items to test for float/sink, science related games, . . . read more
i-SAFE Parent Training
The i-Parent Train-The-Trainer provides parents a way to become involved in the i-Parent Campaign by joining or forming an i-Parent Board and/or conducting additional trainings. i-SAFE America provides you with the tool, and information to . . . read more
Making Books Come Alive!
Families learn easy ways to bring life to stories by dramatizing the story, children chanting repetitive parts, acting out a story, and incorporating coordinating activities with a story. read more
Math Fair!
Families participate in various math-related game stations that may include: number walk; calculation bean bag toss, tangram fun, relay math and more. read more
Math in Everyday Life!
Families will learn ways to incorporate mathematical concepts and skills into daily activities at home in meaningful ways. Families can help children relate math calculations and terms to real life and help them become logical mathematical . . . read more
Math Manipulatives Mania!
Families will engage in hands-on math fun with various activities including: calculator challenges, Klutz math games, money madness shopping, tangram tinkering, patterning creations, bean salad mixes, and remodeling scenarios. read more
Mathematical Scavenger Hunt
Families will search for items, on a list, that represent various math concepts, having to do some calculation and logical thinking along the way. read more
Meet My Pet Night
Schools invite families to bring their pet in a cage or carrier along with a poster describing its habitat, diet, food, and physical characteristics. The facilitator leads discussion about the science involved in caring for pets. . . . read more
Reading & Writing & Arithmetic!
This workshop will engage families in writing about math ideas and reading books with math concepts. read more
Reading and Writing in Everyday Life!
Families will find ways to incorporate reading and writing activities into their daily lives at home in meaningful ways. Children are less reluctant to read and write when they are actively engaged in doing it with a real-life . . . read more
Reading Carnival
Reading is fun! Families participate in various reading/writing stations that may include: book walk, bingo, book trivia, story in a can, book toss and story stretchers. read more
Science Experimentation Fun
Stations with various science experiments and the directions for carrying them out on poster board are set up. Families go around and explore with each experiment. These might include making tornadoes with 2-liter soda bottles, planting . . . read more
Science is Really Cooking Now!
A facilitator guides a cooking project that families do while discussing the science involved! Why does the chocolate melt when it gets hot and harden when it cools? What happens when I mix these two ingredients? This session illustrates . . . read more
The Value of Sharing Stories!
Families learn about the art of storytelling and discuss the importance of their own storytelling – sharing of family stories in their home. read more
