Making the Most of Storytime E-Course

“Increasingly, new research across many countries is showing that the best predictor of future education achievement and life success is reading ability – or, more significantly, being an engaged reader… Ross Finnie and Richard Mueller at the University of Ottawa have shown that “the largest determinant of university participation is the score on the reading portion of the PISA.” Those reading scores proved to be by far the best predictor of post-secondary attendance, even pre-empting other socio-economic factors.”

Making the Most of Storytime: Using Children’s Books to Teach Emotional Intelligence is an eLearning course designed to support caregivers such as educators and administrators, parents and guardians, social workers, and health and mental health professionals in fostering the skills of emotional intelligence in children using storybooks. In this course, caregivers will learn about the building blocks of emotional intelligence and how to support children in developing emotional identification, understanding, expression, and regulation through the important conversations between adults and children about emotions, which is referred to as Causal Talk, or CT. Caregivers will also learn about the importance of storybooks as a tool for promoting the skills of emotional intelligence in children, and how to apply CT strategies to support these skills during storytime. Real storybook read-aloud scenario activities are included!

*IACET CEU is available for an additional fee