Early Learning Resource Formats: Professional Learning

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Roads to Resilience

Take this free self-paced course from Sesame Workshop to learn how to build resilience skills in children. Early care providers can earn three hours of credit through the Wisconsin Registry.

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Building a Connected Community

Learn ways to help children and families get ready for school and life together in this free self-paced course from Sesame Workshop. Early care providers can earn three hours of credit through the Wisconsin Registry.

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Caring Communities

Learn strategies for teaching children how to overcome challenges, bounce back, and communicate their feelings in this free self-paced course from Sesame Workshop. Early care providers can earn three and a half hours of credit through the Wisconsin Registry.

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Kindness Cohort

Join a statewide Kindness Cohort in partnership with PBS Wisconsin Education and the UW–Madison Center for Healthy Minds. Learn about research-backed wellness strategies for supporting you and your students through the Kindness Curriculum in your learning space. Applications open in the spring.

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Move and Learn Together for Literacy

Take part in music and movement-based activities that build knowledge and provide practice with literacy skills in this free webinar from Sesame Workshop. Early care providers can earn one credit through the Wisconsin Registry.

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Great Phonics Instruction

Learn how to support children and families with phonics in this free webinar from Sesame Workshop. Early care providers can earn one credit through the Wisconsin Registry.

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PBS KIDS Library Cohort

Join the statewide PBS KIDS Library Cohort to explore PBS KIDS resources that ignite curiosity, cultivate compassion, and develop foundational literacy skills for the children and families in Wisconsin communities. Applications open in the fall.

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Kindness Curriculum

Learn foundational mindfulness skills, explore classroom-tested strategies, and practice mindfulness yourself through the Kindness Curriculum, a series of 24 lessons shown to have a positive impact on academic performance, peer relationships, and social competence.

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Building a Reader

Learn ways to engage children in learning about language and literacy with resources from Sesame Street in this free self-paced learning course. Early care providers can earn three and a half credits through the Wisconsin Registry.