Presented by Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D., Vice President of Professional Learning Services, Kaplan Early Learning Company

Sponsored by Kaplan Early Learning Company

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Two demonstrated needs with the ongoing global pandemic are language fluency and social connectedness. Storytelling is the natural ally of both literacy and friendship. Watch this edWebinar to learn how we can address language loss in our classrooms by intentionally creating space for speaking and listening through retelling picture books with puppets, props, and flannel boards, explicitly teaching conversation skills, and reserving some time to practice interactions. We can build community by sharing our own stories with children and colleagues to get to know each other better and to find the ways we are all alike and all different through our stories.

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-3 teachers, librarians, and school leaders.

About the Presenter

Laura Wilhelm, Ed.D. is Vice President of Professional Learning Services at Kaplan Early Learning Company. She has taught PreK, kindergarten, and the first and third grades in urban and suburban schools. She has been a lab school director, a program director and professor of early childhood education and child development, a national validator for the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), and a site visitor for the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). She enjoys speaking at conferences, leading study tours, visiting early education programs around the world, and being home with her family.

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