Teaching Literacy to Early Learners: A Hands-On, Minds-On, Multisensory Approach

Presented by Hilary Price, M.Ed., Professional Learning Literacy Advisor, Learning Without Tears; and Sam Deffes, M.Ed., Professional Learning Literacy Advisor, Learning Without Tears

Sponsored by Learning Without Tears

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During this edWebinar, viewers examine the implementation of a multisensory literacy approach for students with various learning styles and needs. Learn easy-to-implement multisensory strategies to start using right away to support student literacy skills. View this edWebinar to:

• Examine the importance of a multisensory literacy approach to meet the diverse learning styles and needs of students
• Learn to apply practical, multisensory, structured literacy strategies to reinforce phonological awareness, alphabet knowledge, phonics, comprehension, and handwriting skills

This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-3 educators, administrators, reading specialists, and occupational therapists.

About the Presenters

Hilary Price received her Bachelor of Arts in Education as well as her Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from National-Louis University in Chicago. She has been in the education field for 20 years, beginning as a classroom teacher in bilingual Spanish classrooms as well as English speaking classrooms in neighborhood and charter schools in both Illinois and Colorado. Hilary has been with Learning Without Tears since 2021, first as a National Presenter and now as a Professional Learning Literacy Advisor.

Sam Deffes has been an educator for over 16 years. She began her career at Smart Pope Livingston Elementary in Duval County (FL) and taught grades K-4 where she lead the MTSS team. She has also served Duval County as a reading coach and district literacy specialist. Sam is an accomplished professional development facilitator, coach, and content developer. She received her master’s degree from the University of Florida with a focus on curriculum and instruction in reading. She is currently a literacy advisor for Learning Without Tears.

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Learning Without Tears’ mission in today’s changing learning landscape is to ensure that the path to student success remains simple and fun. We provide child-friendly, hands-on, innovative instruction for early learning, handwriting, keyboarding, and writing strategies, and our programs reach more than 31 million students in Pre-K through fifth grade.