Look At Me Productions - Seminar Highlights (Without Product or University Credit)

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Learning With A S.M.I.L.E.
Sensory-Motor Integrated with Learning Experiences
and
Amazing Musical Moments
In Song, Movement, Music Games, Drama & Dance

Sensory-motor activities set to music to enhance math,
language, and motor coordination
and
Music, movement, drama, and dance activities
to ensure success for every child!

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
PreKindergarten, Kindergarten & Grade 1 Teachers; Special Ed Teachers;
Occupational Therapists; PT’s; Music Teachers; Day Care Teachers &
Administrators; Head Start Teachers & Supervisors; ESL Teachers; Bilingual
Teachers & Assistants; Resource Teachers; Title I Teachers; Movement
Specialists; Physical Education Teachers

BRAVO -KATHY POELKER!
“Because of her energy and enthusiasm, Kathy is adding to the quality of life
for children everywhere!”
                    -Marian Orihel, PreK Teacher

“Kathy’s workshop makes you want to run right back to your room to start
singing and moving - even more than before!”
                    -Mary Teuber, Kindergarten Teacher

“What a powerful teaching tool!”
                    -Sherie Leahy, Kindergarten Teacher

“Exciting day! We came away with great ideas, great music, and a great time!”
                    -Sharon Grala, PreK Teacher

“What a creative, invigorating, stimulating, empowering learning experience!”
                    -Suzanne Patterson, PreK Teacher

“All staff members working with children should incorporate sensory-motor and
music. This course was very informative.”
                    -Debbie Kraft, Physical Therapist

THIS SEMINAR INCLUDES
- Continental Breakfast
- Curriculum Materials Display - English & Spanish Materials Available
- "Master" Teacher for a Full-day Training
- Workshop Strategies Booklet
- Certificate of Participation (5 hrs. training)

8:00AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast Curriculum Materials Display
8:30AM	Begin Every Day with a SMILE!
	What is a Sensory-Motor Program and how does it benefit our students & children? Practice specific exercises to help develop better balance and body control using music! Simple activities and exercises to help develop eye-hand and eye-foot coordination Build self-esteem and reduce classroom stress by providing exercises to challenge and motivate in a positively successful way! Easy exercises and games to strengthen laterality and directionality Learn important exercises that develop and strengthen the hands to help prepare for proper pencil grip and writing skills Observational techniques to enable the teacher to evaluate each child in terms of good motor development, a key to learning! Visual tracking activities to aid pre-reading Teach geometric shapes (squares, triangles, circles, & rectangles) with can't fail activities
10:00AM	Coffee Break/Chat Break/Materials Display
10:30AM	Keep On SMILING Through Your Day with Developmentally-Appropriate Play Activities That Enhance A Variety of Skills
	Sequencing activities to enhance math and aid in language development Let's Sing and Sign with Kathy! She'll show you the way to "instant signing success" Great floor exercises to develop spatial awareness and good motor planning Presentation ideas for your Preschool Parent Programs involving Sensory-Motor How to work with children who "never sit still" - Kathy will show you how to involve active children in appropriate activities with and educational purpose!

11:30AM	Lunch Break On Your Own
12:30PM	Energize Every Day with MUSIC, MOVEMENT, DRAMA & DANCE!
	Why use music? Reasons and research for making every day a "musical day" How to teach a song - "Can't fail" techniques How to work with movement & dance, even if you think you have "two left feet!" - Great FUN ideas! - Strengthen socialization skills Auditory & sequential memory FUN! Strengthening imagination and sequencing through drama and imagery activities Using creative & critical thinking skills with the 2 M's and 3 R's! - MUSIC, MOVEMENT, RHYME, RHYTHM, & REPETITION - activities with complete teaching instructions Motivating the passive learner through MUSIC Improving listening skills, motor coordination, auditory & visual comprehension Music - "Instant success" for all children! Using language-experience charts effectively
2:15PM	Afternoon Break/Certificates of Participation
2:30PM	MUSIC - LANGUAGE FUN! - English/Spanish Using Sing-Along/Read-Along Big Books
	Developing complete Language-based themes with MUSIC! What to add and how to do it! Making an easy transition to print - even for the "non-reader" and emergent reader Read It! Write it! Pattern it! Create it! Publish it! - "How to's" that make it easy! Unique are techniques for making your own Big Books - Children's work samples to see! Thematic units on All About Me, Space, Circus, Community Helpers, Hawaii, Water/Fish, Transportation, Counting & MORE
3:00PM	*Questions & Answers - "Time out" for your special requests* or needs**
3:15PM	Adjourn

Meet Kathy Poelker...
Kathy Poelker is internationally recognized for her work in early childhood music education. Kathy is an outstanding communicator and university lecturer, AEYC workshop leader & keynote speaker, motivator, author, consultant, composer, and children's recording artist. Kathy's critically acclaimed songs, recordings, and books in English, Spanish, and Hmong are used in countless classrooms across the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, New Zealand & Australia.

Each year from 1988 through 1999 Kathy has been the recipient of the ASCAP Special Award for Children’s Educational Music! This is a Special Award granted by the Popular Awards panel of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in recognition of outstanding writing in educational works for children This award is for music that is regularly performed in schools, institutions of learning, and programs across the country. Kathy has been the recipient of this outstanding award for 12 consecutive years!

Kathy presents fresh new innovative ideas for the effective use of music across the curriculum. Come and experience the benefits of sensory-motor activities using music, and learn to use music with language “first-hand.” You'll participate throughout the day in activities that really make a difference in your classroom!

If you've never been a "comfortable music maker", now is the time to sing, dance, and enjoy your way to creative learning as you experience a delightful day learning and growing with Kathy Poelker! Don’t miss this seminar! This motivational workshop day is one of participation throughout! No one is ever "put on the spot" by being asked to sing alone or dance alone, so this is a very comfortable way to blend into a group and learn through "doing!"

You will be amazed at the amount of information and technique you can master through this simple "non-threatening" approach to learning the "how to's" of music- making! This engaging seminar will make a refreshing difference in your classroom musical experiences when you apply Kathy's "can't fail techniques!" Kathy Poelker makes you believe in yourself and your own particular musical abilities...no matter how limited you may believe yourself to be. Kathy will give you the simple skills you need to make every day a musical day of learning, growing, and FUN with a purpose!

Come Prepared to Have FUN!
Exciting demonstrations, strategies, & teaching lessons! Come away with motivational, developmentally-appropriate "child-tested" teaching plans that make an immediate difference in your early childhood classroom!

Program Hours: (Suggested dress - slacks, casual)
Registration/Continental Breakfast begins 8:00 A.M.;
Workshop training 8:30 A.M. - 3:15 P.M. (5 hours training)
Lunch is on your own. You may choose to enjoy lunch at a restaurant in the hotel or area, or you may prefer to bring a sack lunch for the day. Lunch break is one hour, scheduled from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM. This is a great opportunity to discuss and share ideas with fellow workshop attendees and develop new professional friendships.

Meet In-Service Requirements:
Verification of hours of participation will be provided to all seminar participants at the close of the workshop (Certificate of Participation). This signed and dated Certificate of Participation may be used to meet individual continuing education or recertification requirements.

Registration Fees:
10% Group discount available for 5 or more attendees registering at the same time. ($20 upcharge for workshop registrations taken at the door.)

Fees are payable in advance via our online registration form or via U.S. Mail. VISA/MasterCard accepted online and by fax. Checks, money orders, and purchase orders accepted via U.S. Mail or by fax. If you have any additional questions regarding registration or payment methods, call our seminar coordinator at (800) 301-LOOK or (847) 658-0050. (After hours, please leave a message.)

Substitutions/Cancellations:
Substitutions may be made at any time. Cancellations must be received four days prior to the seminar and are subject to a $20 service charge. No refund on cancellations received less than four full days of workshop date.

Fee Includes:
Seminar Training, Continental Breakfast, Certificate of Participation, Curriculum Materials Display, and Workshop Strategies Booklet.

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