*Only for Kentucky Residents Who Need  ECE- TRIS Credit*

Note: Your certificate will be dated the month, day, and year, you take the end-of-course exam. To receive ECE-TRIS Credit with this same date, your Self-Assessment questions MUST ALSO BE EMAILED on the same day you take the end-of-course exam. If submitted later, the Self-Assessment submission date - NOT the Exam date will be used as the official credit date on TRIS.

Registration size 1-4 people: $34 per person

Registration size 5+ people: $29 per person

Watch the Recording at Your Leisure.

Included in this Recording of a "Live" Online Training

FIVE TOPICS

Topic 1. The Ripple Effect: Inspiring and Engaging Lifelong Learners
Early childhood educators play a powerful role in shaping how children learn, how they see themselves as learners, and how they stay engaged throughout the day. This session blends brain development, child development, and meaningful teaching practices to help educators create classrooms where learning is fun.

Topic 2. When Every Day Feels Like Groundhog Day: What to Do When Purpose Gets Buried in Busy
Teaching can feel like a constant loop of routines, responsibilities, and exhaustion. * This energizing session helps to reconnect with purpose when the daily grind starts to dull the spark. * Receive practical strategies and doses of humor. * Explore how to stay purpose-driven, build stronger teams, and rediscover the joy and impact of your role especially when it feels buried under the busy.

Topic 3. Make Circle Time Magical! Strategies & Fun Activities
Circle time can be chaotic or it can be the best time to teach young children new concepts and build community * Learn practical ways manage transitions to circle time and capture and hold children's attention * Get answers to questions like: * How do I get the children to sit and participate? * How to keep children engaged? * How to use movement, songs, props, and routines? * Create circle times that build listening skills, spark curiosity, and make every child feel seen and excited to learn!

Topic 4. Play-Based Learning: Because Who Wants to Sit Still?
Children learn best when their bodies and brains are working together. * Learn the six types of play * How to enhance play * Receive easy ways and activities to add active play into your everyday routines * Create a classroom where children stay engaged, build confidence, and learn through playful exploration.

Topic 5. The Behavior Response Blueprint: What Helps, What Hurts, and What to Do During Behavior Challenges
Understand the “why” behind behavior but equally as important understand what "to do" and "not do" * Avoid common teacher talk traps that escalate challenging behaviors * Learn calm, consistent response strategies * Relationship‑building tools, * Practical language that guides children toward cooperation * You'll come away with a blueprint for what helps, what hurts, and what truly works during tough moments
 

5-Hour Certificate 

After viewing, pass a brief follow-up quiz for a 5-hour certificate. (Retake fee $5)

CDA CANDIDATES: This training can be applied toward the CDA formal early childhood training requirement of 120 hours.

Category: Child Growth and Development Curriculum Guidance and Discipline