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What is Making First Experiences Count?
Making First Experiences Count is a series of 3 2-hour workshops focusing on early brain development, essential experiences for the early years, and activities that promote positive growth and development. Through a combination of lecture, small group discussion, and role play activities, participants learn about the “Eight Essential Experiences” that young children need for healthy development.
The Essential Experiences are:
- Nurture and Attachment
- Protection
- Predictability and Routines
- Healthy Role Models
- Positive Guidance
- Language-Rich Social Interactions
- Music
- Art
- Dramatic Play
- Sensory-Rich Novel Experiences
ASU Childhood Services is also making available two additional training modules to accompany the Making First Experiences Count series. Both new modules target parents and early childhood providers and focus on learning activities that parents can do with their children beginning in infancy and going through the preschool years. One new module focuses on the Essential Experience Language-Rich Social Interactions and is designed to help participants understand the beginnings of literacy. The other new module focuses on Sensory-Rich and Novel Experiences and is designed to help participants understand the importance of early math and science understanding, thinking skills, and problem solving.
Child care or parent education programs can request more information about the availability of local Making First Experiences Count professional development opportunities or find out how to host a series at their own facility by visiting the ASU Childhood Services Training Opportunities website or by calling the ASU Childhood Services Office at 870-972-3055.
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