Current Course Schedule

Sounds In Motion: Development of Auditory Perception & Early Literacy Skills Thru Use of Body Moveme

This workshop is designed to teach educators a unique, engaging, and effective program that helps early learners in both regular and special education classes acquire phonemic awareness, listening, early literacy, vocabulary, and articulation skills through the use of body movements. The program has been shown to be beneficial to children who are English Language Learners, and student who qualify for Title 1 schools. Attendees will learn body movements for 40 phonemes, along with techniques for teaching developmental listening and language skills.
Term(s) offered: Fall, Spring and Summer
Format: online (fall and spring); on-campus (summer)
  • Course Number
    TEWS693N
  • Focus On
    Preschool - 1st Grade
  • Category
    Childhood / Elementary School, Early Childhood, Online
  • Registration Options and Cost
    $225 6.0 CTLE or 0.6 CEU
    $80 Materials fee

Sections

Fall 2024

  • Section 1:
    Date(s)
    November 11 | Online
    Day and Time
    Monday, 10:00 AM–4:30 PM ET
    Registration Deadline
    Nov 4, 2024
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    • Holly Thomas
      Holly Thomas
      Holly Thomas, M.S., CCC-SLP is the Head of the Speech-Language department at Gillen Brewer as well as an adjunct instructor at Bank Street College. She is a PROMPT trained and Hanen certified therapist who has led numerous parent training workshops in the New York City area. Over the past ten years, Holly has presented Sounds In Motion workshops at the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), the New York City Department of Education, the United Federation of Teachers, Everyone Reading, and the Learning Disabilities of America (LDA). She holds a B.S. degree from Northwestern University’s School of Communication and an M.S. degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University.
This course was "the exact right balance of background information and history, plus practice and walking through the resources as well, which made it a nice balance. Holly, the presenter, was really spectacular and knowledgeable."

"A thorough plan to execute SIM. I have already been exposed by my Co-teacher, but realize there is so much more we can do!"

"This workshop transformed the way I’ll teach phonemic awareness!!"

"I'm able to use sounds in motion throughout the day and integrate it across core subjects."

"As an SLP, this course provided me with some new tools and techniques for teaching students articulation and phonemic awareness."

"I learned how to implement the SIM method into my teaching. More importantly I learned that an important part of learning letter sounds is not just the explicit teaching of said sounds but also general listening exercises and activities."