Excelligence Learning Partners With United Way Program to Offer Art Workshops At the Mountain Valley Family Center.Business Editors MONTEREY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 8, 2002 Excelligence Learning Corporation (NASDAQSC: LRNS), a developer, manufacturer, and retailer of educational products to child care programs, preschools, and schools is participating in Success by Six in Salinas, California Salinas is the county seat and largest municipality of Monterey County in the U.S. state of California. The most current estimate from the California Department of Finance, places the 2006 population at 148,350,[1] . Success by Six, a nationwide program of the United Way, addresses the issue of school readiness for young children by reaching out to local teachers, head start instructors and child care center facilitators. In cooperation with The Family Center in Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. , Excelligence has created arts & crafts workshops based on the vital connection between art, literacy and learning. These workshops are customized to help teachers learn the educational values of arts & crafts activities so they can make the most of children's early education. Excelligence's Director of Training and licensed art therapist, Anna Reyner, has created the curriculum for these workshops. Anna will also train a group of mentor teachers, following the workshop. These mentor teachers will learn how to conduct similar trainings for groups of teachers in more remote, rural areas, where teachers typically have limited access to specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. training. The workshops are being held on Saturday, August 10th at the Mountain Valley Family Child Development Center. "Working with Success by Six, we are creating workshops at the Center that will be taught in both English and Spanish to help to span language and cultural differences and impart the value of art in child development," explained Reyner. Success by Six specifically requested two levels of workshops be coordinated, one for teachers and another for teacher mentors. Using this two-tier training approach, a higher number of teachers will be impacted, and more children will benefit from a broader and more educationally-enriched use of art in the classroom. Art engages children's senses in open ended play and develops Cognitive, Social-Emotional, and Multi-Sensory skills. Art promotes print awareness Print awareness refers to a child's understanding of the nature and uses of print. A child's print awareness is closely associated with his or her word awareness or the ability to recognize words as distinct elements of oral and written communication. and the fine motor skills The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. “Dexterity” redirects here. For other uses, see Dexterity (disambiguation). needed for writing. Meaningful art experiences provide children with authentic self-expression - the freedom of choice, thought and feeling. Working with the United Way's Success by Six program, instructing and donating the art supplies for these workshops is just one of Excelligence Learning's community relations 1. The relationship between military and civilian communities. 2. Those public affairs programs that address issues of interest to the general public, business, academia, veterans, Service organizations, military-related associations, and other non-news media entities. efforts. The company also spearheads a school supply donation matching program, Excel Kids, through its division in Texas, Educational Products Inc. The company published magazine, Earlychildhood NEWS, partners with the Jane Goodall Institute The Jane Goodall Institute was founded by Jane Goodall and Genevieve, Princess di San Faustino, in 1977. In 1991, JGI launched its widest-reaching program: Roots & Shoots, a program about making positive change happen—for our communities, for animals and for the environment. (JGI JGI Joint Genome Institute JGI Jane Goodall Institute JGI Just Got It (chat) JGI Just Google It ) to produce "Roots & Shoots for Young Children," a program supporting empathy empathy Ability to imagine oneself in another's place and understand the other's feelings, desires, ideas, and actions. The empathic actor or singer is one who genuinely feels the part he or she is performing. education for young children. About Excelligence Learning Corporation Excelligence Learning Corporation is a developer, manufacturer and retailer of educational products to child care programs, preschools, and schools. The company serves early childhood professionals, educators, and parents by providing quality educational products and programs for children from infancy to 12 years of age. With proprietary product offerings, a multi-channel distribution strategy and extensive management expertise, the company helps to further children's education and to reinforce the connection between learning at school and at home. The company is comprised of two business divisions, Early Childhood and Elementary School elementary school: see school. . Through its Early Childhood division, the company develops, markets and sells educational products to early childhood professionals and parents for use in preschools and child care programs. Through its Elementary School division, the Company sells school supplies and other products specifically targeted for use by children in the first through sixth grade to elementary schools, teachers and parents or community organizations to be resold as a fundraising device for the benefit of a particular school. Excelligence Learning Corporation is headquartered in Monterey, California For other uses, see Monterey (disambiguation). The City of Monterey is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in central California. As of 2005, the city population was 30,641. . |
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