Transforming Story Time
It’s not just what you read, but how you read with children that makes all the difference. Transform story time into a brain-building (and fun!) experience for your children.
- Cost
- 100% Free
- Time to complete
- 3.5 Hours
- Provides a
- Certificate of Training
Recommended for
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Teachers who work with children in preschool and pre-k
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Families with children ages 3-5
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People who want to understand the benefits of interactive story reads with children
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Childcare program and site director
By the End of This Course You’ll Be Able To
After completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- Demonstrate how to read interactively with preschool and pre-k children
- Identify a focus book and explain why it should be read three times in a week
- Determine what to focus on during each of your three story reads
Why It Matters
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Children need interactive reads to help them understand the meaning of stories and build vocabulary
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Interactive story reads help build critical literacy skills for children
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Being intentional about your story reads provides more
How it Works
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Learn at Your Own Pace
You don’t have to finish the course all in one sitting. In fact, we recommend you take this course a little bit at a time, incorporating what you’ve learned in the classroom.
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Earn IACET CEUs
In order to pass and receive IACET CEUs for this course, you will first need to complete all the lessons, then complete the end of course assessment with a score of 80% or higher.
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Free Guided Resources
As you go through a course, we’ll introduce you to free resources that will help you implement what you’re learning.
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Never Learn Alone
Have a question on what you’re learning in the course or how to use a resource? Reach out to the Cox Campus community for advice or to lend a helping hand to others.
Lessons
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Lesson 1
TST Lesson 1: Introduction to START
Duration 32 minutesIn this lesson, you will take a first look at START and learn how to identify sophisticated storybooks. -
Lesson 2
TST Lesson 2: The First START Read: State and Teach
Duration 27 minutesThis lesson introduces you to the first two elements of START and how they unfold in the first read. -
Lesson 3
TST Lesson 3: The First START Read: Ask, Respond, and Tie
Duration 30 minutesIn this lesson you’ll learn about the last three elements of START, for a first read that highlights the key events. -
Lesson 4
TST Lesson 4: The Second START Read
Duration 27 minutesIn this lesson you will learn how to do a second START read of a sophisticated storybook, this time focusing on the book’s characters’ thoughts and feelings. -
Lesson 5
TST Lesson 5: The Third Read
Duration 37 minutesIn this lesson, you will learn how to do a third START read, where children will be doing a lot more of the talking. -
Lesson 6
TST Lesson 6: Sarah’s Experience Planning for Transforming Story Time
Duration 21 minutesIn this lesson, Sara, a pre-k teacher, takes you through her experience planning successful START reads. -
Lesson 7
TST Lesson 7: Responsive Teaching and START
Duration 37 minutesAt the end of this lesson you will have the skills to support each child in a transforming storybook experience. -
Lesson 8
TST Lesson 8: End of Course Assessment
Duration 16 minutesIn this lesson, you will take the end-of-course assessment. You must score 80% or higher to pass the assessment and receive your certificate of completion.
Your Facilitator
Mary Carey, M. Ed.
Rollins Center Preschool and Pre-K Facilitator
Mary is a Rollins Center facilitator for preschool and pre-k educators. She is a member of the Rollins’ Content Development Team for online learning courses for Cox Campus and provides online coaching on Cox Campus practices.
Success Stories
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"The Cox Campus will give you practical tools to dramatically benefit the children in your classrooms, giving them the power to be successful in elementary school and well beyond."MeganTeacher
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"I love the Cox Campus courses because I am able to log on at my convenience and learn a little more information to help me be a better teacher/caregiver and even a better parent."StaceyInfant / Toddler Teacher
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"I have learned so much to take back to my classroom. I’m using these learning experiences to help strengthen the language of each child and I see a difference each day in the children’s language."DeborahTeacher
FAQs
The Cox Campus is the digital outreach platform for the Rollins Center for Language & Literacy. Our team is composed of experienced teachers, early learning and language experts, neuroscientists, school leaders, speech language pathologists and authorities in adult learning and curriculum design to give all children access to the Science of Reading to change the odds for all children.
When you sign up for the Cox Campus, you'll get access to interactive, video-based courses, hundreds of free printable resources, virtual workshops and webinars from early childhood development experts, and a community of child-pacing professionals and families.
The Cox Campus is for all child-facing adults to work to improve child outcomes and positively impact learning. We have courses and content designed for educators, school district leaders, medical professionals, childcare providers, families, and more.
Everything on the Cox Campus is available at no cost – ever. Thanks to generous partner investments and grant funding, the Cox Campus creates online courses and resources for child-facing adults so literacy is a reality for every child.
All the resources and courses on Cox Campus are created based on the latest research and science in early childhood development. Childhood development experts at the Rollins Center for Language and Literacy at the Atlanta Speech School create all of the content based on strategies they implement in real classrooms.
New courses, resources, and teaching guides are released frequently. All of the content on Cox Campus is designed to help teachers, families, and community leaders with challenges they may be facing right now.
The Rollins Center, of the Atlanta Speech School, in some cases, may allow an instructor, facilitator, content editor or a subject matter expert or consultant with proprietary interests to conduct professional development activities at Rollins events, provided that appropriate disclosure of such interest is made. Disclosure of proprietary interest will be made on course material and at the beginning of the course/learning event, when applicable.
