Early Childhood Education
PREL’s variety of culturally and linguistically diverse resources and services support high-quality learning experiences that enrich young children’s development and help to establish a solid foundation for future learning achievements. Professional development opportunities for primary educators and child care providers are designed to intersect theory and practice, incorporate culturally responsive approaches, and provide practical understanding of instructional strategies that promote young children’s language and early literacy skills.
Workshops
Creating Literacy-Enriched Environments
Audience: Early Childhood Educators, Child Care Providers
Examine how classroom environments influence children’s learning, language, and early literacy behavior in the formative years. Learn to create environments in which children have opportunities to explore different aspects of language and develop their early literacy skills in fun and meaningful ways.
Oral Language in the Early Childhood Classroom
Audience: Early Childhood Educators, Child Care Providers
Learn about different language functions and how to develop children’s abilities to use spoken language in a variety of ways. Create specific activities in the classroom to help expand children’s comprehension and production of oral language.
Teacher Training for Summer School Kindergarten
Audience: Early Childhood Educators
Learn as you teach! Practice new ideas with five-year-olds in the morning and reflect on and extend those ideas in the afternoon. Explore language through experience as an integrative approach to language/literacy development and subject area learning. Use local cultural practices in teaching and classroom management. Know the expectations for learning in the kindergarten classroom. This workshop will help you be able to learn from modeling, coaching, peer observation, and materials development that put children first.
Writing in the Early Grades
Audience: PreK-3 Teachers, Language Arts Specialists
Participants explore the developmental stages of young writers and different techniques to improve their writing skills. Participants also learn how to create new and exciting lessons aligned to the Hawai‘i Content & Performance Standards III (HCPS III). Assessments are correlated to each lesson, enabling participants to analyze student samples to inform their instruction.
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Programs
Pacific Center for the Arts and Humanities in Education (PCAHE)
Pacific Comprehensive Center (PCC)
Parent Information and Resource Center— Federated States of Micornesia (PIRC FSM)
Parent Information and Resource Center—Republic of the Marshall Islands (PIRC RMI)
Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific (REL Pacific)
Websites
earlyreading
Pacific Early Literacy Resource Kit
Pacific Language Early Readers
Products
Booklets:
Early Literacy and Assessment for Learning (K–3) Series
Books:
Coral Reef Alphabet Book for American Samoa
Island Alphabet Books
Multimedia
CDs:
Pacific Language Early Readers
Reading Aloud to Children—English/Marshallese
DVDs/VHS Tapes:
Ajri In Majel—English/Marshallese
Contact PREL
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL
Phone:
(808) 441-1300
U.S. Toll-free Phone:
(800) 377-4773
AskPREL
Service Request
For further information about PREL services, or to explore a solution customized to suit your needs, please contact us directly through our Service Request Form.