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         Scaffolding Early Literacy (SEL) program website
What is a “play plan”? What is self-regulation and why is it so important for academic success? Learn these answers and more at our new Scaffolding Early Literacy (SEL) program website. You will find information for educators and families on research and resources related to instructional strategies, the Vygotskian approach, and kindergarten readiness, plus SEL program and professional development content and a child’s typical day in an SEL classroom.
         Technical Assistance and Professional Development for Early Reading First Projects

McREL's Scaffolding Early Literacy (SEL) program provides professional development for teachers as they work to develop young children's cognition, language, and early literacy.

McREL can customize the SEL program to meet your specific needs. We provide sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused activities, such as in-class coaching and demonstrations.

         Early Childhood Program Evaluation Services
         Early Childhood "Total Classroom Makeover"
         Early Reading First Program Technical Assistance & Professional Development
         Scaffolding Early Learning Program
         Developing Literacy & Mathematics Skills in Preschool & Kindergarten Children
         Dyanmic Coaching for Scaffolding Early Literacy
         Online Professional Learning Communities (Webinar follow-up to workshops)
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Workshop
         School Readiness: Strategies to Help Preschool Children Meet the Demands of a Kindergarten Classroom
         Meeting the needs of emergent readers: Bert and Ernie to the rescue!
         100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers
         A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors
         Chopsticks and Counting Chips: Do Play and Foundational Skills Need to Compete for the Teacher's Attention in an Early Childhood Classroom?
         Developing Self-Regulation in Kindergarten: Can We Keep All the Crickets in the Basket?
         Make-believe play versus academic skills: a Vygotskian approach to today's dilemma of early childhood education
         Our Kids: A McREL Report Prepared for Stupski Foundation's Learning System
         Scaffolded Writing: A Successful Strategy for Promoting Children's Writing in Kindergarten
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Through Play
         Scaffolding Emergent Writing in the Zone of Proximal Development
         Self-regulation: A Foundation for Early Learning
         The Tools of the Mind Project: A Case Study of Implementing the Vygotskian Approach in American Early Childhood and Primary Classrooms
         For the Love of Words: Vocabulary Instruction that Works
         Scaffolding Literacy Development in the Kindergarten Classroom
         Scaffolding Literacy Development in the Preschool Classroom

         Scaffolding Emergent Writing in the Zone of Proximal Development