23TRA182 - FUNemic Awareness

Date : Wednesday 8th February
Time : 4-5PM
Venue : Online via Zoom

Target Audience: Junior and Senior Infant Teachers (those supporting students ages 5-7)

While oral language development is a natural process, the act of reading and writing must be unlocked for students with explicit and systematic instruction. The internal structure of words can be taught in playful ways to help our youngest students tune into the architecture of our alphabetic code. In this webinar, we will build a collective understanding of phonemic awareness and uncover why it is arguably the most crucial component of structured literacy instruction. Participants will learn how to strengthen their phonemic awareness lessons and make them FUN!

Bio of presenter

Lauren Walsh is a certified literacy specialist who has had the honor of working as a kindergarten, 2nd grade and 3rd grade teacher, reading intervention specialist, literacy and language coach, adjunct assistant professor for USC’s Reading and Literacy Added Authorization program, and facilitator for AIM Institute’s Pathways to Proficient Reading. Currently Lauren is working as a Literacy Specialist for Heggerty Phonemic Awareness. She also created Read.Inspire.Learn to customize professional development in all aspects of literacy instruction. Lauren is proud to serve on California Department of Education’s State Literacy Team where she developed professional development resources to be shared statewide. Lauren is also a certified dance fitness instructor and has a passion to engage her “students” (both children and adults) through performance and movement to get them excited about the essential components of reading. She lives in Agoura Hills, California with her husband and their two daughters who love dance parties and "reading with their ears" as much as she does. Follow her journey or reach out to connect on Instagram @FUNemic_Awareness and @FunWithLiteracy, on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReadInspireLearn, and on Twitter @LitLeaderLauren.