Professional Training...Guaranteed!
Convenient access to implementation, assessment, and other trending educational topics. Our FREE training is for both current customers looking for implementation guidance, and prospective teachers/owners/directors looking to learn more about FunShine Express. Earn credit hours; certificates are included with your follow-up email. Registration is now open for live sessions this fall!
Click below for the full schedule and registration links:
Training Schedule
Curriculum Implementation Training
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Buttercups 101: Implementing Curriculum with Infants and Toddlers
(1.5 hours)
Learn how to successfully implement our Buttercups Curriculum with children ages 0-3 years old. This session walks you through kit contents and shows you how to get the most from each 2-month program. We cover best practices for classroom set-up, share tips on how to save planning time, plus demonstrate how to individualize instruction for children. Finally, we'll show you how to access FREE supplemental resources on our website.
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Fireflies 101: Implementing Curriculum with 3 to 5-Year-Old Children
(1.5 hours)
Join us to learn how to successfully implement our Fireflies Curriculum with children ages 3-5 years old. This session walks you through kit contents and shows you how to get the most from each monthly program. We share tips on how to set up learning centers, schedule your day, individualize activities, and more. Finally, we'll show you how to access FREE supplemental resources on our website.
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FunShine Digital Training
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New Assessment Tools
Step 1: Learn How to Set Up Lesson Plans, Classrooms, and Teachers
(1 hour)
This workshop walks you through the start of simplified lesson planning and assessment. Once your account is ready to go, you can set up a classroom(s) with children and teachers. We show you how to find and select your state standards, load and modify lesson plans, and identify specific activities for assessment. Finally, you will see how to begin the assessment process within each activity.
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Step 2: Learn How to Record Observations and Build Progress Reports
(1 hour)
Once classrooms and lesson plans are set up, you can begin to record observations! First, we quickly review setting up your account so lesson plans always default to the state standards you select. Then, we teach you how to select activities for assessment, record observations directly from those activities, upload pictures and videos, and save everything in a permanent record for each child. Finally, you will learn how to easily download Progress Reports.
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FunShine Digital Tutorials
Need quick assistance? Watch our videos with a tutorial on a specific feature. Includes creating your lesson plans, moving activities, adding State Standards, editing activities, creating your own activities and themes, and more.
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Our Trainers
FunShine Express has well-qualified and experienced full-time staff available to write and conduct training, as requested by teachers and early childhood programs. These individuals have presented professional development materials to various groups from small licensed childcare providers to local Child Care Resource and Referral agencies to national conferences including NAFCC and NAEYC.
Beth Ehlis, Vice President of Educational Content at HiMama and Founder of FunShine ExpressDebbie Keiser, Digital Curriculum Manager
Teresa Narey, Director of Educational Content
Andrea Ehlis-Chang, Curriculum Writer
Training Credits
Use of curriculum may be creditable for training units, clock hours, or continuing education units in your state. Guidelines and terminology vary by state. FunShine Express does not guarantee that approval will be granted in your state. You must request approval from your licensor.
If your state allows the use of our curricula as credit hours, your licensor will be responsible to determine the number of hours allowed. 2-3 hours is the number of hours that we typically hear are accepted.
You can print a Certificate of Participation to document the use of our materials.
Learning Objectives for Providers
By studying and preparing this curriculum, providers will learn to:
- Make available for children a series of age-appropriate learning opportunities that will increase children’s knowledge about the world around them and support each area of development.
- Adapt lesson plans to meet the specific needs of the individual children in their group.
- Plan strategies to include the children’s families in learning experiences (through sharing literature, classroom participation, field trips, communication strategies, etc.).
Custom Training
The mission of our company is to support early child professionals as they teach and care for children. We believe assisting them with their ongoing education is important to the quality of care they provide! In addition to our fall implementation schedule, we may be able to provide customized training. Topics can be tailored to meet the needs of your group, the ages of the children the providers work with, a particular location, or a conference theme. We can offer this professional development online or in person. Please note a fee may be required.
- Online: inexpensive for us to provide and we can do it easily from our location via GoToWebinar or Zoom.
- On-site: depending on your needs and resources, we may be able to offer a workshop at your location.
To request custom online or on-site training, fill out the Training Request Form.