Resources for Early Childhood Education Consultants/Trainers

The Hanen Centre offers several valuable resources that can enhance the work of early childhood professionals who train or consult to educators. 

Based on the most current research in early childhood education, Hanen resources equip educators with the practical knowledge, skills and tools they need to build the language, early literacy and social skills of young children (birth to 5).

The following resources can help you promote the kind of responsive environments and educator-child interactions that are optimal for children’s learning:

Learning Language and Loving It™ Guidebook and DVD

The Learning Language and Loving It guidebook and DVD may be shared with educators to help them create the enriched and inclusive learning environments necessary to foster the social, language and literacy development of preschool children. These resources outline research-based responsive interaction strategies that educators can weave naturally into their day-to-day interactions with children.

Learning Language and Loving It has a three-pronged approach aimed at prevention, intervention and enrichment. This ensures that all children in the classroom benefit, including those who are delayed and those who are second-language learners.

Click on the link below to learn more about how Learning Language and Loving It can help you in your work with educators: 

Teacher Talk™ Workbooks

Based on the Learning Language and Loving It guidebook, Hanen's Teacher Talk™ workbooks each address a critical aspect of promoting the language and literacy skills of children in early childhood settings.

While not as comprehensive as Learning Language and Loving It, Teacher Talk workbooks do cover many of the key strategies from that resource. The workbooks include helpful checklists and questions with space for educators to record their own answers, enabling them to personalize each strategy.

Click on the link below to find out more about Teacher Talk:

ABC and Beyond™: Building Emergent Literacy in Early Childhood Settings

Hanen’s newest guidebook, ABC and Beyond, focuses specifically on the promotion of emergent literacy skills in early childhood settings.

The guidebook outlines practical strategies for using book reading and everyday conversations and activities to promote the seven building blocks of literacy: oral language, vocabulary, story comprehension, language of learning, print knowledge, and phonological awareness.

ABC and Beyond shows educators how they can make literacy-learning a fun and natural part of every child’s day.

Click on the link below to learn more about ABC and Beyond:

Preschool Language and Literacy Calendar

Hanen’s Preschool Language and Literacy Calendar contains a readymade schedule of simple, research-based activities for educators to use in the classroom and for parents to use at home. Each tip in the Calendar can be easily integrated into the daily routines that parents and educators do with children, helping them fill each week with rich language and literacy-learning opportunities.

Click on the link below to find out more about how the Preschool Language and Literacy Calendar helps educators: