Early Language and Literacy Lab Trainings

Under the Georgia Early Literacy Act, starting July 2025, all teaching staff working in licensed and license-exempt Child Care Learning Centers and Family Child Care Learning Homes are required to obtain two (2) annual Early Language and Literacy training clock hours.

Here you will find a list of approved Early Language and Literacy Lab Courses (for GA DECAL):

1. Meaningful Read Alouds
2. An Ecosystem Approach to Developing the Foundation for Reading in the Early Years
3. Knowledge Building for Literacy
4. Connecting the Dots for Dual Language Learners Throughout the Preschool Day!
5. Early Literacy
6. Emergent Literacy
7. Meaningful Conversations
8. Monitoring Children’s Progress in Language & Literacy in the Early Years
9. Oral Language is the Foundation for Literacy
10. Power of Language for Infants and Toddlers
11. Primeras conversaciones
12. Primeras lecturas
13. Read with Me: Part 1
14. Read with Me: Part 2
15. Reading Comprehension
16. Reading Fluency
17. Rhyme with Me
18. Sharing Ideas Through Writing
19. Supporting Dual Language Learners Right from the Start
20. Systematic and Explicit Phonics Instruction
21. TALK with Me
22. Talk With Me Baby Early Care and Learning
23. The Power of Language
24. Transforming Story Time 2.0
25. Vocabulary Instruction

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