Big Learning on a Small Budget

If you are employed in a state that uses a registry to track professional development hours, you will be able to provide your registry ID (Stars, MOPID, Registry or other ECE ID#) after you have completed the quiz for the course. If you pass the quiz we will report your course completion to the state registry using the registry ID that you provide.

High-quality early learning does not require expensive materials. This course provides early childhood professionals with practical, research-based strategies to create engaging science, art, math, literacy, and sensory experiences using low- or no-cost materials. Participants will explore developmentally appropriate activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children while strengthening intentional teaching practices.
Course length – 3.5 hours.

This course will answer questions such as:

• How can teachers create engaging activities with limited resources?

• What types of recycled materials work best for learning experiences?

• How can everyday items be transformed into meaningful learning opportunities?

• How can low-cost activities support children’s development across multiple learning domains?

Participants who successfully complete this course will be able to:

• Identify examples of low or no cost materials that can be used to support learning activities for young children.

• Describe how recycled and everyday materials can be used to create engaging science, art, math, literacy, and sensory experiences.

• Explain how developmentally appropriate activities using low-cost materials can support learning for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children.

• Apply strategies for using simple or recycled materials to create meaningful learning opportunities in early childhood setting.