Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers
A Georgia DECAL Approved Training
Location – Conveniently At Your Service in Your Office
In-Person
Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers
Birth to Thirty-Six Months
Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers is an exclusively birth to 36 month professional learning experience designed to execute Georgia’s literacy mandates with clinical precision. This 3.0 clock hour intermediate course bridges the gap between high level neuroscience and daily classroom practice by mapping every interaction to the Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards (GELDS). Participants move beyond general caregiving to understand literacy as a construction project that begins before birth and continues through every shared moment of attention.
Why Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers Matter
Georgia is currently facing a literacy crisis with only 30 percent of fourth graders reaching proficient reading levels in 2024. This failure is a birth to three neurological problem, not a school-age curriculum problem. During the first three years, the human brain builds more than one million new neural connections every second. This course targets this highest leverage point in the education system, ensuring educators build the biological infrastructure that decoding and comprehension will eventually require.
What the Program Provides
The curriculum utilizes a rigorous five module active learning model to transition staff from passive caregivers to intentional brain architects. Participating programs gain access to resources designed to strengthen classroom practices and support educators. We move beyond passive learning to equip your team with high-impact, “day-one” application tools:
Accountable Practice
The action plan ensures that training results in immediate, observable classroom change.
Environmental Equity
A research-based audit framework using the "Mirrors and Windows" standard to ensure belonging for all children.
The Bridge to Decoding
Strategies for "Tactile Literacy" to build print awareness through sensory exploration.
Home-School Partnerships
Tools to translate technical GELDS indicators into "Plain Language Tip Cards" for families.
Who This is For
Built for professionals ready to refine their skills through a diagnostic, evidence-based lens. This training is designed for both licensed Child Care Learning Centers (CCLC) and Family Child Care Learning Homes (FCCLH):
Lead Teachers
Assistant Caregivers
Directors & Owners
Benefits for Child Care Programs
Investing in foundational ethics is an investment in your program’s stability and reputation:
Legal Compliance
This course fulfills the July 1, 2025 mandate requiring all Georgia teaching staff to obtain two annual Early Language and Literacy clock hours.
Audit Defensibility
Practice is anchored in specific GA DECAL Rules: including FCCLH Rule 290-2-3-.09 and CCLC Rule 591-1-1-.03.
Validated Excellence
The certificate of completion includes the mandated statement that the training meets the Early Language and Literacy Lab requirement.
Documented Growth
Every participant leaves with a verified Action Plan: providing the "paper trail" required for state quality assurance audits.
How to Get Started
Learning more about Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers program is simple.
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Submit your program’s
information.
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Our team will contact you
with additional details.
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Explore training and support
opportunities for your program.
Supporting Early Childhood Educators
Building the Foundation: Early Literacy Skills for Infants and Toddlers takes intentional strategies, training, and collaboration. Our goal is to equip child care providers with practical knowledge and resources that help children grow in environments where they feel safe, respected, and supported every day.
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