NEW- Half-day format - 9:00 - 12:30

Sowing the Seeds for Literacy is a half-day continuing education event for early years educators, including ECE and kindergarten teachers, librarians, and others working with children birth to 6 years of age. In our 13th year, we are pleased to welcome Heather Molyneaux, Speech-Language Pathologist and Janine Ross, elementary teacher both with the St. Clair District School Board. They will be discussing the foundational skills of emergent literacy, including phonological awareness and shared reading strategies. Participants will gain practical suggestions that can be implemented with children of all ages.

Over the past twelve years, Sowing the Seeds for Literacy has explored a variety of topics in literacy, including loose parts, gender differences, numeracy, etc. This year, we are excited to go “back to basics”.

BIOs of Presenters

Heather Molyneaux is a speech-language pathologist at St. Clair Catholic District School Board. She has her Master of Health Science from the University of Toronto and has a passion for working with children with special needs. Heather has been on the Sowing the Seeds for Literacy planning committee for the past 4 years, and is excited for the opportunity to share her knowledge in emergent literacy.

Janine Ross is a grade 1/2 teacher at St. Anne Catholic School. She obtained her Masters of Science in Education at Medaille College in Buffalo. Janine has been teaching for 11 years from kindergarten to grade 4. She also has 6 years of experience as a communicative disorders assistant. Janine loves inquiry based learning, unplugged coding, and everything literacy for the early years.