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Early Childhood Educator Training: Unlocking the MELTS - 1/22/26

  • Lees Summit, MO - Mid Continent Public Library (Community Room 1) 1000 Northeast Colbern Road Lee's Summit, MO, 64064 United States (map)

About:
Join us for an engaging training designed to bring clarity and confidence to your early childhood instruction. Explore all seven domains of early learning and discover how to use the Missouri Early Learning Tools (MELTS) to support developmentally appropriate, play-based teaching.

Each participant will receive a MELTS book and leave with ready-to-use lesson plans, strategies, and activities for immediate classroom application.

Highlights include:
✔ Clear breakdown of the Missouri Early Learning Standards
✔ Learning scales from Kindergarten to Toddlers
✔ Play-based strategies and cross-domain planning
✔ At-home activities to support family engagement
✔ Lesson planning using the MELTS framework

Empower your teaching with tools that make early learning meaningful, intentional, and fun!

Instructors:
✳︎Sue Herrera, Director of Instructional Development and Consultant, STEP Up
✳︎Shauna Stephanchick, President & Founder, STEP Up

Price: $300 per participant (Price includes a Missouri Early Learning Standards (MELT) Book!)
**Current STEP Up Members get 25% discount with code “Member25”

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