🌟 Overview

Making the Most of Storytime: Using Children’s Books to Teach Emotional Intelligence is an eLearning course emphasizing research that shows reading ability is one of the most reliable predictors of academic success.

In this course, caregivers will learn about the building blocks of emotional intelligence and how to support children in developing emotional identification, understanding, expression, and regulation through the important conversations between adults and children about emotions, which is referred to as Causal Talk, or CT.

🎯 Who Should Take This Course?

Intended for caregivers, parents, educators, social workers, speech–language pathologists, counselors, librarians, mental health specialists, and administrators.

🧠 Course Modules

• Module 1: Getting to Know Emotional Intelligence
• Module 2: Using Storybooks to Foster Emotional Intelligence
• Module 3: Making Every Storytime ECSELent

🛠 What You’ll Receive

• Instructional videos 
• Scaffolded interactive activities
• Printable PDF takeaways & resources

🎓 Certificate & CEUs

Housman Learning is an authorized Professional Development provider in MA, VT, GA, and NC. We will provide a course completion certificate along with the course syllabus upon course completion.

⏱ Course Format & Access

• Fully online, self‑paced (access anytime, anywhere)
• Approx. 1 hour to complete (3 short modules)
• Access anytime, anywhere through the Housman Learning Academy platform
• If you purchase more than one seat, please use this link to 1) download the roster template and fill out the email address and full name of your team, and 2) submit the roster. Our administrator will register your team within 24 business hours after the roster is received.