Participant Program for the 38th Annual Utah Early Childhood Conference hosted by

Friday March 22 Preconference Events (details @ www.utahearlychildhoodconference.com)

9:00 5:00 3:00 8:00 6:00 8:00 Tours of NAEYC Accredited Centers Night at the Museums Discovery Gateway, The Leonardo, Natural History*(closes at 5) Lakeshore Learning Open House with Workshop Presentation at 7 p.m.

Saturday March 23 Cottonwood High School, 5113 South 1300 East Murray Utah
7:30 - 8:30 Registration in commons area 8:30 - 10:00 10:15 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:15 Keynote Steve Spangler in Cottonwood High auditorium Session 1 Lunch Break Cafeteria: Sack lunches from the Grist Mill for participants registered for full conference. Commons Area & Main Halls: Browse vendors and student posters to gain new ideas and insights for your work with young children. 12:15 - 1:30 1:45 - 3:00 3:00 Session 2 Session 3 Please turn in evaluations at registration desk in commons area

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Special Thanks to ALL Supporting Organizations

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Session Room

Session 1
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Class Descriptions
Title & Description The Importance of Play: Using theories of Human Development to Better Understand Play. Would you like to improve the quality of play in your classroom? This class offers ideas on how to use theory and knowledge of play to improve play time and make it as developmentally productive as possible. Teaching Life Skills through Scientific Inquiry. This presentation will provide real classroom examples of the project approach in action, with an emphasis on how to scaffold childrens learning to promote creative problemsolving and critical thinking. Ways to Create a Science Play-based Learning Environment. Play is the main vehicle for how young children learn and develop their knowledge and skills. This workshop focuses on ways that teachers can incorporate play into their science centers and curriculum. How do we fit it all in? Making the Most of our Time while Teaching the Curriculum. With the growing demand on a teacher's time, how do you fit it all in? This class will help you to gain a better understanding of how integrated instruction of science with language arts can help you save time. During our time together, you will have the opportunity to work with other teachers and plan an integrated lesson and assessments to take back to use in your classroom. Outdoor Classroom. Setting up an effective outdoor classroom to support learning in various interest areas. Recognizing Stress and Stressors in Early Childhood Education Classrooms. In this workshop we will explore questions of what stress is, how early educators can recognize causes and consequences of stress, and provide classroom environments with appropriate levels of challenge to reduce distress. If You Only Knew...What I Want to Know? This session will explore deeper insights into science concepts for young children. Following the Common Core guidelines participants will be engaged in creative science activities and age appropriate practices for young children to help them explore and use critical thinking process. Tools for Your Tool Box: Tips for Working with Special Needs in Child Care Settings. Come gain insight and tips for working with children with special needs in your setting. Participant's questions and scenarios about the children they serve will guide the session. Gain quick and easy tips that can be put to in place in any setting. Ways to Enhance Learning and Focusing Ability using Brain Gym Activities. Learn ways to help students transition, focus, and relieve stress with more ease using Brain Gym Activities. Children enjoy doing Brain Gym Activities. They are easy to do and the benefits in in children's daily activities can be seen and felt. Home, School, & Community: Making Meaningful Connections. Come and explore new and creative ways to create and strengthen connections between school, home, and community. Participate in interactive activities that can be used in any program. Exchange ideas with other providers about ways they have created their own connections. Exploration: Infant and Toddler Work. This workshop will focus on the importance of learning to slow down and appreciate how infants and toddlers play and explore. When we learn to see as the child does, we find joy and excitement in our work. Sensory Experiences with Infants, Toddlers, and Twos. Come and learn quick and easy sensory experiences and ideas perfect for infants, toddlers, and twos. This workshop will be hands on with participants gaining a number of activities, materials, recipes, and ideas. CEU/ NAC CEU Track

101

102

Elizabeth Montoya

ALL

102

103

April Mitchell

CEU

ALL PreK K -2nd grade ALL PreK Admin

103

104

M. Andrew Montgomery

CEU

104

105

Suzanna Graff

CEU

K-2nd

105

110

Ilse Wilson Jared A. Lisonbee Ph.D.

CEU

Infant/Tod PreK-2nd ALL

106

111

CEU

107

114

Ivonne Jensen

CEU

K-2nd

108

115

Bobbi Strong M.Ed.

CEU

ALL PreK

109

119

Sara Banister

CEU

ALL PreK K-2nd Afterschool

110

120

Brionne Thompson

CEU

ALL Pre-K

111

121

Kim Melville & Samantha Mafua

CEU

Infant/Tod

112

123

Danielle Jensen

Infant/Tod

113

127

Aurora Howell, Leticia Pedersen, & Judith Lopez Mendez

114

128

Julie Wells

115

129

Clarissa Martinez

116

131

Dianne Yancey

117

302

Brad Kelstrom LCSW

118

304

UAEYC

119

305

Kellie Baxter

120

306

Barbara Leavitt & Robin Lindsay

121

309

Renee Olesen MD, FAAP Melissa Lloyd

122

311

123

602

Amy Buehler

124

510

Encarni Gallardo & Vanessa Abernethy LuCinda Gustavson & Matt McLain

125

511

The Teacher's Role in Promoting Literacy as a Source of Enjoyment. Come explore how literacy learning begins with listening and speaking. Through meaningful speech and conversations children learn to organize their thoughts and ideas, and construct an understanding of the rules of language. Ready, Set, Go! Strategies for Pre-K Readiness, Literacy, and Math.. Come learn engaging teaching strategies that can be implemented with children of diverse abilities and learning styles and foster early academic success in a joyful environment. This session provides a developmentally appropriate progression of play activities using common multisensory materials to promote crucial social, physical, early literacy, and math foundation skills Using Observation-Based Assessment Information to Individualize Children's Learning. Participants will examine the steps of the assessment cycle and review strategies for seamlessly linking curriculum and observation-based assessment. Individualizing childrens learning through thoughtful observation, family conferences, and planning will drive the discussion. The Scientific Method for Young Children. The process of science is what really counts. This session will provide participants with an opportunity to experience seven basic steps of scientific discovery and problem solving. Secondary Trauma & Self-Care. Considering recent national events, it is essential for educators to be aware of their own secondary trauma. This hands-on, interactive workshop will provide an overview of what secondary trauma is and how we can manage it through improved self-care. I Think I Can: Meeting the Challenges of Continuous Program Improvement. Using a roundtable format, directors of four local NAEYC accredited early childhood programs will discuss examples of practical solutions for meeting quality improvement challenges (e.g. finding funding, staff and family buy-in), respond to questions from participants, and provide time for participants to network and begin a support network. Asthma-Friendly Child Care. This interactive workshop will help child care administration and staff understand how to care for children with asthma and create an asthma-friendly child care environment using learning activities, case studies, and discussion. Help Me Grow: Linking Children and their Families to Community Based Resources. This session will help participants plan a comprehensive, firstlevel screening program to obtain community based resources for infants, young children, and their families. Early Brain and Child Development- How do Early Experiences Impact the Lives of Our Children? This session will explore these critical questions for ensuring the well-being of our children: What is toxic stress? Why do the first 1000 days really matter? How can we Build Bridges in our state to minimize toxic stress in the lives of Utah's youngest? Cooking in the Classroom. This session provides ideas for using cooking activities in the classroom. Handle with Care: Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Mental Illness for Young Children. Signs of potential mental, emotional and behavioral disorders are often apparent at very young age. Come learn to identify risk factors, handle difficult situations, discuss concerns with parents, decide when and how to contact Child Protective Services, and appropriate self-care when caring for others. I Don't Have Time for That! - Taking Control of Your Professional Life. Being organized and feeling organized are two different things. This workshop includes tips and ideas to organize your values, find your priorities, focus your energy and get more things done. Utah Kids Ready to Read. Help parents learn how they can get their child ready to read using five fun and easy practices: talking, singing, reading, writing and playing.

CEU

Infant/Tod

CEU

ALL PreK

CEU

ALL PreK

CEU

Infant/Tod All PreK ALL PreK, Afterschool

CEU

NAC

ALL

NAC CEU

ALL Admin

NAC

ALL

CEU

ALL

CEU

All

PreK

CEU

ALL Admin ALL

NAC

126

601

Debora Escalante & Sue Womack

127 128 129

209 603 604

Stephanie Haven & Britney Hales Rebecca Evans & Hailey Leek Kathy Carr

Visual Art Integration for Emerging Literacy. This workshop introduces a research project designed to increase language and literacy skills among ELL (and English speaking) kindergarten students using visual art integration. Both the results of the study and the lesson design model will be presented, and resources will be made available to early childhood educators interested in implementing some of the strategies in their own classrooms. Artful Scientist. Come learn ways to create inexpensive science and art projects for the classroom, while creating valuable experiences for children by using nature and recycled materials to teach multiple messages. Discover Construction with STEM. Learn about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) and how you can use it your classroom through construction toys. Moments with Monet. Explore the power of the palette and paint for young children. Create your own work of art using the style of Monet. Let's be Scientific Explorers. This class will explore exposing children to science exploration through gardening and nature based play. Activities, songs, hands-on experiences and study topics will be introduced that will provide strategies to accomplish outcomes across all areas of development and learning. The Music of Learning. Music touches us personally, stimulates our ability to remember and reduces stress. Come learn basic tips and utilize music as an educational tool for integrating core concepts, increasing observation skills and experiential fun! No previous musical experience is required. Not Just Cute: Teaching with Intention. There is no shortage of good ideas in this Pinterest-driven world, but what we may lack is purpose. In this session, we'll discuss how to teach with intention by learning the Recognize Emphasize - Maximize approach to teaching. Avoid Intention Deficit Disorder and learn to plan and prepare an environment that will promote meaningful experiences for the children you teach. "Woodworking in the Classroom? You Bet!" The Value of Constructive Construction Play. This is a hands on session where you will experience how woodworking with real wood and a variety of real hand tools can be introduced and implemented with preschoolers and older children. We will discuss how to inexpensively obtain the materials, and offer a safe and a progressive method that encourages open-ended play and creativity where math and literacy skills can be embedded. The Teacher's Role in Child-Initiated Play. Learn how to mentor children's play to elicit rich narrative storyline and the implementation of concepts and skills in science, math, social studies and literacy.

Infant/Tod All PreK-2nd

CEU

K-2nd PreK K-2nd

CEU

All PreK K-2nd Afterschool All PreK K-2nd Afterschool

130

605

Sharon Moore & Brenda Call

CEU

131

608

Cheyenne Herland

CEU

All PreK

132

610

Amanda Morgan

All PreK K-2nd Afterschool

133

314/ 315

Kathy Thompson

CEU

All PreK, K-2nd

134

101

Genan Anderson

CEU

ALL

12:15-1:30 p.m. Session 2

Session 201 Room 101 Presenter Steve Spangler Title & Description Secrets Connecting Science and Children's Literature. Come join Steve Spangler for creative ideas to connect Science and Literacy. Circle Time The Developmentally Appropriate Way. Is your Circle Time Developmentally Appropriate? In this class you will get ideas for running a Developmentally Appropriate Circle Time along with a lesson plan and printables for a Super Hero theme. We will teach you ways of adapting Circle Time ideas and lessons to meet your class age/level and program requirements. Science is Happening All Around Children Learn Science Concepts as They Play. Children see science happen as they discover ants moving in a line, when they blow on a dandelion, when they watch a rainbow appear, as they chase their shadows, see light through a bubble, watch fruit loops float or see their reflection in a mirror. Informal science can be initiated by the teacher or by children. When teachers and children are engaged with each other opportunities arise for interactive teaching. Transformation. The participants will do hands-on activities that use math, science, and literacy skills to examine, explore, and record their observations on the properties of substances and how they change. They will see how literacy and science can go hand-in-hand. Meaningful Writing Experiences for Preschoolers. This workshop will provide an overview of appropriate writing experiences for preschool children and activities that can provide rich writing experiences which give children a strong foundation to build upon. UEN Presents the Techno Letter "P". UEN proudly presents Techno Letter "P" a dynamic session where participants will come away with confidence and resources for easy classroom technology integration. Find out about all of the great resources in Preschool Pioneer Library, how to present with Prezi and some tips and tricks for using the iPad in early childhood learning. Mud Pies and Butterflies. Come and have fun with us! We will talk about how to use ordinary, everyday objects to build extraordinary activities for young children that will enhance their development. We will show how you can create outdoor spaces that will allow the children to explore and learn. Contextualizing Curriculum with Food, Land, and People. Participants will explore authentic, research-based learning activities that can be used to engage students with an understanding about how our basic needs (food, clothing, and shelter) are met every day. These targeted core curriculum instructional resources will provide teachers with new ideas, activities, and tools to build greater understanding and retention among students in the areas of science, social studies, and nutrition. Read, Speak, & Sing to your Babies: How caregivers can promote joy in every child. Developmentally appropriate music & movement activities are essential for Infants and toddlers. In this class we will explore how to begin to use props, singing, rhythm & rhymes to promote a fun and exciting classroom experience for the very young in your classroom. What? Babies and Science! Explore ideas to get infants and toddlers involved in nature and science experiences that are safe, age appropriate, and create a sense of wonder! Intentional Teaching in Small Groups. Have you ever wondered how to teach small groups, using core skills with only materials on you have hand? Our session will encourage teachers to provide fun, hands-on small groups that will engage children while teaching intentionally. Join us to learn and take home many new small group ideas! Simple Yoga Breaks for Compassion Fatigue and Trauma: For Self-care and for use with Children. This session introduces simple yoga as a healing tool both for self-care to address compassion fatigue and trauma: all shapes and sizes welcome. Using yoga allows one to use the body as part of the healing process. This integrated approach addresses the complex issues of both compassion fatigue and trauma to help children, their families, and the education provider.

CEU/ NAC CEU

Track ALL

202

104

Verlina Adame & Katie Madsen

Infant/Tod All PreK

203

608

Sherrie West & Amy LeFevre

CEU

All PreK

204

105

Geraldine Cohn

CEU

ALL

205

110

Shirlene Law

CEU

All PreK

206

111

Lisa Cohne

CEU

ALL

207

601

Kelli Barker & Kaelin Olsen

CEU

All PreK

208

115

Lynn Wallin

CEU

K-2nd

209

120

Linda L Smith

CEU

Infant/Tod

210

121

Vickie Becker & Barbara Black Kelly Rakuita & Cheryl Hone

CEU

Infant/Tod

211

129

CEU

PreK, K-2nd

212

131

Yael Calhoun MA, MS, RYT

All

213

103

Cathrine Aasen Floyd Ph.D.

214

304

Geri Mendoza

215

305

Zo Finney & Nasrin Zandkarimi

216

209

Teresa Cardon

217

306

Trina Taylor & Carrie Jensen

218

311

Janet Wahlquist

219 220

102 511

Deborah L. Carter, Ph.D. Katy Callor

221

603

Anita Calder & Kristen Remington

222

604

Julia Mohr & Joanne Curtis Julie N. Goodro

223

314/315

224

605

Crystal Emery & Katharine Robinson

Gender Bias in Children's Literature. Childrens literature has been proven to be biased when it comes to the depiction of male and female characters. This session focuses on: How to identify bias, purchase childrens literature that is equitable, and combat bias in childrens favorite books. This presentation is based on a 2012 research project comparing childrens literature in the United States and Norway that identified bias in American books found in child care and Head Start programs. Attuning for Personal and Organizational Change. Successful coaching relationships are based on a collaborative process of co-learning where the coach is allowed the same opportunity as the coachee to reflect on self as part of their learning. We will explore how the concepts of Change Theory and Systems Thinking facilitate learning and results and how to apply these concepts to early childhood coaching. Expanding from concrete coaching skills to organizational learning, with hands on, interactive experiences. Everything Immunizations. Participants will learn the immunization schedule and how to know if a child is up to date on vaccines, receive an introduction to the Utah State Immunization Registry, and directions for completing the November Report. Initiations and Interactions Early Intervention Techniques for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This session will provide caregivers and educators practical strategies to encourage positive interactions and increase communication in young children at risk, or diagnosed with, an autism spectrum disorder. Strategies will include research based interventions that encourage caregiver engagement, expressive and receptive communication, and social interactions. Video examples of techniques will be utilized to demonstrate strategies and provide opportunities for dialogue among participants. Protecting Utah's Kids: An Adults Responsibility. This presentation will help adults learn the types, signs and laws relating to child abuse as well as understand their responsibility to protect children. Grooming behaviors used by child predators will be discussed. As adults you will understand how to talk to a child about abuse. Eggs and Ham and Strawberry Jam: Science and Language in the Kitchen. Looking for an activity that encourages creativity, builds selfconfidence, develops small motor control, teaches about other cultures, expands language, reading, and math skills, includes science experiments, and more? Try cooking! In this workshop we will explore ways to bring favorite stories to life through food experiences. Science and God in Preschool. Biblical and faith-infused instruction during science activities with preschool children. Building a Solid Foundation. Relationships and strong teaching skills are important for creating the optimal learning environment. Come learn how to work on improving relationships within your classroom to increase students learning and knowledge. Connect the Dots: Fully Engaging the Brain. Come learn strategies to help children use all of their brain to improve sensory processing, motor, language, and literacy skills. Materials will be given so that participants can go back to their work setting ready to engage children with fun activities that use all areas of the brain. Monkey Math: Using Children's Books to Explore Math. Participants will learn how to use children's books to teach young children early math skills such as number sense and counting, sorting and classifying, time sequence, problem solving, and one to one correspondence. Jump into Australia through Folk Tales and the Arts. Using Australian folk tales as a jumping off point we will explore some singing, movement, and craft activities, as well as animal species unique to Australia. Sensory Experience and Classroom Strategies in Promoting Childrens Success at School. This workshop aims at defining sensory integration, with focus on when and how to use sensory strategies to promote childrens success at school. Adaptive equipment will be introduced in the hands-on portion of this workshop, with a take-me-home project. Learn easy, fun, and inexpensive ways to create a sensory-enriched classroom!

CEU

ALL

NAC CEU

Admin

NAC CEU

ALL

NAC CEU

ALL Early Intervention

CEU

ALL

CEU

All PreK Afterschool

CEU CEU

PreK All PreK

CEU

Learn & Take

CEU

Learn & Take PreK, K-2nd

CEU

CEU

ALL

1:45 - 3:00 Session 3

Session Room

*by room number means same class is also presented in session 2 Presenters Kim Dutson and Stephanie L. Jensen Title & Description Inviting Children to Know, Wonder and Learn through Play Experiences. Know, Wonder, Learn! What is it? Why use it? How will it help create a positive play experience? In this workshop participant will learn a fresh approach to planning and integrating an environment with hands on, concrete materials that encourage active learning. LEAP into Science: Integrating Science and Children's Literature. This program integrates literacy and science by linking children's books with inquiry-based hands-on science exploration. LEAP into Science aims to inspire exploration and questioning, providing opportunities for children and families to think like scientists and investigate scientific phenomena with familiar materials and relevant children's literature. Just Get Out! Tips & Techniques for Science Exploration Outdoors. Nature provides the perfect classroom for young children, but it can be daunting to take groups of little ones outdoors to explore. Ogden Nature Center Teacher-naturalist Susan Snyder will help teachers find ways to make outdoor learning accessible, while providing some fun lesson plans and local resources for outdoor learning. Learning about Science through Play. Young children love the mystery and magic of science. Learn effective instructional strategies that will provide opportunities for young children to learn more about the world they live in. Help young children explore their world through hands-on experiences, inquiry, and play. Take the Sigh Out of Science. Take the sigh out of science by incorporating hands-on, inquiry-based activities that will leave your students (and you) excited to learn more! During this session, you will get YOUR hands on interesting and engaging materials. You Want to Grow the Brain, Build the Relationship! Do you ever wonder why children do what they do in the first three years? Much of children's behavior is driven by what is happening within their developing brain and their relationships with adults. We will talk about how the brain develops, how we can support optimal brain development and create a better understanding of social/emotional development and why babies, toddlers and twos do what they do. Incorporating Environmental Education with Literature. Using hands-on, inquiry-based methodology, participants will learn how to incorporate environmental education into lesson planning using children's literature. Participants will be given an example of a lesson plan guided around a nature based read-aloud. Bouncing Off Books. In this Learn and Take session child care providers will learn to develop fun and easy lesson plans that include art, movement, nature discovery and hands on play, by bouncing off the books that they already love. Tips will be shared on enriching the home or classroom using children's literature. How Early Childhood Programs can help Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect. Early Childhood Programs can develop strategies to build the protective factors in families that have been proven to reduce child abuse and neglect. Participants will learn about these program strategies and protective factors, begin to understand their role in prevention and find out how to get more information and support for implementing program changes. Autism: Paying Attention to Joint Attention. This presentation will discuss the characteristics of autism. What is it? How do I recognize it? How does it influence development and learning? What is joint attention? How do I promote joint attention in a young child with autism? Glad Monster, Sad Monster. This Learn & Take workshop is a fun, interactive way to explore the many different ways we feel! Youll have an opportunity to make simple props so you can help the children walk through the wide range of moods all little monsters (and kids!) experience.

CEU/ NAC CEU

Track

301

101

Learn & Take

302

102

Elise Peterson, Liesl Johnson, & Linda Aaron Gillis

CEU

All PreK & Up

303

104

Susan Snyder M.S.

CEU

PreK, K-2nd

304

105

Cari Buckner Ed. D.

CEU

PreK, K-2nd

305

110

Shavon Mousser & Amy White

CEU

K-2nd

306

120

JoEllen Robbins

CEU

Infant/Tod

307

115

Will & Carolyn Bollwerk

CEU

All PreK K-2nd

308

608

Leslie Trottier & Megan Jolley

CEU

Learn & Take

309

511

Annie Frazier & Alda Jones

NAC CEU

ALL

310

129

Carma Mordecai Lyn Barker, Sarah Hansen, & Tina Kofford

NAC CEU

ALL

311

602

CEU

Learn & Take

312

121

Kristine Kokol, LCSW Carolyn Hoye, Carmen Cardenas, & Lilian Madrid

313

605

314

209

Elisabeth Barker & Gay Newby

315

314/315

Janet Wahlquist

316

111

Debora Escalante & Chantel Booker

317

131

Mary Ogan Zo Finney & Nasrin Zandkarimi

318*

305

319*

603

Anita Calder & Kristen Remington

320*

604

Julia Mohr & Joanne Curtis Kelli Barker & Kaelin Olsen

321*

601

322

311

Heather Hudson & Brionne Thompson

Addressing Sexual/Physical Abuse in the Classroom Setting. This workshop will help participants learn to recognize signs and symptoms of abuse and methods of reducing intensity of trauma reactions. Proper Nutrition is a Start to Helping Children Grow Smart. Come learn about the importance of proper nutrition and fun ways to incorporate healthy foods in the everyday routines of your child care program! This session offers interesting and engaging ideas for child care providers to help children learn about and find enjoyment in healthy food. You will leave with items and ideas to help you model and promote sensible eating habits in your program! Take a Hike. Learn how to prepare for and execute some hiking adventures that will be lifetime memories for the children in your care, whether you go up a mountain or just around the block. We will help you load a backpack you can keep with all of the things you will need to have a delightful hiking adventure with young children. M & M's: Using Music and Movement Throughout the day. Music provides ways for communication and expression, helps with physical development, develops math concepts, promotes creative thinking, and so much more! In this workshop we will look at ways to use music all through the day. Music activities can be used for transitions, at circle time, gross motor activities, stories, and more. You will leave this workshop with activities you can start using tomorrow! Creative Dramatics with English Language Learners for Content and Language Acquisition. This experiential workshop will introduce participants to ways creative drama can increase confidence, creativity, learning, and language. It will also include the firsthand experience of a novice teacher who is currently using creative drama with her young students. Collaborative Teacher Evaluation. Join us in exploring ways to collaborate with teachers in evaluation of their strengths and areas for growth and then creating a plan for professional development and growth. Everything Immunizations. Participants will learn the immunization schedule and how to know if a child is up to date on vaccines, receive an introduction to the Utah State Immunization Registry, and directions for completing the November Report. Connect the Dots: Fully Engaging the Brain. Come learn strategies to help children use all of their brain to improve sensory processing, motor, language, and literacy skills. Materials will be given so that participants can go back to their work setting ready to engage children with fun activities that use all areas of the brain. Monkey Math: Using Children's Books to Explore Math. Participants will learn how to use children's books to teach young children early math skills such as number sense and counting, sorting and classifying, time sequence, problem solving, and one to one correspondence. Mud Pies and Butterflies. Come and have fun with us! We will talk about how to use ordinary, everyday objects to build extraordinary activities for young children that will enhance their development. We will show how you can create outdoor spaces that will allow the children to explore and learn. Creating Healthy Food Programs for Children. Come and discover ways to create a successful and healthy food program. Explore new healthy recipes that children love, participate in a food experience that can be used with children, and learn how such a program still meets child nutrition program guidelines and is successful with encouraging children to try new foods.

CEU

ALL

CEU

Learn & Take

CEU

Learn & Take

CEU

Infant/Tod, All PreK

CEU

PreK, K-2nd, Afterschool

NAC CEU NAC CEU

Admin

ALL

CEU

Learn & Take

CEU

Learn & Take

CEU

All PreK

NAC CEU

Infant/ All PreK Admin

12:15 - 3:00 Session 4: Participants registering for session 4 should not register for sessions 2 or 3.
Session Room Presenter Title & Description The Basics of Developmentally Appropriate Practices. This session explores how understanding child development helps caregivers prevent and address challenging behaviors using positive guidance and open-ended activities that make learning fun for all children. A perfect introduction for new staff, or a good refresher for more experienced and those in need of new ideas for teaching developmentally appropriate practices. Signing in School: Simple Signs That Will Transform Your Classroom. Participants will learn how to use simple ASL (American Sign Language) signs to transform their classrooms. The signs will enhance any curriculum and provide a unique and effective way to manage student behavior, teach literacy and math skills, make the classroom more interactive, smooth transition times, aid special needs and inclusion programs, check student comprehension, and help students excel in countless ways. Transitions for Infants, Toddlers, and Twos. Helping infants, toddlers and twos transition through activities and routines with enjoyment for both children and adults. Supporting the Curriculum through Language and Literacy. Be prepared to participate and come away with exciting, purposeful ideas for planning and meeting the language and literacy needs of all children across the curriculum Each participant will receive a childrens book and a planning sheet to participate in a hands on project to plan where they create two weeks of classroom activities, integrating the areas of English language arts, mathematics, approaches to learning, and science, social and emotional development, social studies, creative arts, and physical health and safety. Strategies for reading aloud, exploring books, and using books to support curriculum will include how to engage children with books and lists of tried and true literature and other resources. Feel the Beat: Implementing a Study of Music Making in a Preschool Classroom. Learn how an in-depth, project-based investigation of music making supports content and early learning standards and addresses a variety of science and social studies concepts. Explore ways to help teachers harness childrens natural curiosity and start with their questions in order to structure the curriculum and plan meaningful activities that promote children's development and learning in all areas. Through interactive group discussions participants will look at a variety of methods for supporting childrens in-depth study of music making and project-based investigations. Coaching in ECE: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. Early Childhood programs continuously work to improve child outcomes, increase teacher knowledge, and maintain high quality. Coaching has proven to be an effective approach to Professional Development in ECE but what does it really look like? In addition to answering all of your who, what, where, when, why and how questions about coaching, this session will also explore the PRACTICE of coaching. Practice with dialoging, reflecting, role playing and problem solving will ensure you leave with knowledge AND skill. Growing Up WILD: Environmental Experiences for Childhood. Build on students sense of wonder about nature through a wide range of fun, engaging, and hands-on activities from Project Learning Tree and Project WILD. Activities will have you and your students exploring with your senses, singing, and drawing to learn about nature - providing an early foundation for developing positive impressions about the natural world and lifelong social and academic skills. Lets Move Child Care: Addressing Obesity in the Early Care and Education Setting. Lets Move! Child Care (LMCC) is an effort to promote childrens health by encouraging and supporting healthier physical activity and nutrition practices for children in all child care settings. Workshop objectives include introducing teachers and administrators to free tools and resources to improve programs and promote obesity prevention in early childhood. CEU/ NAC Track

401

128

Rhonda & Shannon Dossett

CEU

ALL

402

119

Leslie P. Briggs

CEU

K-2nd

403

123

Gina ODriscoll & Crystal Knippers

CEU

Infant/Toddl ers

404

127

Valisa Dilworth M.S. CCC-SLP

CEU

All PreK Learn & Take

405

114

Clarissa Martinez

CEU

All PreK

406

309

Sarah Piercy

NAC CEU

Admin

407

510

Kristen Bonner

CEU

All PreK K-2nd

408

610

Caree J. Cotwright Ph.D,

NAC CEU

ALL