Sessions at a Glance

Sessions At A Glance Friday – October 1, 2010 l e

v Room Set up & Room: Session 1: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Session 2: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Session 3: 2:45 pm – 4:15 pm e L

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a 35-40 Plaza A Creating a Successful Classroom: Engaging Children in Language and Literacy Focus on Quality: Using the ECERS-R to l P Wonder Room Music Throughout the Day throughout the Day Examine Your Classroom of Learning Kathy Birk Marilyn Peterson Ann Hentschel, Lisa Ellis & Tarah Kandell Classroom 40 Plaza B Relationships Are the Key! Together Everyone Achieves More…From The Early Learning Scale Assessment System Cliché to Reality and I-TEACH Deborah Rogers-Jaye & Mildred Ebietomiye Antionette Taylor Brian Michalski Classroom 40 Plaza C Understanding the Hidden Rules of Poverty Using Positive Guidance Strategies to Stressed Out About Talking with Parents Support Children Whose Behaviors Challenge Us Sharifa Townsend Debbie Enright Michelle Glick Classroom 40 Plaza D Target Your Talent: The Aim4Excellence Online Living Your Passion: Tools for Educating and Using Social Networking as a National Director Credential Caring for Children! Communication Tool with Families Kara Lehndardt Mark Obuchowski Dr. Debbie Lee Chairs 40 Plaza E Let’s Get Moving! Circles of Communication – Birth to 3 Ready! Set! Learn! Phonological Awareness w/open Through Music for Pre K, Kindergarten and space Michlle Glilck Sue Reynolds & Tamara Value First Grade

Kathy Birk Theatre 40 Sangamon Room The Early Learning Scale Assessment System and I- Looking at ECERS with Positive Eyes Shall We Dance? Responsive Care Giving for TEACHe Young and Mobile Infants Brian Michalski Rhonda Clark Kathleen Alford & Mattie McLaurin Theatre 40 Springfield Room Help! Addressing Challenging Behaviors During Partnering with Parents to Promote Children’s Social and Emotional Skills Classroom Routines Amanda Quesenberry & Sharon Doubet Sharon Doubet & Amanda Quesenberry Classroom 40 Illinois Room Hands on Science Can this be Autism? Transitions for Birth to 3 Erin Wiese-Reichert Kathy Kavanaugh & Linda Li Sonia Lascelles & Erin Cloyd Classroom 40 Governor Room Counting is Complex! Putting It All Together: How Algebra Begins What’s the Story on Number Stories? 3

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e Jennifer McCray & Rebecca Itzkowich Lisa Ginet Mary Hynes-Berry L Theatre 40 Capital I Do You See What I See? Working With Staff to The Best New Books for Preschool Children Teaching Social Skills to Young Children Create a Shared Vision Barbara Volpe & Tarah Kandell Isabel Baker Fabiolla Perez & Kim Elyse Theatre 40 Capital II Using Food in Early Childhood Classrooms: Do’s How Green is Your Playground? Positive Family Relationships and Don’ts Nicole Dallas, Catherine Welsh & Sham’ah MdYunus Sara Kreiss Patricia Starcevich, June Brown & Karen Eckart Theatre 40 Capital III Math with Babies Strategies for Challenging Behaviors Putting on the Ritz – Make Your Event a Success Rima Malhorta & Sue Reynolds Cynthia Cabrera & Christina Kolski Donna Jacobs Saturday – October 2, 2010 l e

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a 35-40 Plaza A Building a Math Rich Environment: Infusing Math Making Observations Easier Room empty due to need for tear down l P into the Early Childhood Curriculum Debbie Leslie Joyce Acker Classroom 40 Plaza B Recycled Materials Create Imaginative Children Guidance Do’s and Don’ts Feeding Young Children: Do’s and Don’ts Janet Edgar-Swanson Stacy D. Thompson & Jill Raisor Deborah Burns & Stacy Thompson Classroom 40 Plaza C Transition Activities Plays Well with Others: How Self Identity Teaching in a Diverse World Affects Your Workplace Marilyn Peterson & Joann Joyce Jamie Bonczyk & Danielle Blend Danielle Blend & Jamie Bonczyk Classroom 40 Plaza D Strategies for a Successful CLASS Observation What Makes a Triangle a Triangle: Geometric Using IECAM to Capture a Snapshot of Early Concept Development Care in Education in Your Area Carolyn Watson & Ivy Cobbins Marie Kielty Dawn Thomas Chairs 40 Plaza E Music Across the Curriculum Yoga and Children Rhythm and Rhyme: Tap Your Toes and w/open Away We Go space Angel Ramey Tamara Notter Kathy Birk Theatre 40 Sangamon Room Are You the Missing Puzzle Piece to Healthy Eating? Problem Solving and Conflict Resolution for “Playing Doctor”- When to Worry! Early Childhood Deborah Rogers-Jaye Susan Jensen Amy Lang Theatre 40 Springfield Room No Money for Software: What Do I Do? Magnificent Magnification: Investigate the You’re in the Movies Now! Unseen Letha Clark Letha Clark Letha Clark Classroom 40 Illinois Room Using Observation-Based Assessment for Children What Does the Creative Curriculum Look Like Choosing Books and Reading Aloud for Birth through Kindergarten to Promote Learning for 0-3? Infants and Toddlers and Development Debbie Enright Sonia LaCaze Juliette Kula Classroom 40 Governor Room What is Foundational Math for Prekindergarten Science Goes to Preschool Plants Problem Solving in Number Sense 3

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e Angela Giglio Andrews Kati Gilson Edna Bazik L Theatre 40 Capital I From Silly to Calm Supporting Learning Standards with Free- Keeping Kids in Your Care Safe (and Keeping Choice Learning Centers you Sane!) Vivian Morrison John H. Funk Kim Estes Theatre 40 Capital II A Leader’s Challenge: Managing Difficult Staff Enhancing Children’s Experience with Nature Infant and Toddler Development: Implementing the Ages and Stages and Denver II Screening Tool in Birth to Three Programs Carol Dellahousaye Marcia Seabolt & Cindy Mahr Kelly Granberry Theatre 40 Capital III For Every Child, A Way to Include Homework Strategies in Action Controlling the Environment: Not the Child/Youth in AfterSchool Programming Sandy Ginther Curtis Peace Curtis Peace