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PNC's 3rd Annual Early Childhood Conference
April 25, 2009

Everyday Wonder

Social Emotional Development
Early Care & Education
Color Key: Breakout
Session Topics
Language & Literacy
Family Support
Wonder of the Brain

Conference Schedule
8:30am Registration
9:00am-10:00am

Keynote

Welcoming Remarks from Dr. Karen Schmid, PNC Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs
Keynote Address, Rick Crosslin: "Science is for Everyone."
Overview/Mistress of Ceremonies, Dr.Mary Jane Eisenhauer

10:15am-11:30am

Breakout 1

Graduated Sanctions (Fowles)

Beyond the Pages (Hendricks)

Observation Circles & Other Discrepant Evants (Crosslin)

Child
with
ADHD
(Strahm)

Brain Research & Its Application to Early Childhood (Chickie-Wolfe)
  The Mouse
& the Acorn
(Zimmerman)
Lego Mindstorm (Brady)

Multiple Wonders
(Deb Pratt)

Play is not a 4 Letter Word
(Gustin)

11:30am-12:40pm

Lunch



Lunch/Book Signing with Michael Zimmerman:
The Mouse and the Acorn

Networks: Revisiting Pre-K Now National Conference Group



12:45pm- 2:00pm

Breakout 2
R.E.A.L.K.I.D.S. (Katz)
Kids Can
Think Too! (Hiestand)


Wonder/Grow Up?
(Briggs & Vaughn)


Wonder
of the Web
(Dave Pratt)

Wonders of Early Brain Development (Lange)

Creating Science Centers (Earley, Brennan, Furore)
Teaching Pyramid (Allison) Play
(Eisenhauer)
Catch the Healthworks! BUG
(Seales & Dosmann)

Magical Teaching (Cleary)


2:15pm- 3:25pm

Breakout 3
R.E.A.L.K.I.D.S.
(Katz)
On the Loose with Mother Goose (Jamison)
Wonder of Bubbles (Bubble Man - Akins)
Identifying & Promoting Engineers (Garcia Saenz)

Multiple Wonders
(Deb Pratt)

Teaching
Pyramid
(Allison)
Tree Homes/GEMS
(Surma & Covault)
Everyday Wonder and Infant Temperament
(DeLeon)
NAEYC Accreditation (Satterfield) Wonder
of the Web
(Dave Pratt)
Wonders of Early Brain Development(Lange)

3:30-4:30pm

Community Event: The Bubble Man
Bubbleologist Geoff Akins

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