Handouts are linked when provided by the session instructor. If more than one handout was provided, they are listed as Handout 1, 2, etc. Each number is a link to a different handout.
Wednesday, April 10
1-4 p.m. - Chrissy Mignogna, B.A., E-RYT 200
movemindfully for Early Educators: Mind-Body Strategies for Co-Regulation (Kelly Inn Grand Ballroom)
6:30-8 p.m. - Steve Fredlund
The Safari Way to Greater Happiness (Kelly Inn Grand Ballroom)
Thursday, April 11
7:30-8:20 a.m. - Conference Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
8:20-8:30 a.m. - Conference Welcome, Introduction and Awards (Carlson Hall)
8:30-9:45 a.m. - Erin Walsh
Is There An App For That? (Carlson Hall)
Follow-up links from Erin's Keynote:
10-11:30 a.m. - Workshop Session A
A-1) Three Common Beliefs about Child Behavior that can Escalate Conflict (And What to do Instead) - Grand Ballroom (Kelly Inn)
Follow-up links from breakout session:
A-3) Working with Bereaved Parents (Repeated B3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
A-4) Parent Group Facilitation-Supporting All Parenting Personalities Through Reflective Questioning - Miarsh/Fandel 2nd floor
A-5) Tiny Techies-Teaching Computational Literacies to our Youngest Learners (Repeated D-5) - Clarke 1st floor
A-6) Equity in Leadership - Alexander 1st floor
A-7) Better Boundaries: Let’s get real (Repeated B-7) - Schilplin 2nd floor
A-8) Collective Bargaining and Early Childhood Educators: Expanded Rights for the Early Education Workforce (Repeated C-8) (Handout 1, 2, 3) - Swisshelm 2nd floor
A-9) B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby!) (Repeated B-9) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
A-10) Application of Multicultural Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom - First American 2nd floor
A-11) Centering Children in State Government: The Department of Children, Youth and Families (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4 - slides) - Thielman 2nd floor
11:30-11:45 a.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. - Lunch / MNAFEE Welcome / Awards / Teddy Bear Band (Carlson Hall)
1:15-1:30 p.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
1:30-3 p.m. - Workshop Session B
B-1) Navigating Supports Available for the Early Childhood Workforce - Swisshelm 2nd floor
B-2) ECFE Home Visiting: A Panel Presentation (Part 1) (Handouts 1, 2) - Mitchell 2nd floor
B-3) Working with Bereaved Parents (Repeated A-3)- Edelbrock 1st floor
B-4) What’s Next? Exploring Opportunities for Professional Development and Leadership in the ECFE Field - Thielman 2nd floor
B-5) Parent Education Book Clubs - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
B-6) Embedding Technology in Early Childhood - Alexander 1st floor
B-7) Better Boundaries: Let’s get real (Repeated A-7) - Schilplin 2nd floor
B-8) The 2024 Parent Education Core Curriculum is Here! Ways to Use! What’s Next? - Weidner 1st floor
B-9) B.Y.O.B.(Bring Your Own Baby! (Repeated A-9) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
B-10) From Emergent to Fluent: Early Learning Program and Literacy Development (Repeated C-10) - Whitney 2nd floor
B-11) Cooking Connection: Engaging Parents and Children in Nutrition - First American 2nd floor
3-3:15 p.m. - Break & Exhibits
3:15-4:45 p.m. - Workshop Session C
C-1) Minnesota’s Early Childhood Educators: Insights from the 2023 Early Care and Education Workforce Study (Handouts 1, 2, 3) - Weidner 1st floor
C-2) ECFE Home Visiting: A Panel Presentation (Part 2) (Handouts 1, 2) - Mitchell 2nd floor
C-3) Are You Ready for a Parent and Family Education License? - Thielman 2nd floor
C-4) How Can We Help? Using a Traum Informed Approach in the Early Childhood Setting - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
C-5) Having Fun Yet? Yes! With Music Activities for Infants to 5: How to Prepare Young Brains for Reading - Coborn 2nd floor
C-6) Becoming a Develop-Approved Trainer - Alexander 1st floor
C-7) ECFE and Great River Children’s Museum: Leading for Families, Play and DE! (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) - Schilplin 2nd floor
C-8) Collective Bargaining and Early Childhood Educators: Expanded Rights for the Early Education Workforce (Repeated A-8) (Handout 1, 2, 3) - Swisshellm 2nd floor
C-9) Strategies to Engage Diverse Parent Education Groups - Bell 1st floor
C-10) From Emergent to Fluent: Early Learning Program and Literacy Development (Repeated B-10) - Whitney 2nd floor
5-6 p.m. - Teaching Strategies Gold Event (Carlson Hall)
*No Eat, Ponder & Learn
Friday, April 12
7:30-8:20 a.m. - Exhibits Open (Terry Haws)
7:30-8:15 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Conference Registration (Terry Haws)
8:20-8:30 a.m. - Conference Welcome & Announcements (Carlson Hall)
8:30-9:45 a.m. - Kristen RB Peterson
I Am Not Getting Them Ready for Kindergarten... (Carlson Hall)
9:45-10 a.m. - Break and Exhibits (Terry Haws)
10-11:30 a.m. - Workshop Session D
D-1) The Great Break-Up - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
D-2) Nature-based Learning in Early Childhood Programs - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
D-3) Parent Aware Requirements for Public Programs (Repeated E-3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
D-4) Legislative Changes 2023-24 - Weidner 1st floor
D-5) Tiny Techies-Teaching Computational Literacies to our Youngest Learners (Repeated A-5) - Clarke 1st floor
D-6) Weaving Kindness into Daily Life - Thielman 2nd floor
D-7) Striving to Increase BIPOC Family Participation in Early Childhood Family Education - Swisshelm 2nd floor
D-8) Developing Mind Body Fitness-Chakra Jump Game (Repeated E-8) - Whitney 2nd floor
D-9) Journaling with Parents and Caregivers - Schilplin 2nd floor
11:15-11:30 a.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
11:30-12:45 p.m. - Workshop Session D
E-1) Healthy Kids Minnesota: Early Childhood Screening-MDH Partnerships to Improve Children’s Environmental Health (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4) - Mitchell 2nd floor
E-2) Risky Play in the Outdoors - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
E-3) Parent Aware Requirements for Public Programs (Repeated D-3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
E-4) How to Talk to Porcupines: Crossing the Communication Divide (Presentation Ref Guide) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
E-6) Coaching to Promote Social Emotional Development for All (Handout) - Swisshelm 2nd floor
E-7) MN Rally to Read: mobilizing Minnesota’s social capital so every child is wired to read proficiently - First American 2nd floor
E-8) Developing Mind Body Fitness-Chakra Jump Game (Repeated D-8) - Whitney 2nd floor
12:45-2 p.m. - Lunch & Closing (Carlson Hall)
Wednesday, April 10
1-4 p.m. - Chrissy Mignogna, B.A., E-RYT 200
movemindfully for Early Educators: Mind-Body Strategies for Co-Regulation (Kelly Inn Grand Ballroom)
6:30-8 p.m. - Steve Fredlund
The Safari Way to Greater Happiness (Kelly Inn Grand Ballroom)
Thursday, April 11
7:30-8:20 a.m. - Conference Registration, Continental Breakfast & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
8:20-8:30 a.m. - Conference Welcome, Introduction and Awards (Carlson Hall)
8:30-9:45 a.m. - Erin Walsh
Is There An App For That? (Carlson Hall)
Follow-up links from Erin's Keynote:
- Kids Need Play: Offline and Online
- Entranced or Engaged? Young Children and Screens
- Five Ways to Ease Screen Time Transitions
- Five Ways to Build the Emotional Skills for Social Media (Long Before Kids Have Their Own Accounts)
- Three Ways to Get the Most Out of Screen Time With Young Children
- Persuasive Design and Growing Brains: Why It Can Be So Hard to Unplug
- When Phones Get in the Way of Connection (and When They Don’t)
- Kids Don't Need Perfect Role Models - They Need You
10-11:30 a.m. - Workshop Session A
A-1) Three Common Beliefs about Child Behavior that can Escalate Conflict (And What to do Instead) - Grand Ballroom (Kelly Inn)
Follow-up links from breakout session:
- Power Struggle Patterns - Ways to See Them and How to Prevent Them
- Rethinking Emotional Explosions
- Why Befriending Your emotions Is Essential
- Big Feelings? Don't Skip These Three Steps
- What Is The Point? Revisiting the Power of Purpose
A-3) Working with Bereaved Parents (Repeated B3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
A-4) Parent Group Facilitation-Supporting All Parenting Personalities Through Reflective Questioning - Miarsh/Fandel 2nd floor
A-5) Tiny Techies-Teaching Computational Literacies to our Youngest Learners (Repeated D-5) - Clarke 1st floor
A-6) Equity in Leadership - Alexander 1st floor
A-7) Better Boundaries: Let’s get real (Repeated B-7) - Schilplin 2nd floor
A-8) Collective Bargaining and Early Childhood Educators: Expanded Rights for the Early Education Workforce (Repeated C-8) (Handout 1, 2, 3) - Swisshelm 2nd floor
A-9) B.Y.O.B. (Bring Your Own Baby!) (Repeated B-9) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
A-10) Application of Multicultural Literature in the Early Childhood Classroom - First American 2nd floor
A-11) Centering Children in State Government: The Department of Children, Youth and Families (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4 - slides) - Thielman 2nd floor
11:30-11:45 a.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m. - Lunch / MNAFEE Welcome / Awards / Teddy Bear Band (Carlson Hall)
1:15-1:30 p.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
1:30-3 p.m. - Workshop Session B
B-1) Navigating Supports Available for the Early Childhood Workforce - Swisshelm 2nd floor
B-2) ECFE Home Visiting: A Panel Presentation (Part 1) (Handouts 1, 2) - Mitchell 2nd floor
B-3) Working with Bereaved Parents (Repeated A-3)- Edelbrock 1st floor
B-4) What’s Next? Exploring Opportunities for Professional Development and Leadership in the ECFE Field - Thielman 2nd floor
B-5) Parent Education Book Clubs - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
B-6) Embedding Technology in Early Childhood - Alexander 1st floor
B-7) Better Boundaries: Let’s get real (Repeated A-7) - Schilplin 2nd floor
B-8) The 2024 Parent Education Core Curriculum is Here! Ways to Use! What’s Next? - Weidner 1st floor
B-9) B.Y.O.B.(Bring Your Own Baby! (Repeated A-9) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
B-10) From Emergent to Fluent: Early Learning Program and Literacy Development (Repeated C-10) - Whitney 2nd floor
B-11) Cooking Connection: Engaging Parents and Children in Nutrition - First American 2nd floor
3-3:15 p.m. - Break & Exhibits
3:15-4:45 p.m. - Workshop Session C
C-1) Minnesota’s Early Childhood Educators: Insights from the 2023 Early Care and Education Workforce Study (Handouts 1, 2, 3) - Weidner 1st floor
C-2) ECFE Home Visiting: A Panel Presentation (Part 2) (Handouts 1, 2) - Mitchell 2nd floor
C-3) Are You Ready for a Parent and Family Education License? - Thielman 2nd floor
C-4) How Can We Help? Using a Traum Informed Approach in the Early Childhood Setting - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
C-5) Having Fun Yet? Yes! With Music Activities for Infants to 5: How to Prepare Young Brains for Reading - Coborn 2nd floor
C-6) Becoming a Develop-Approved Trainer - Alexander 1st floor
C-7) ECFE and Great River Children’s Museum: Leading for Families, Play and DE! (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) - Schilplin 2nd floor
C-8) Collective Bargaining and Early Childhood Educators: Expanded Rights for the Early Education Workforce (Repeated A-8) (Handout 1, 2, 3) - Swisshellm 2nd floor
C-9) Strategies to Engage Diverse Parent Education Groups - Bell 1st floor
C-10) From Emergent to Fluent: Early Learning Program and Literacy Development (Repeated B-10) - Whitney 2nd floor
5-6 p.m. - Teaching Strategies Gold Event (Carlson Hall)
*No Eat, Ponder & Learn
Friday, April 12
7:30-8:20 a.m. - Exhibits Open (Terry Haws)
7:30-8:15 a.m. - Continental Breakfast and Conference Registration (Terry Haws)
8:20-8:30 a.m. - Conference Welcome & Announcements (Carlson Hall)
8:30-9:45 a.m. - Kristen RB Peterson
I Am Not Getting Them Ready for Kindergarten... (Carlson Hall)
9:45-10 a.m. - Break and Exhibits (Terry Haws)
10-11:30 a.m. - Workshop Session D
D-1) The Great Break-Up - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
D-2) Nature-based Learning in Early Childhood Programs - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
D-3) Parent Aware Requirements for Public Programs (Repeated E-3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
D-4) Legislative Changes 2023-24 - Weidner 1st floor
D-5) Tiny Techies-Teaching Computational Literacies to our Youngest Learners (Repeated A-5) - Clarke 1st floor
D-6) Weaving Kindness into Daily Life - Thielman 2nd floor
D-7) Striving to Increase BIPOC Family Participation in Early Childhood Family Education - Swisshelm 2nd floor
D-8) Developing Mind Body Fitness-Chakra Jump Game (Repeated E-8) - Whitney 2nd floor
D-9) Journaling with Parents and Caregivers - Schilplin 2nd floor
11:15-11:30 a.m. - Break & Exhibits (Terry Haws)
11:30-12:45 p.m. - Workshop Session D
E-1) Healthy Kids Minnesota: Early Childhood Screening-MDH Partnerships to Improve Children’s Environmental Health (Handouts 1, 2, 3, 4) - Mitchell 2nd floor
E-2) Risky Play in the Outdoors - Marsh/Fandel 2nd floor
E-3) Parent Aware Requirements for Public Programs (Repeated D-3) - Edelbrock 1st floor
E-4) How to Talk to Porcupines: Crossing the Communication Divide (Presentation Ref Guide) - Helgeson/Metzroth 2nd floor
E-6) Coaching to Promote Social Emotional Development for All (Handout) - Swisshelm 2nd floor
E-7) MN Rally to Read: mobilizing Minnesota’s social capital so every child is wired to read proficiently - First American 2nd floor
E-8) Developing Mind Body Fitness-Chakra Jump Game (Repeated D-8) - Whitney 2nd floor
12:45-2 p.m. - Lunch & Closing (Carlson Hall)