THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2023 2023 SESSION SCHEDULE

8:30 am–10:00 am

Using Treasure Baskets With Infants and Toddlers

LIZ COLEGROVE, Quality Improvement Coach-Infant-Toddler Specialist, CCN [Conference Room F]

Treasure baskets allow babies and toddlers to explore a variety of objects safely and independently in a safe environment and encourage learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving, and creativity. Exploration helps to build nerve connections in the brain and encourages the development of language and motor skills. Participants will learn what treasure baskets are, what can put into a treasure basket, and how to use treasure baskets with infants and toddlers.

Changing Outcomes for Babies Everywhere Through Attachment

KJ JOHNSON, HighScope

[Seminar 1]

Early attachments help determine our lifelong view of the world around us. The brain’s systems that allow us to form and maintain emotional relationships are developed during infancy and the first years of life. Experiences during this early vulnerable period of life are vital to young children’s health, development, well-being, and to society as a whole. In this workshop, we will discuss the importance of attachment and how the policies of HighScope programs promote this in child care settings to change outcomes for babies everywhere.

Family Engagement: Connecting Literacy With Classroom Lending Libraries

KRISTA SHAMBLEAU, Early Childhood Consultant, Oakland Schools

Co-presenter: Chamayne Green, Katie Homant

[Terrace Dining Room 1]

Children who have access to books in the home and who are read aloud to regularly have the best chance of becoming successful readers. Classroom lending libraries provide access to a range of reading materials, engage families in language and literacy interactions, and help children develop literacy strategies and skills. This session focuses on collaborating with families to promote literacy at home by: borrowing books from the classroom; and sharing practices for reading aloud and discussing text.

Telling Stories Through Movement

JAMIE SHELL, HighScope Field Consultant, 4C for Children and HighScope

[Terrace Dining Room 3]

Although our inclination is to teach the way we were taught, as times change, so must our strategies. In this fast-paced interactive session, participants will have fun examining how social, emotional, ethical, and cognitive skills can be taught through the use of literature and interactive reading strategies using movement.

A Research-Based Tool to Leverage Best Early Childhood

Practices in the Elementary Space: The Ready School Assessment

JEFF BEAL, Executive Director of Research, Evaluation, and Development, HighScope

Co-presenter: Madeline Chimka, Research Associate, HighScope [Seminar 5]

This session will provide an overview of HighScope’s new Ready School Assessment (RSA), a research-based tool designed to support the school improvement process, particularly helpful for elementary administrators that do not have a background in ECE. School communities use the RSA as a guide when reflecting on current practices and making plans to implement ECE best practices.

Using Open-Ended Math Materials to Support Math in the ECE Classroom

BETH MELAMPY, Director of Curriculum, Gretchen’s House

Co-presenter: Laura Griswold [Conference Room E]

Keeping our shelves stocked with open-ended materials can be a challenge, especially if we aren’t sure what sort of learning they support! In this workshop we will do a little speed dating with HighScope math activities. You will get a chance to use open-ended materials and will see just how supportive they can be of math concept learning. You will leave the workshop ready to bring some of your ‘dates’ back to your classroom!

Supporting Active Learners With an Anti-Bias Education Approach

KIMBERLY CRAFTON, Early Childhood Education Consultant, Kimberly Crafton Consulting, LLC [Conference Room H]

Decades of research have confirmed that children, from birth, notice similarities and differences in people and