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Alphabetical Listing of
Growing With Children Sessions

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6x6 Literacy Skills - Getting Ready to Read

Lena Vogt, Wichita Public Library, Alford Branch
Session 3
Will the children in your care be ready to learn how to read when you send them
off to school? There are six specific early literacy skills children need to learn before
they turn six. You can help children develop these skills by choosing certain books,
using specific techniques while reading with them, and offering language-based
activities during the day. Come learn more about the fun and easy things you can
do help your children get ready to read.

Active Learning and Parent Engagement

Regina Miller, Princeton Childrens Center
Session 2
How do you help parents become more involved? We will discuss creative ways to
engage parents in active participation of their childs education. In addition, we will
explore 5 ways to promote active learning and how this tool can help you succeed
with parents and other interactions.

Children and Their Behavior

Beth Reeder, Make a Difference Training & Consultation

Conscious Discipline; The Classroom/Home Application

Beth Reeder, Make a Difference Training & Consultation

Session 3!!!!!!!!!
Does it ever feel like the students are out to get you? Are they holding private
meetings after their preschool session and plotting ways to get at you? They are
not out to get you but what are their behaviors telling us?

Session 1
Persons will gain useful tools to start the basics of Conscious Discipline in their
classrooms or homes. Using the Emotional intelligence program consisting of
Brain Smart strategies for responding rather than reacting to life events. Through
responding, conflict moments are transformed into cooperative learning
opportunities

Disaster Preparedness for the Home and Small Business

Cody Charvat, Sedgwick County Emergency Management
Session 3
The first 72 hours after a disaster are critical for surviving at home; for your business,
though, thats just the beginning. Disaster Preparedness for Home and Small
Businesses focuses on the basics that everyone needs to follow: build a kit, make a
plan, stay informed, and get involved. There also will be a discussion on continuity
of operations planning for small businesses.

Early Childhood Language and Literacy Skills in the Kitchen

Holly Aranda and Angie Schreiber, Cradle to Career Literacy Center
Session 3
Learn a recipe for planning daily activities to build vocabulary and early literacy
skills. Experience hands-on activities, songs, and stories while learning about letters,
print, and phonological awareness. This class highlights the unit, In the Kitchen,
from the Neuhaus Education Center.

Fit and Fun

Susan Kendall
Session 2
Eating well and being physically active is fun, makes us feel good and gives us
energy. Come learn simple activities to help children better understand how
physical activity and identifying healthy nutrition choices leads to a productive and
energetic lifestyle.

Im Moving Im Learning Take it Outside

Elizabeth Brunscheen-Cartagena, K-State Research & Extension - Sedgwick County
Session 1
The power of touch can have many benefits for both the infant and the caregiver.
Good touch stimulates healthy physical development and promotes healthy brain
development. When a parent or caregiver learns these skills, it can empower them
to feel more competent in interpreting the needs of the infant.

Infant Massage to Promote Bonding and Attachment

Margo Breckbill, Wichita State University
Session 3
The power of touch can have many benefits for both the infant and the caregiver.
Good touch stimulates healthy physical development and promotes healthy brain
development. When a parent or caregiver learns these skills, it can empower them
to feel more competent in interpreting the needs of the infant.

Alphabetical Listing of Growing With Children

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Kids in the Kitchen

Denise Dias, Sedgwick County Extension Office
Session 1
This course will teach you ways to feel comfortable with working in the kitchen with
youth. In addition to confidence, one will begin to learn how to encourage youth
and providers to want to cook. There will be discussions on age appropriate tasks,
your plate, strategies for successful experience, while experiencing and practicing
recipes and teaching methods.

LETRS Early Childhood Professional Development Overview

Holly Aranda and Angie Schreiber, Cradle to Career Literacy Center
Session 2
This workshop provides the bridge between research and practice. Its design
enriches and extends professional development for all care providers in helping
pre-kindergarten children learn the early literacy and language skills shown in
research to be critical for later literacy success. Also includes practical strategies to
build these skills.

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New Resources for Improving Nutrition and Activity in Child Care

Hilary Gee, Director of Health Policy
Session 2
Kansas Action for Children, in partnership with Child Care Aware of Kansas, recently
released top priorities for improving the health of children in child care related
to nutrition, physical activity and screen time. This workshop will explore those
priorities, share best practices and lessons from providers, and connect participants
with new resources.
Read Aloud to Your Children... A Dialogical Approach
Jeanine Phillips, Fundamental Learning Center
Session 2
This workshop will teach teachers how dialogical reading can increase future
comprehension skills along with how to use the CROWD Procedure which
emphasizes 5 different types of comprehension strategies.

Record Keeping for Tax Purposes

Alicia Drydale, H&R Block
Session 1
This workshop will help you understand the Family Child Care record keeping
process to ensure that you have the proper records for filing your taxes. Step by
step instructions for filling out the forms will be included. In addition, detailed
information about child care liability insurance will be tackled in great detail.

Science of Music
Susan Kendall
Session 3
The science of sound is demonstrated by learning to change the pitch of
instruments. Music helps teach fractions, patterns, sequencing and pitch in a fun
and interactive environment. Making instruments out of everyday materials gives
children the opportunity to create their own sound.

The ABCs of Developing Pre-School Literacy Skills

Jeanine Phillips, Fundamental Learning Center
Session 1
This fun, hands-on, and interactive session is designed to introduce early childhood
educators to the current research related to developing pre-literacy and language
skills. Participants will engage in a conversation about how to best develop
phonological, letter identification, vocabulary and print awareness skills using a
pre-school childs storybook.

The Period of Purple Crying - A New Way to Understand Your Babys Crying
Anne Auld, Click for Babies
Session 1
The Period of Purple Crying is an evidence-based prevention program offered by
the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. This program approached Abusive
Head Trauma, also known as Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), prevention by helping
parents and caregivers understand the frustrating features of crying in normal
infants that can lead to shaking or abuse

Work Does Not Need to be a Four Letter Word

Beth Reeder, Make a Difference Training and Consultation
Session 2
Persons will gain useful tools to motivate staff and volunteers as well as gain insight
into the positive attributes. There will be insight into how to encourage your staff
to be, A Healthy Staff is a Happy Staff. If you work with adults this workshop is a
must.