Schedule

Thursday, August 5
10:30 – 12:45 Registration: Exhibit Hall set up at 8AM (Lunch on your own)
11:30 – 12:30 Exhibit Hall Viewing
1:00 – 1:30 Welcome, Introductions, Brief Entertainment
1:30 – 3:00 Keynote Dr. Jane Healy, Q/A
3:00 – 6:00 Exhibit Hall Open
3:15 – 3:45 Jane Healy Book Signing
3:45 – 4:45 Showcase 1
a) A Tempo Software, Dennis McIntire: Lost in the Paper/Time Jungle?
A Tempo To the Rescue!

b) Musikgarten, Mary Louise Wilson: Give Your Beginning Piano Students a Strong Musical Foundation
Music Makers at the Keyboard
5:00 – 6:00 Breakout 1
a) Sister Lorna Zemke (A), Musical Motivation + Materials = Musical Meanings
b) Thom Borden, Music Literacy
c) Judy Panning, Drumming Up Fun
d) Linda Robinson, Keep the Music Going: Helping the Classroom Teacher Provide Music Leadership
6:15 – 7:15 Supper: Boxed Meal Outdoors
7:15 – 8:00 Exhibitors’ Reception: Dessert in Exhibit Hall
8:00 – 9:30 Evening Activities / Rolf & Carrie – Oboe/Bass duo; Stuart Stotts – I’m a Teacher, Not a Babysitter; and Thom Borden – Folk Dancing
Friday, August 6
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast/Past Presidents’ Breakfast
8:00 – 11:00 Exhibit Hall open
8:30 – 10:00 Keynote Dr. Jane M. Healy, Different Learners: Using Music and Movement to Rewire Children’s Brains;Q/A
10:00 – 10:30 Break: Exhibit Hall Viewing,  Jane Healy Book Signing
10:30 – 11:30 Breakout 2
a) Sr. Lorna Zemke (B), From Exploration to Musicianship
b) Dr. Joy Galliford, Music: Brain Food for Babies
c) Dr. Denise Guilbault & Dr. Diane Lange, The Effects of Expressive Movement…
d) Dr. Stuart Stotts, Singing in the Circle
11:45 – 1:00 Lunch (Regional Meeting with Regional Representatives)
1:15 – 2:45 Gen. Session Sr. Lorna Zemke, Music and Prenatal Development
2:00 – 6:00 Exhibit Hall open
3:00 – 4:00 Breakout 3
a) Dr. Wendy Valerio, Anthony, Autism, and Music as Reciprocal Communication
b) Dr. Joyce Jordan DeCarbo & Dr. Joy Galliford, Benefits of Music
c) Linda Robinson, Jack and Friends: Playing Around with Nursery Rhymes
d) Sally Woodson, What Makes a Good Early Childhood Song?
4:00 – 4:30 Break / Exhibit Hall Viewing
4:30 – 5:30 Breakout 4
a) Dr. Jayne Standley, Music Therapy for Early Intervention with At-risk Infants
b) Dr. Diane Lange, Orff and Music Learning Theory
c) Dr. Wendy Valerio, Scaffolding Infant and Toddler Music Interactions
d) Dr. Joyce Jordan DeCarbo & Dr. Joy Galliford, Benefits of Music
6:30 – 9:30 Evening Activity, Two Options;
Free Evening (on your own) OR
Campfire Sing-Along with KJ/BBQ ($17 additional fee)
Saturday, August 7
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:00 – 11:00 Exhibit Hall Open
8:00 – 9:00 Showcase 2
a) Music Together, Sally Woodson: Bringing Harmony Home
The Joy of Family Music
b) McGraw Hill, Thom Borden: Spotlight on Music
School Education Group
9:00 – 9:30 Break: Exhibit Hall Open
9:30 – 11:00 General Session Dr. Jayne Standley, Music Therapy for Premature Infants
11:15 – 11:45 Entertainment
11:45 – 1:00
(11:30-12:30)
Lunch (Meeting of Standing Committees)
(Disassemble Exhibit Hall)
1:15 – 2:15 Breakout 5
a) Dr. Jeremy Dittus (A), Dalcroze-based Movement – limited to 75 (see #6)
Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Developing Potential through Discovery
b) Dr. Jayne Standley, MT for At-Risk Infants (repeat of #4)
c) Eve Kodiak, The Whole Elephant: A Developmental Approach to Integrating Music, Movement, Listening and Speech
d) Dr. Ginger Colla, Combining Color, Music and Solfège: a Dynamic Synthesis and Integrated Method for Teaching Music
2:15 – 3:00 Break/Entertainment
3:15 – 4:15 Breakout 6
a) Dr. Jeremy Dittus (A) (repeat of #5)
Dalcroze Eurhythmics: Developing Potential through Discovery
b) Dr. Sarah McQuarrie, Active Listening: Using Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes
c) Dr. Wendy Valerio, Anthony, Autism, and Music as Reciprocal Communication (repeat of #3)
d) Betty Smith, Awwww! What Do I Do With this 3-6 Year Old Whose Parents Insist on Having Piano Lessons?
4:45 – 5:45 Breakout 7
a) Dr. Jeremy Dittus (B), Dalcroze Pedagogy (see #9 – limited to 30)
b) Dr. Christine Hornbach, Top 10 Early Childhood Vocal Exploration and Singing Activities
c) Brenda Haynes, Using Music & Movement to Facilitate Literacy and Language Development in Pre-K and Primary Classrooms
d) Dr. Diana Dansereau, Toward an Understanding of Young Children’s Musical Play
6:30 – 9:30 Banquet/General Business Meeting/Invitation to Convention 2012
Entertainment –  Sinag-Tala Performing Arts Troupe of the Filipino Association of Greater Kansas City
Sunday, August 8
7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast
8:00 – 8:30 Non-Denominational Worship
8:45 – 9:00 Announcements
9:00 – 10:00 Breakout 8
a) Leilani Miranda, Considerations for Storytelling in an Early Childhood Setting
b) Dr. Judith Sullivan, Keep ‘Em Moving: Young Children, Music and Movement
c) David Kisor, Songs that Promote Social-Emotional Development
d) Dr. Rekha Rajan, Do you hear what I hear?: Designing child-centered musical activities for preschoolers
10:00 – 10:30 Distribute Certificates of Attendance
10:45 – 11:45 Breakout 9
a) Dr. Jeremy Dittus (B), (repeat of #7)
b) Sally Guerrero, The Classic Connection
c) Shawna Gordon, Online Professional Development: From Premise to Promise
d) Donna Metler, If he’s so smart, why does he act so silly?- The cognitively asynchronous child in the early childhood classroom setting
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch, Entertainment – HK Chinese Folk Dance Troupe
1:15 – 2:45 Panel Discussion
2:45 Closing Remarks, Refreshments
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