Friday Sessions
10:00 – 11:30 AM | ORANGE COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER
328 Family-Focused Kindergarten Transition Closes Equity Gaps on Home- School Relations and School Readiness Janice Kilburn, South Carolina First Steps
Brandy Weaver, Darlington County School District
Laura Baker, South Carolina First Steps
W307CD Kindergartners Family Engagement and Support
329 Identity-Conscious and Culturally Proactive Family Partnerships in Early Childhood Education
Kipp Trieu, French American School of Silicon Valley
Liza Talusan, University of Massachusetts Boston
W311C Adults Family Engagement and Support
330 Building Community and Belonging: Honoring Faith and Cultural Traditions in a Nondenominational Early Learning Center
Betsy Dobson, Little Gate at Louise S. McGehee School
Sarah Noland, Little Gate at Louise S. McGehee School
W311D All Children Family Engagement and Support
331 Diseño Empático e Inclusivo: Espacios de Juego y Aprendizaje Miriam Beloglovsky, Playful Transformation
W206BC All Children
Grandes Comienzos( Spanish)
332 Los Títeres como Maestros: Alegría, Participación y Fomentar la Comunicación a Través del Antiguo Arte de los Títeres Wendy Gomez, IEECE / PBSC Patricia Gutierrez, IEECE / PBSC Elizabeth Ibarra, IEECE / PBSC
W209C Preschoolers
Grandes Comienzos( Spanish)
333 Mastering the Classroom: Effective Classroom Management Strategies Ekemini Eshiett, Clemson University Dani Larson, Clemson University Lauretta Osho, Clemson University
W203C First-to-Third Graders Guidance / Challenging Behaviors
Earn 0.2 CEUs for this session.
334 Beyond Juice and Cookies: Meeting and Exceeding the NAEYC Nutrition Standards Sherrie Gomez, Learning Care Group Donna Pomerson, Learning Care Group Corrine Lane, Learning Care Group
W311E All Children Health and Safety
335 Elevating Care in Education: Recognizing Early Childhood Educators as Early Relational Health Professionals Thelma Ramirez, Harvard University Emily Meland, Harvard University Isela Serna, Casa Central
W311F Infants & Toddlers Health and Safety
336 Meet the Authors and Illustrators: Children’ s Literature at NAEYC Mary Graham, Children’ s Village Amy Vandament, The Book Vine for Children Philip Stead, Macmillan Publishers Erin Stead, Macmillan Publishers
Jan Thomas, Beach Lane Books( Simon & Schuster)
Aida Salazar, Penguin Random House
W303 All Children Language and Literacy
337 The ABCs( and Developmentally Appropriate Practice) of Early Literacy: Actively Building Children’ s Skills Through Developmentally Appropriate Practice Laura Bilbrey, Teaching Strategies, LLC Lesley Jennings, Teaching Strategies, LLC
W312AB Preschoolers Language and Literacy
338 The Ultimate Staff Meeting: Empowering Teachers Through Collaboration Noelle D’ Intino, The Director’ s Club
W102A Adults Leadership
339 Bridging the Leadership Gap: Cultivating Latina Leadership in Early Childhood Education Yohana Quiroz, UNIDOS for ECE Martha Melgoza, UNIDOS for ECE
W109B Adults Leadership
106 2025 NAEYC Annual Conference: In this Place, We Learn. For Every Child, We Lead.