AGENDA
Monday, April 24:
8:30-9:15 am Arrival and Registration
9:30 am Welcome and Introductions, Goals of the Conference and Expectations
Sally Anderson, Executive Director, Vermont Center for the Book
What is Science for Young Children?
Karen Worth, Chair, Elementary Education Department, Wheelock College
Greg DeFrancis, Education Director, Montshire Museum of Science
10:00 am Building with Cups, Cardboard, and Blocks
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Building with Keva Planks
2:45 pm Building with Straws and Connectors
4:30 pm Break
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00 pm Building with Found Objects without Tape or Glue (boxboard: cereal/pasta boxes, paper towel
tubes)
Tuesday, April 25:
7:00am Continental Breakfast
8:30 am Program Template Review and Review of the Previous Day's Work and Expectations for Year 2
9:15 am Evaluation Requirements for Year 2
10:30 am Planning Time
Distribute Books and materials
12:00 pm Lunch
12:45 pm Connections to the Summer Reading Program, Planning and Program Templates
2:30 pm Questions and Adjourn