• From Herding Cats to a Classroom Family
  
• Learn strategies to transform your early childhood classroom to a caring community of learners aka Classroom Family. What are its benefits? How can we create a caring community of learners? This session will give you ideas and tips to add to your toolbox as you transform a group of strangers into a classroom family.

Classroom Rituals That Work

• Using classroom rituals to build community in the classroom to create a healthy learning environment.

​Teaching Social Skills

• Teachers will receive an overview of social skills young children need to develop.  They will learn to guide them to learn new social and emotional skills, teaching them within child-centered, developmentally appropriate activities. Teachers will receive suggestions and examples for teaching social skills within classroom activities