ECEC 2025 CONFERENCE

ECEC 2025 CONFERENCE

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Conference Registration Table Hours

6:00pm MDT

7:00pm MDT

Opening Address & Social Event: Make & Take and Meet your ECEC Executive and Colleagues!Michelle Bezubiak

8:00am MDT

8:45am MDT

Opening Remarks and Award Presentations

9:15am MDT

Melanie Watt In A NutshellMelanie Watt

10:30am MDT

10:45am MDT

Playful Pathways: Experiencing the Power of Play to Unlock Children's Learning and Emotional Well-BeingNatasha Lang • Ashley Bieda Experiential ArtCarol Vaage Braiding Indigenous Content in the Early Childhood ClassroomGlenda Viney • Phil Campiou Autism: Honest Discussion, Practical Strategies and Some Funny StoriesCarmen Moore Literacy Instruction MattersKaren Filewych The World of Scaredy SquirrelMelanie Watt Let's PRACTICE Math!April Brown POUND Fitness with Cheryl SchneiderCheryl Schneider AI Tools to Amplify Your Professionalism and Save TimeTiff Pino

12:15pm MDT

AGM *Preregister for lunch through conference registration*

1:30pm MDT

Book Signing: Melanie WattMelanie Watt

1:45pm MDT

2:00pm MDT

Braiding Indigenous Content in the Early Childhood ClassroomPhil Campiou • Glenda Viney You Are A BlessingChristina Fox From Bland Babysitter to Buzzing Language Builders: Transforming Videos for the Kindergarten Classroom / Stratégies pour travailler la communication orale à la maternelleKathleen Ruff Autism: Honest Discussion, Practical Strategies and Some Funny StoriesCarmen Moore A Teacher's Legacy: Using Literacy And Stories To Find Our WhyLaurie McIntosh Literacy Instruction MattersKaren Filewych Let's PRACTICE Math!April Brown POUND Fitness with Cheryl SchneiderCheryl Schneider AI Tools to Amplify Your Professionalism and Save TimeTiff Pino Offsite Visit *Must Preregister*Keri Devlin • Lynne Novak • Court Rustemeyer

3:15pm MDT

Book Signing: Christina FoxChristina Fox

3:30pm MDT

Supper on your own, explore the mall and meet with friends new and old!

4:00pm MDT

Dr. Jeff Lululemon Yoga Session *Preregister*Dr. Jeff

7:00pm MDT

PJ Party and Story Time with Laurie McIntoshLaurie McIntosh

7:00am MDT

Wake Up and Stretch! *Preregister*Sara Morris

7:15am MDT

Breakfast and Award Presentations

8:15am MDT

You Have a GiftChristina Fox

9:30am MDT

Trauma-Informed Expressive Arts in the Daily ClassroomKelsey Beier Visual Journals in the ClassroomCassandra Christen The WHY, HOW and STRUCTURE of Teaching Tier 2 Vocabulary WordsApril Brown Stretch, Wiggle and GiggleSara Morris Best Practices Creating Child-Centered Learning in a K-3 ClassroomLaureen Yakemchuk Learning Through PlayTara Lawes Building Computational Thinking Through Play: Computer Science in K-3Darren Maltais Building Resilience: Social Emotional Learning and Self-Regulation in Today's ClassroomCassandra Anatacio

10:45am MDT

Check Out and Christina Fox Book Signing

11:00am MDT

Thank You's, Conference Draws & 2026 Conference Introduction

11:15am MDT

What We'll Build: Plans For Teachers In The Coming Days TogetherLaurie McIntosh