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The Paradigm Project Conference

1:00pm EDT

Visit National Building Museum- Play Work Build National Building Museum Clay Creatures and Small Worlds: Experiencing Nature Pedagogy Room 6ADiane Kashin • Miriam Udel Hachnasat Orchim! Welcome to the Paradigm Project Conference 2017! Lobby

1:30pm EDT

Visit Edlavitch-Tyser Early Childhood Center School Washington Hebrew Congregation

2:30pm EDT

PJ Goes to School Festivities at the Capital Retreat Center Meeting Room 4Lisa Litman • Vivian Newman • Sarah Wilensky

3:00pm EDT

Join Community Playthings to mess about with water, paint, dramatic play and more! Vestibule/Patio Join Kodo to mess about ramps, pathways, wind tunnels and more! Meeting Room 1 Remini: The Technology Story; Better Communication Between the Preschool and Families - How? FireplaceRaz Wasserstein Design Your Nametag Ribbon Lobby

5:00pm EDT

What is Graphic Facilitation? LobbyMarsha Dunn

5:30pm EDT

Welcoming Plenary: The Messiness of Speaking with Others Dining Room Upper Level- RightMiriam Udel

6:45pm EDT

Dinner Dining Room

7:45pm EDT

Join Sharon Goldman to mess about with loose parts- create your self portrait to make an identity panel! Meeting Room 2Sharon Goldman Cooking with Culinary Kids -THE TU B’SHEVAT GIVING TREE Dining Room Lower LevelDanny Corsun Join Kodo for Nighttime Explorations! Patio Outdoor Movie Ampitheater Yiddish Bedtime Stories Room 6BMiriam Udel

7:00am EDT

What is Graphic Facilitation? LobbyMarsha Dunn

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Dining Room

8:30am EDT

Accepting the Gift of Time in the Process of Pedagogical Documentation Room 6ADiane Kashin Cooking with Culinary Kids -THE TU B’SHEVAT GIVING TREE Dining Room Lower LevelDanny Corsun Design Thinking 101: A unique approach to problem solving, curriculum design and implementation Meeting Room 3Lesley Litman Intentional Coaching Part 1 Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room DaledDiana Ganger • Denise Moyes-Schnur The Messiness of Speaking At All Dining Room Upper Level- RightMiriam Udel Visual Literacy Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room HayZion Ozeri Collecting, Exploring, Organizing and Creating with Beautiful Stuff: Catalysts for Change in the Early Childhood Classroom Room 6BAmy Meltzer • Cathy Topal

10:30am EDT

Cooking with Culinary Kids -THE TU B’SHEVAT GIVING TREE Dining Room Lower LevelDanny Corsun Intentional Coaching Part 2 Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room DaledDiana Ganger • Denise Moyes-Schnur Maggid …It all comes down to a story Dining Room Upper Level- RightCherene Radis Bringing the Jewish Lens of photography to early childhood education Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room HayZion Ozeri In Support of Our Schools-How the Washington DC Pedagogista CoP Strengthens Our Work Room 6AAlex Band • Darci Lewis • Gary Mayes • Leslie Slan • Melissa Williamson Playing with Pirkei Avot (the Chapters of the Fathers): What? Why? How? Meeting Room 3Lyndall Miller

11:40am EDT

Choose your own adventure! TBA Join Community Playthings to mess about with water, paint, dramatic play and more! Vestibule/Patio Join Cre8 Workshop to mess about with wire and beads! Board Room Join Jodi Gladstone to mess about with loose parts- create a self portrait, mandala, and more! Meeting Room 2 Join Kodo to mess about ramps, pathways, wind tunnels and more! Meeting Room 1 Join PJ Library to mess about with Jewish values through literature and music! Meeting Room 4 Yoga HabimahNancy Siegel

12:40pm EDT

Lunch Dining Room

1:45pm EDT

Build a Provocation Walk About Dining Room Upper Level- RightKaree Bilsky Jewish Storytelling, Part 1 Meeting Room 4Lisa Litman • Vivian Newman • Sarah Wilensky Parents' Perception of Jewish Early Enrichment Room 6AShariee Calderone • Shellie Dickstein Remini: The Technology Story; Better Communication Between the Preschool and Families - How? FireplaceRaz Wasserstein Rethinking the Twos: Two Year Olds in a Preschool Setting Dining Room Lower LevelKaren Llamas • Emma Schnur Using Jewish Time Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room DaledDenise Moyes-Schnur Why does documentation require a community of practice? Should Jewish early childhood programs work this way? Meeting Room 3Lyndall Miller In Support of Our Schools-How the Washington DC Pedagogista CoP Strengthens Our Work Room 6BAlex Band • Darci Lewis • Gary Mayes • Leslie Slan • Melissa Williamson

3:00pm EDT

Choose your own adventure! TBA Coaching Bar FireplaceDiana Ganger • Denise Moyes-Schnur Join Community Playthings to mess about with water, paint, dramatic play and more! Vestibule/Patio Join Cre8 Workshop to mess about with wire and beads! Board Room Join Kodo to mess about ramps, pathways, wind tunnels and more! Meeting Room 1 Join Lisa Lasovsky to mess about in the Food Atelier- paint with organic paints made from fruits, vegetables, and much more! PatioLisa Lasovsky Join Natalie Boscoe to mess about with loose parts- create a self portrait, mandala, and more! Meeting Room 2 Join PJ Library to mess about with Jewish values through literature and music! Meeting Room 4

5:00pm EDT

Grab your glass of Prosecco and join us for an evening exploring: The Central Role of Studio Art in the Early Childhood Curriculum Dining Room Upper Level- RightCathy Topal

6:45pm EDT

Dinner Dining Room

8:00pm EDT

Outdoor Cocktail Party Patio

7:00am EDT

What is Graphic Facilitation? LobbyMarsha Dunn

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Dining Room

8:30am EDT

Change is Not a Four Letter Word! Room 6ADJ Jensen Design Thinking 201: Revisiting and refreshing our design thinking muscles Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room HayLesley Litman Herding Cats Without Losing Your Head: Project Management Tools to Help You Achieve Your Goals Meeting Room 3Suzanne Feinspan Intentional Coaching Part 3 Lodge Aleph-Meeting Room DaledDiana Ganger • Denise Moyes-Schnur Stick and Stone: The Intersection of Math and Literacy in Nature Dining Room Lower LevelDiane Kashin The Emergence of Style in Young Children's Painting & Stages of Development in Young Children’s Drawing and Painting Room 6BCathy Topal

10:15am EDT

Choose your own adventure! TBA Coaching Bar FireplaceDiana Ganger • Denise Moyes-Schnur Join Alyse Eisenberg to mess about with loose parts- create a self portrait, mandala, and more! Meeting Room 2 Join Community Playthings to mess about with water, paint, dramatic play and more! Vestibule/Patio Join Cre8 Workshop to mess about with wire and beads! Board Room Join Kodo to mess about ramps, pathways, wind tunnels and more! Meeting Room 1 Join Lyndall Miller to mess about with finger knitting! PatioLyndall Miller Join PJ Library to mess about with Jewish values through literature and music! Meeting Room 4

11:30am EDT

Beyond Flags and Felafel: Israel can be real for young children Dining Room Upper Level- RightLesley Litman Jewish Storytelling, Part 2 Meeting Room 4Lisa Litman • Vivian Newman • Sarah Wilensky Mindfulness for the Early Childhood Classroom Dining Room Lower LevelNancy Siegel Raising Mentsches: Talking with Preschoolers About Race and Racism Meeting Room 3Suzanne Feinspan Remini: The Technology Story; Better Communication Between the Preschool and Families - How? FireplaceRaz Wasserstein The Bones Project Triumphs and Tribulations: One school’s shift to Project Based Learning Room 6AJill Abbey-Clark • Anne Schwartz What’s in a Covenant? Room 6BSharon Goldman

12:40pm EDT

Lunch and Closing Session Dining Room