We invite you to join EDC early childhood experts in-person at the 2024 National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Annual Conference, November 6–9, in Anaheim, CA. Our experts will share new research and resources that are supporting teachers and families, as well as advancing EDC’s goal to ensure all children have quality education and care in their crucial early years.
The theme for this year’s Annual Conference is One Vision, Many Voices: Shaping Early Education Together, and literacy advocate LeVar Burton will be the opening session speaker. Topic tracks include advocacy and public policy, family engagement and support, play, mathematics, and many more.
Browse the schedule below to view all EDC sessions.
EDC Sessions – Dates and Times
Be sure to visit NAEYC for the most up-to-date session information.
Time | Session Title | EDC Presenters |
Wednesday, November 6 |
8:30–11 a.m. | Leveraging Physical Science to Power Up All Children’s Inquiry, Thinking, and Talk in Science and Engineering: Topics, Approaches, and Strategies for Preschool Teachers | Cindy Hoisington, Jessica Young, Luz Maria Considine |
Thursday, November 7 |
10–11:30 a.m. | Spotlight On Spatial Orientation and Data Science Content: Using Books, Movement, Hands-On Manipulatives, and Technology to Foster Preschoolers’ Developmentally Appropriate Mathematics Learning | Ashley Lewis-Presser, Regan Vidiksis, Jessica Young |
1–2:30 p.m. | Ciencia inspirativa: Desarrollando la indagación, curiosidad y el lenguaje en estudiantes multilingües | Luz Maria Considine, Janna Kook, Jessica Young, Cindy Hoisington |
Friday, November 8 |
10–11:30 a.m. | Playful Math: Strategies for Educators, Librarians, and Family Learning Leaders to Promote Equity and Culturally Sustaining Family Math at Home, School, and in the Community | Jessica Young, Shakesha Thompson, Luz Maria Considine |
11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Early Math Interest Forum Meeting | Jessica Young |
Learn more about EDC’s early childhood, research, and design and development work.