News & Events: 2006
January 9
Gaston County Public Schools - Teacher Training
Gastonia, North Carolina
Title I and More at Four Pre-K Teachers and Assistants
JANuary 11
Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute
The Mississippi State University Early Childhood Institute and MSU Extension Service recently sponsored a workshop and concerts by acclaimed early childhood leader and musician Thomas Moore for young children and their hurricane-weary teachers in Pascagoula, Miss.
Dr. Moore is a nationally recognized early childhood consultant, keynote speaker, workshop leader, and children's recording artist. He performed at Bethel Christian Church on December 15 and 16.
"My heart aches now ... I want to do more," Moore wrote to friends and colleagues after visiting the hurricane region. Moore said that Cathy Grace, Ed.D., professor and director of the MSU Early Childhood Institute, contacted him because children and child care workers in the hurricane-affected region needed someone who could provide educational experiences and professional training while lifting their spirits. "To tell the truth, they lifted my spirits" Moore stated. "A three-year-old child hugged me and said 'thank you' and a teacher shared that she had asked her adult children not to come home for Christmas because there wasn't enough room in the trailer for them to sleep." Dr. Moore has ten recordings and two books (Humpty Dumpty Dumpty and Where Is Thumbkin?) and is a contributing author of the Wright Group/McGraw-Hill curriculum, DLM Early Childhood Express.
January 28
Florida Association of Child Care Management Providers
Orlando, Florida
Keynote
February 2-4
57th Annual SECA (Southern Early Childhood Association) Conference
Nashville, Tennessee
Sponsored by: Wright Group / McGraw-Hill
February 9
Sweetheart Banquet
Lake Carroll Baptist Learning Center
Tampa, Florida
Speaker - Teacher Training Workshop
February 17-18
4th Annual Early Childhood Conference
Huntsville, Alabama
Evening celebration and learning experience through music
Keynote, Workshop
Sponsored by: Child Care Education Resources, Inc.
February 20
The Children's Courtyard Professional Development Conference
Houston, Texas (AM)
Austin, Texas (PM)
Children & Family's learning experiences through music
Keynote, Workshop
Sponsored by: Wright Group / McGraw-Hill & Children's Courtyard
February 24
Beauvoir - The National Cathedral Elementary School
Washington, DC
Learning experiences through music for children & families
Teacher Training Workshop
March 3
Regional Teacher Training Workshop
Paducah, Kentucky
Sponsored by: Calaway County Regional Training Office
March 4
14th Annual Pinellas County Early Childhood Conference
St. Petersburg, Florida
Keynote and Workshop
Sponsored by: Wright Group / McGraw-Hill
March 23
Children's Learning Experiences Through Music
Concord, North Carolina
Sponsored by: Cabarrus Partnership for Children and Cabarrus County AEYC
April 1
4th Annual Uniting for Children Conference
Lake County, Florida
Keynote and Workshop
Sponsored by: Wright Group / McGraw-Hill
April 8
2006 Spring Early Childhood Conference
Houston, Texas
Keynote, Workshop
Sponsored by: Collaborative for Children & Houston AEYC
April 17
Chattanooga Area Association For the Education of Young Children - Week of the Young Child Celebration Banquet
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Keynote, Workshop
April 29
Circles of Care Conference
Fort Myers, Florida
Keynote, Workshop
Sponsored by: Child Care Southwest Florida
May 20
Spring Early Childhood Conference
Coastal Carolina University
Conway, South Carolina
Keynote
Sponsored by: Horry County First Steps
June 4-7
NAEYC 15th Annual National Institute for Early Childhood Professional Development Conference
San Antonio, Texas
Book Signing
June 12-13
Kentucky Early Childhood Summer Institute
Hyatt Regency
Lexington, Kentucky
Keynote, Workshops
Sponsored by:
Calaway County Regional Training Office
June 20
Bishop's Initiative March on the Capitol
Raleigh, North Carolina
Celebrant
Sponsored by:
Western North Carolina Conference The United Methodist Church
June 23
Teacher Training
Memphis, TN
Keynote, Workshop
Sponsored by: Wright Group / McGraw-Hill
July 24-26
25th Annual DLM Early childhood Summer Institute
Dallas, Texas
Celebrant, Workshops
August 18
8th Annual Early Childhood Workshop
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Keynote, Workshops
Sponsored by: Choices Family Development, Inc., RESA V, Westbrook Health Services, Wood County Schools, Wood County FRN's Early Childhood Coalition & West Virginia Early Childhood Training Center
September 16
Parent Partners, "Together We Can Make a Difference" Conference
Hilton Center City
Charlotte, North Carolina
Keynote
Sponsored by: (ECAC) Exceptional Childrens Assistance Center