Please note: The conference is full. Please email us at programs@aannh.org if you would like to be on the email list for future workshops and events.

For early-childhood educators (pre-K to grade 2)
preschool and child-care administrators & care providers 
parents & grandparents * librarians * teaching artists
early-childhood-focused college & high school students

Saturday, March 4, 2017
Register 8:30 am, Workshop 9 am - 3 pm
Preschool in the Village
11 Church Street, Amherst, NH 03031

This conference is also being offered in Franconia  March 11 .

Light morning snacks provided. Please bring a lunch!
Download conference flyer to share with staff & colleagues.  Register for Amherst Location

We appreciate online registrations. If you prefer paper registration, download form here.

This year's conference will center around the wonderful world of weather and the seaons of the year -- a popular early childhood topic and one rich with creative possibilities. This hands-on day includes activities for school, home, library and community settings designed to strengthen pre-literacy and literacy skills for children 2-8.

We'll do movement, music, drama and visual arts activities that are engaging, joyful and linked to the conference theme. We'll also focus on early literacy, displaying and discussing a variety of books related to the weather and the seasons.

Particular attention will be paid to meeting the needs of children with developmental and learning differences. Participants will take away sample lessons as well as a wealth of user-friendly ways to link the seasons - and the arts  to children's literature and learning.

Teaching artist presenters include Deborah Stuart, Will Cabell, Kelly Doremus Stuart and Richard Moses.

Presented by: The Arts Alliance of Northern New Hampshire and VSA New Hampshire as part of their ongoing Arts in Inclusive Learning collaboration, under a contract with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Our thanks to Preschool in the Village and Franconia Children's Center for hosting this winter's conferences.

Cost: $40, with reduced rates for Arts Alliance members and for teams from preschools, child care centers or other facilities. Partial scholarships are also available.

 For more information: To learn more about other workshops and the Arts in Inclusive Learning collaboration, call 323-7302 or email programs@aannh.org. The Arts Alliance is grateful for operating support from the NH State Council on the Arts and the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the NH Charitable Foundation.

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