Ms. Amy's Blog @Child Central Station

The deadline for proposals for the 2012 UP Early Childhood Conference to be held April 13-14, 2012, at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan is approaching! You have until December 16, 2011 to submit your proposal!   Hop on over the to conference website for more information! I'm going to make this really easy for you, and embed the form for you right here! ( But you can also find it on the organization's page!)    If you are having trouble viewing the form on this page, please visit the form link .  I hope to see you at this year's conference! <p><p>Loading...</p></p>

I had the wonderful pleasure of attending the Upper Peninsula Association for the Education of Young Children's (UPAEYC) fall conference today. If you have never seen Dan Hodgins, you need to make sure to get to one of his presentations! I didn't happen to bring my camera, but we had a great time. This morning's workshop was entitled Get Them Outside Now! I was really excited about this part of the conference with all of the changes we have been making to our outdoor space. What was even more interesting, is that some of the photos on the powerpoint were oddly familiar. I had to look a couple of times, and then I realized that, those were photos of MY BACKYARD! Dan had found my blog through some of our similar online contacts and featured our easel and our music area!!! How cool was that! I know our play space is continually evolving and I have a HUGE wish list and number of changes and projects planned for the near future, but it was really nifty to have been featured...