PATTAN Workshop: Harrisburg

What’s the Big Idea??™

Friday, December 4, 2009
Harrisburg PATTAN
6340 Flank Drive
Harrisburg PA 17112

What’s the BIG Idea?™ will help you make math and science connections to the programs you’re already doing with young children and their families. It will help you bring science and mathematics content, skills and processes to almost any interaction you have with them. This training by Susan Pannebaker and Anne Kruger will provide a full training session on incorporating math and science into your library programming.

With What’s the BIG Idea?™ you will:

• Increase the number of children attending your programs
• Get children excited about math and science
• Use hands-on activities to make books come alive
• Meet national and state education standards
• Have fun!

Children learn math and science by doing math and science. They need to ask questions, have discussions, explore using a variety of materials, collect data and talk about what they’re doing. Picture books are a powerful tool to help introduce children to math and science. Make your story hours come alive with math and science activities for young children and their families.

Public library staff will be granted 4.5 hours of continuing education credit.
This workshop issponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Office of Commonwealth Libraries and supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act administered through the Office of Commonwealth Libraries.

Agenda

9:00 am Registration
9:30 am Morning session begins
10:30 am Break
12:00 pm Lunch* (included in fee)
1:00 pm Program continues
2:15 pm Break
3:00 pm Wrap up and Evaluations

The registration form is below. You may mail the form with a check or attach it to an e-mail (kshemory@state.pa.us) or fax to 717.783.5723 and give a check to one of the presenters the day of the program.

If you have questions, please contact Anne Kruger, Library Advisor, Youth Services, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Library Development, 333 Market St., Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745
akruger@state.pa.us

Confirmations will be emailed once we receive your registration

Cost of the workshop is $10.00 and includes lunch.

Please make checks payable to Altoona Area Public Library. Registration deadline is Monday, November 30, 2009.

Registration form:Workshop Registration