Saturday,
March 18th 2006
Over
200 attendees supported this years Strengthening
Families-Strengthening Communities event. Keynote
speaker Gail Reichlin had the audience in stitches
explaining how children can take you to the limit,
but you need to remember to “breath” and
take time out for yourself. Reichlin co-author of “The
Pocket Parent” has been in the Early Education
field for over 36 years.
Other
sessions included: Effect of Ice-Exposure on Brain
Development by Dr. Mariailiana Stark, Fatherhood:
Men’s Greatest
Calling by Kauila Ho, Feed Me a Story: If Reading
Aloud is Brain Food…I Just Ate! By Pat Mizuno
and many other early childhood focused sessions.
Sponsors
for this event: Hawaii Island Chapter of the Hawaii
Association for the Education of Young Children (HAEYC),
in partnership with the North Hawaii Drug Free Coalition
(NHDFC), Kamehameha Schools, People Attentive to
Children (PATCH), INPEACE-SPARK, and the Good Beginnings
Alliance.
For
information visit: www.hawaiiaeyc.org
