Conferences
Save the Date for 2025’s Statewide ECE Conference
Save the date for the statewide early childhood education conference!
MaineAEYC’s Play Date Conference
Registration opens July 1st!!
Session selection via the Whova App opens July 28th!
Come party with MaineAEYC as we throw a bash to celebrate our 20th Anniversary with our very first Play Date! This fantastic event is a jam-packed day-long conference dedicated to all the awesome folks caring for and teaching young ones. Get ready for workshops that dive into the magic of play-based learning in the early years and how us educators can sprinkle some playfulness into children's lives while nurturing their growth.
$150 Nonmembers
$125 MaineAEYC and FCCAM Members
Registration will include a continental breakfast, a keynote address by Kristen Peterson, a selection of morning workshops, lunch, afternoon workshops, as well as vendors, exhibitors, raffles, scavenger hunts, and ample networking and connecting opportunities with fellow early childhood educators.
Schedule of the Day
8:00-9:00am Registration opens, continental breakfast and networking
9:00am-10:15am Kristen Peterson’s Keynote Address “Trust the Children and Your Cape”
10:30am-11:45am Morning Workshops
11:45am-1pm Lunch and networking
1:15-3:45pm Afternoon Workshops
How to Get Involved…
Connecting Early Childhood Education
Connecting Early Childhood Education; Birth through Eight Across the State is an opportunity for educators of young children to re-connect in person, share best practices, build up our communities, learn from one another and advocate for early childhood education.
Join early childhood professionals from all over the state for the largest early childhood conference in Maine! With countless opportunities to connect, engage, and learn, the 2023 Birth Through Eight Across the State has sessions and content for a variety of roles in the early childhood field and early childhood professionals at various stages in their career.