Leading the Magic: Creating an Impact Through Moments That Matter

Leadership makes an impact through everyday moments. A greeting, a response, a question, or a correction can shape how people feel, how they grow, and whether they feel valued and supported. The leader sets the tone.

In this engaging leadership track, participants will explore how intentional, empathetic leadership can turn everyday interactions into opportunities for connection, growth, and meaningful impact. Topics will include staff retention, coaching, supervision, critical conversations, and empathetic leadership, with practical strategies to strengthen teams and support educators, children, and families. Throughout the track, we will emphasize the power of creating magic in the moments that matter.

Curriculum Implementation Training

Ideal for educators who are new to Frog Street Curriculum or have not previously received implementation training.

Build a strong foundation for successful curriculum implementation! This interactive session introduces educators to the key components of Frog Street Curriculum, including daily instructional routines, intentional lesson planning, and developmentally appropriate activities across all learning domains. Participants will explore strategies for supporting social-emotional development, incorporating digital resources, and effectively implementing the curriculum in their classrooms.

Curriculum Follow-Up Training

Ideal for educators who are already familiar with Frog Street Curriculum and are ready to deepen their knowledge and strengthen their instructional practices.

Take your curriculum implementation to the next level! This interactive session builds upon foundational knowledge, providing a deeper exploration of curriculum components, instructional strategies, and practical classroom applications. Participants will engage in modeled lessons, explore ways to differentiate instruction, and discover strategies to maximize curriculum effectiveness, address classroom challenges, and enhance student learning outcomes.

Math from the Start: Where the Little Moments Become Mathematical Magic.

Mathematical thinking begins long before children can count or recognize numerals-and sometimes, it can feel like magic. A baby discovers that one more makes a group bigger. A toddler turns a puzzle piece until-presto!- it fits, by looking a little closer and you'll discover the math magic already unfolding through infant's and toddlers' play, exploration, and daily routines. Participants will leave with their own bag of math tricks: practical, low-prep, play-based experiences designed especially for infants and toddlers. These simple ideas can transform ordinary moments into meaningful mathematical discoveries, making early math playful, joyful, developmentally appropriate, and just a little magical from the very beginning.

 

Once Upon a Babble: Where Early Literacy Magic Begins

From first coos, babbles, and gestures to first words, books, songs, and stories, the journey to literacy begins in infancy. Designed specifically for infant and toddler educators, this engaging session explores how responsive caregiving and everyday routines become powerful opportunities for early literacy learning. Discover playful, developmentally appropriate ways to nurture oral language, sound awareness, book and print awareness, early mark-making, and a love of stories through conversations, songs, rhymes, shared reading, and play. Because with infants and toddlers, literacy doesn’t begin with letters—it begins with connection. Discover how the smallest moments can spark BIG literacy magic from the very beginning!

* Open to all educators; Frog Street use is not required.

Math in Motion: A Touch of Magic in Everyday Mathematics.

There is a touch of magic in the moment a child discovers a mathematical idea-recognizing a quantity without counting, finding another way to make five, discovering that a shape is still a triangle when is turned, predicting what comes next in a pattern, or trying a new strategy to solve a problem. Through play, exploration, and problem solving, children ages 3-5 are developing powerful mathematical ideas every day. Participants will leave with practical, low-prep activities that bring a touch of magic to everyday mathematics while strenthening numeracy, operations, geometry, spatial reasoning,, measurement, patterns, and heuristic problem-solving skills.

Happily Ever After Starts Here: Building Early Literacy Through Everyday Moments

Every child’s literacy journey begins long before they can read a book independently—and the magic happens in the everyday moments! In this engaging session participants will discover how simple interactions, playful experiences, conversations, songs, stories, and routines can build powerful early literacy skills in young children.
Designed for educators working with three-, four- and five-year-old children, this session will explore how to create meaningful opportunities for language, communication, listening, vocabulary, print awareness, storytelling, and early writing throughout the day. Participants will leave with practical, easy-to-implement strategies that turn ordinary moments into opportunities for learning, connection, and literacy growth.
Because every child deserves a strong beginning—and their Happily Ever After starts here!

* Open to all educators; Frog Street use is not required.

A Magical Day in 1st and K

Join Adam for a day of inspiration, engagement, and ideas that you can put into action right away in your classroom! Adam knows that creating a play-driven, student-focused learning space is no easy task, so he's on a mission to help make it easier. This session will feel like a day in Adam's kindergarten classroom with songs, movement, games, and more. Adam will share tips and strategies for classroom management, small group structure, and ways to "fit it all in" while still having the most magical day possible with your students. You'll leave with real, classroom-tested ideas that your students will love and you can easily incorporate into your day.

* Open to all educators; Frog Street use is not required.