Music teacher and UFT Chapter Leader Farrah Padro leads her students from the Queens School for Leadership and Excellence in their performance at the 10th annual Early Childhood Conference.

More than 600 educators and parents turned out for the conference.

Testing new art techniques for the classroom are (from left) teacher Jennifer Gordon of PS 52 in Brooklyn, paraprofessional Lizette Rodriguez of PS 196 in Brooklyn, UFT Vice President for Elementary Schools Karen Alford and teacher Cynthia Rojas of PS 171 in Manhattan.

Michelle Bodden-White, a former UFT vice president for elementary schools who launched the conference 10 years ago, was presented with the Abe Levine Award.

Learning how building blocks can be used to develop language and spatial skills are (from left) Anupama Anandjee and Rafiara Begum, paraprofessionals at the Preindergarten Center at Q311, Queens, and teacher Edith Svezia from PS/IS 87, Queens.

Nancy DePrizio, a pre-K teacher at PS 4 on Staten Island, has her paper outfit tailor-made in a workshop, with the help of Katrina Monzon (left), a paraprofessional at PS 15 in Manhattan, and parents Sandra Hidalgo and Joanna Zapato from PS 12 in the Bronx.

Paraprofessional Schneider Cardenas (left) of PS 196 in Brooklyn, teacher Fred Watson of PS 246 in the Bronx and teacher Deborah Grinnard of PS 31 on Staten Island share ideas in a workshop about creating more visually stimulating presentations using Prezi software.

One workshop focused on how to use yoga relaxation techniques for young children.