Several Marion County providers attended child care conferences March 5.

Those who attended the Mad Hatter Tea Party in Manhattan included Barb Kaiser of Lincolnville; Doug and Joy Vogel, Melinda Banning, and Daniel and Lisa Adame, all of Marion; and Deb Regier of Peabody.

Rebecca Isbell presented a keynote talk titled “Powerful Stories that Capture Young Children: Read, Told, and Sung.”

Shawn Wunderlick and Donna Kreutziger, both of Marion, attended the Growing with Children conference in Wichita.

Wunderlick and Kreutziger attended sessions titled “Four Priceless Gifts All Children Need to Receive,” “Funsical Fitness,” and “How Are We Doing.”