Family Child Care accountant and attorney Tom Copeland presented this session for family child care providers in April of 2022. He covers the difference between marketing and advertising, how to set and review your rates, what to do if a former client is creating negative publicity, and more!
Gardening has many benefits for young children, including developing responsibility skills , fostering a sense of community, and developing confidence as they care for the plant and observe the growth. To begin, all you need are a few materials, and gardening doesn’t need an ample outdoor space; you can easily create a small indoor garden to fit your program.
Stephanie Mckinstry from My Caterpillar Clubhouse, a Certified Nature Explore Classroom, shares more benefits of gardening, how she begins her garden indoor and transfers the seeds to her outdoor garden. Watch below.
Stephanie Mckinstry from My Caterpillar Clubhouse, a Certified Nature Explore Classroom, shares how she incorporating books and images of nature into her program. Listen below for her tips.
Es magia!
Algunas de las experiencias más mágicas provienen de los materiales más simples. Saque algunas linternas y vea qué exploraciones mágicas suceden.
Esta experiencia apoya el desarrollo en varios de los Objetivos de Ciencias del Aprendizaje Temprano.
- Desarrolle habilidades iniciales en el uso de prácticas científicas y de ingeniería, como observar, hacer preguntas, resolver problemas y sacar conclusiones.
- Identificar, describir y comparar las propiedades físicas de los objetos.
- Comience a entender las prácticas básicas de seguridad que uno debe seguir al explorar y participar en investigaciones científicas y de ingeniería.
- Utilice herramientas científicas para la investigación.
As we explore intentionality in incorporating nature into home-based care. We reached out to two family childcare professionals Diann Gano, Owner of Under the Ginkgo Tree Nature School, and Ashley Hugues, owner of Roots Nature School, to discuss the curriculum of a home-based nature program. We hope this conversation is a starting point to rethink nature in your program or help support your current practice.
Town Square’s Learn, Share, and Grow series covers a particular topic spread across a number of short video segments. By breaking up the topic into multiple shorter videos, they are more digestible one at a time, while still being a part of a larger coherent segment. So if you only have 5 minutes, you can watch one, and if you have more time you can watch a whole series.
Below is our three part series on Brain development, explore other topics in the Grow tab.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Sharing ideas on how to use social media – specifically Facebook groups to communicate with families
Stress affects people differently, and this stress can manifest itself in different aspects of our lives. Stress is not exclusive to adults; children, especially now, are also experiencing stress. This webinar put together by INAAP (Indiana Chapter American of Pediatrics), Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning, as well as Early Learning Indiana showcases strategies for addressing mental health needs for yourself and the families you serve.
WEBINAR SERIES: RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO HEIGHTENED STRESS LEVELS
Staying on top of keeping your business records in order can save hours in the long run, but can be challenging. Listen as some FCC providers share their tips and tricks for keeping their business records organized.