Explore two partner activities that provide powerful long-term benefits for children on their journey to learning to read and write. Foundational literacy skills and relationships are strengthened when you invite children to tell you a story that they make up and you write it down, and then invite the child to act out their story with friends.

How do young children develop their thinking about comparison and measurement? In this training, we will look at the power of comparison for infants, toddlers, and twos as they begin to notice how things are the same and different. This big idea of early mathematics is explored through sharing play-based strategies for scaffolding children’s understanding of these foundational concepts and reflecting on how to use these new understandings in your own setting. ​

The materials within the environments can lead children’s learning and invite both children and families to feel welcomed in the home. This module is an introduction to thinking about how to create and choose materials
that support an inclusive approach and offer children ways to learn about diverse groups as well as seeing themselves reflected in the program.

Exploration of the big ideas of early math. Providers are invited to think about how adults can engage preschoolers in the math that is all around them.

Family child care providers will explore the idea of play as both a right and need for children’s development and learning, developing an understanding of the various types of play and how the provider’s role moves through a spectrum to best support the child’s play.

Crear un ambiente apropiado para el desarrollo que toma en cuento las necesidades de sus niños y familias puede ser difícil. Esto se puede complicar cuando uno atenta ser respetuoso, vigente, y representar a otros en términos de cultura. En este módulo, vamos a compartir ideas de como aceptar un ambiente que es vigente a cultura y anti-prejuicio.

Please Note: Your progress through the modules are logged. If you are completing a module in much less time than approved by Gateways or skipping content you may not receive credit for this module.

This module will review the guidelines for developmentally appropriate technology use and how to choose high quality technology tools. Included are ideas and resources for both low and high tech tools that can be used to enhance children’s experiences.  Ways to manage children’s technology use and strategies to include and communicate with families about technology use will be shared. Please Note: Your progress through the modules are logged. If you are completing a module in much less time than approved by Gateways or skipping content you may not receive credit for this module.

This module reviews concepts from other modules in the environment series. Stories of both small and big changes from family child care providers will be shared to show the impact of making changes in your environment.  Providers will be invited to consider changes they might make in their own environments.

Please Note: Your progress through the modules are logged. If you are completing a module in much less time than approved by Gateways or skipping content you may not receive credit for this module.

In this module family child care providers will be invited to consider the ways the environment can support communication with families and the community. This module will illustrate a variety of ways to share information to communicate effectively with families as well as support your family child care business.  Providers will also learn about documenting children’s learning experiences as a means of communicating children’s growth to families and also for sharing your family child care business with the community.

Please Note: Your progress through the modules are logged. If you are completing a module in much less time than approved by Gateways or skipping content you may not receive credit for this module.

A family child care home needs to be a high-quality, developmentally appropriate environment for children while also balancing the needs of the provider’s family.  In this module providers will be invited to explore how to organize spaces to be safe and appropriate for children of different ages to learn and play together.  Considerations for choosing furniture that is appropriate for people and purpose and strategies for managing spaces with multiple uses will also be covered.

Please Note: Your progress through the modules are logged. If you are completing a module in much less time than approved by Gateways or skipping content you may not receive credit for this module.