Podcast
Tune in for a dynamic mix of topics tailored for early childhood professionals!
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Milestones: Supporting Early Childhood in Minnesota Since 1977
Milestones is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building brighter futures, nurturing growth, and creating pathways to success for the early childhood community. Since 1977, Milestones has supported families, child care providers, and educators with comprehensive resources that strengthen early learning across Central Minnesota and beyond. Join Priscilla Weigel as she talks with Milestones Executive Director, Jeremey Schreifels to hear more about their work across Minnesota.
Through programs such as the Shared Services Alliance, CACFP Family Child Care nutrition sponsorship, Parent Aware coaching, Early Learning Scholarships, and Family, Friend & Neighbor (FFN) support, Milestones connects the early childhood community with tools and funding that promote quality care and education. As a regional partner of Child Care Aware of Minnesota, Milestones also offers robust Professional Development and training opportunities to help providers grow their skills and their impact.
🌟 Learn more about Milestones
🔗 www.milestonesmn.org
📱 Follow on Facebook: facebook.com/MilestonesMN
✨ Join the mission to support the early childhood community—because together, we’re building brighter futures.
Building Strong Partnerships: A Culturally Responsive Approach to Engaging Immigrant Children and Families
Jamesetta Ross Diggs joins Inclusion Matters to share about the NEW CICC self-study course that she authored for us. As an immigrant herself, and an early childhood expert, Jamesetta shares her personal stories as well as an overview of the course. The course equips early childhood professionals with strategies to partner with families in co-creating culturally affirming learning environments for young children. It also offers support to advocate for strength-based approaches that uplift immigrant families, ensuring that young children can thrive in environments beyond home.
🌟Be sure to check out our NEW Self-Study on this important topic:
(Length: 22:08)CICC Early Childhood Leadership Development Program
We are excited to share some great information about the most recent addition to CICC’s list of helpful free resources. The CICC Early Childhood Leadership Development Program is a free support for leaders working in early childhood settings across Minnesota. Our Lead on the work, Kara Kuehn, joins Inclusion Matters to highlight the history, the purpose, and the impact of this amazing support and connection opportunity.
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(Length: 22:27)Essential Elements of Infant and Toddler Environments: Health and Safety
CICC Coach Lead, Jacy Nylander joins Priscilla Weigel to discuss a key topic for our youngest learners, health and safety. Listen to their conversation about ways you can create an environment that is safe, calm, clean, and fresh.
(Length: 19:08)Every Child Can Fly
- Jani’s website: www.everychildcanfly.com
- Every Child Can Fly: An Early Childhood Educator's Guide to Inclusion
- Research and Studies on Inclusion
- Indicators of High-Quality Inclusion
New book coming out on June 1st:
- Empowering Your Child to Fly: A Family's Guide to Early Childhood Inclusion
Part 2: Supporting Infants and Toddlers through Extended Separations and Reunions
In this second part of our discussion, former CICC Coaching Manager, author, and Early Childhood Advocate Beth Menninga returns to share insights on extended separations and reunions with infants and toddlers. We discuss military deployment, divorce/break up or split households, work travel, incarceration, foster care, hospitalization, immigration related separations, teacher leaves, and change of classroom or care setting.