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| In the Rush to Improve Early Education, Don't Forget About Teachers | Parents know that a child's early experiences greatly influence their success later in school and in life. While parents are young children's first and best teachers, they rely on early educators as partners in preparing their children for success. And when that partnership is strong, we have the building blocks for prosperous communities, states, and nations. As a result, states and communities across our country have started to raise the qualifications and credentials for early educators. An excellent article by Michelle Miller-Cox. | Document |
| Inclusion: Six Essential Program Practices | High-quality relationship-based care is central to children’s early brain development, emotional regulation, and learning (Center on the Developing Child, 2012). One of the Program for Infant/Toddler Care (PITC) six essential program practices for promoting this type of care is inclusion of infants and toddlers with special needs (PITC, n.d., a). | Document |
| Individualized Care: Six Essential Program Practices | Document | |
| Infant Training Modules | These modules from the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning focus on promoting the social and emotional competence of very young children. Topics include understanding social-emotional development and behavior, building and sustaining relationships, and supporting social-emotional development. Materials include PowerPoints, handouts, video clips, and a trainer's guide. | Document |
| Infant/Toddler Materials Guide | The choices for designing a quality childcare program for young children can be overwhelming for a childcare professional, especially when working with a limited budget. This guide has been created to help you to design a high-quality environment for young infants (under 9 months), mobile infants (6-18 months), and older infants (16-36 months), while making the best choices for your budget. Purchasing the correct materials is not sufficient; supervision and interaction with interested adults is necessary for children to make full use of them. Through intentional teaching, materials can be used for both child-guided experiences and adult-guided experiences. Materials need to be: interesting to children, sturdy, age appropriate, offer variety and choice, and be arranged in such a way as to encourage independence and creativity | Document |
| Is-Daryeelidda Shaqaalaha Caruurta Yaryar Daryeesha Waxna Barta (Self-Care for Early Care and Education Professionals) | Warqad talobixin ah oo istiraatiijiyado is-daryeelid ah oo wax ku ool ah loogu talagalay daryeelka hore iyo xirfadlayaasha waxbarashada. Tip sheet with practical self-care strategies for early care and education professionals. | Tipsheet |
| Lactancia materna y programas de cuidado infantil (Breastfeeding and Child Care Programs) | Esta hoja de consejos explica los beneficios de la lactancia materna y proporciona pautas para el almacenamiento de la leche materna.This tip sheet explains the benefits of breast feeding as well as provides breast milk storage guidelines. | Tipsheet |
| Living with a Disability: The Family Perspective | How understanding the family perspective can help early childhood educators demonstrate an increased level of empathy and sensitivity about the impact of a child’s disability on parents and family members. | Tipsheet |
| 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. | Podcast |
| Motor Development of Infants--What to Expect and When to be Concerned (Part 1) | In the first part of our series on Infant and Toddler Development Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss critical milestones in an infant’s fine and gross motor development. Our hosts discuss common things to look for at the stages of 3 months through 1 year and highlight some concerns that would require further investigation. We will also talk about the ways child care providers and parents can encourage physical development at this important age. | Podcast |
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