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Our Resource Library contains materials and assistance for early childhood educators and those they serve. Explore our selection of podcasts, tip sheets, websites, documents, and self-study courses.
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| Resource Name | Description | Resource Type |
|---|---|---|
| Play and Creativity Using Music at Home | This tip sheet covers the many ways parents and family members can promote play and creativity through music at home. | Tipsheet |
| Play in Kindergarten - MN Department of Education | Lifelong learning begins with play. Play uses exploration, imagination, and inquiry to develop cognitive and social-emotional skills and the confidence to engage in new experiences. Play is a valuable and evidence-based teaching practice for all early learning environments, including kindergarten and beyond. | Document |
| Playing with Mud: Why It’s Worth the Mess | "Mud is messy. It’s sloppy and squishy and dirty. But it’s also a great tool for discovery and growth through play. From supporting cognitive development to boosting creative thinking and self-confidence, it turns out that mud is filled with benefits most of us don’t realize."Check out these fun ideas from the Minnesota Children's Museum | Website |
| Podcasts at CDC | Listen to/view CDC podcasts on your computer or download them for reliable health and safety information when and where you want it. | Website |
| Porciones para niños preescolares | En el cuidado infantil, la cantidad que servimos en las comidas y meriendas/snacks depende de la edad del niño. Una porción razonable para preescolares es más pequeña que para adolescentes o adultos. La siguiente tabla compara las porciones para adultos y preescolares. Puede parecer que no es mucha comida, pero las cantidades de abajo son las correctas para los pequeños estómagos de los preescolares y la energía que necesitan. | Document |
| Positive Friendship Connections for Children with Special Needs | Cory Woosley from Minneapolis College joins us again to highlight key information about inclusion. Our focus during this conversation is on the ways we as those caring for and teaching young children can help them build positive friendships. We discuss the importance of friendships and the ways we can set up the environment to support quality play connections for children with special needs. *Coming Soon! A CICC Self-Study on this important topic! | Podcast |
| Potty Training: Learning to the Use the Toilet | "There is not one right way or one right age to learn how to use the toilet. Here are some questions and thoughts from Zero to Three to keep in mind as you help your child learn to use the toilet." | Document |
| Potty Training: Learning to Use the Toilet | Tips, skills, and strategies for successful toilet training. | Tipsheet |
| Power of Play | Beyond the fun and games, play is essential to your child’s health and development. Play helps build important social-emotional, cognitive, language and self-regulation skills. When you play with your child, you also help create the safe, stable and nurturing relationships they need to thrive. Find information [from the American Academy of Pediatrics] to help make play a central, skill-building part of your child’s life." | Website |
| Practical Strategies for Supporting Young Children and Staff with Masking | Here is a special episode of Teacher Time from the Office of Head Start National Center on Early Childhood Development, Teaching, and Learning. Tune in to this webinar to hear how to "support the masking requirement in the Head Start Program Performance Standards (HSPPS). This episode focuses on strategies you can use to promote mask-wearing among children and adults in your programs." | Website |
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