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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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Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years | A new film, Reflecting on Anti-bias Education in Action: The Early Years (48 minutes), produced by Debbie LeeKeenan and John Nimmo, features vignettes of anti-bias strategies in early childhood classrooms interspersed with teachers reflecting on their practice. | Website |
Relaciones con las familias (Relationships with Families) | Estrategias de comunicación para ayudar a los cuidadores a construir relaciones positivas con las familias de los niños en su programa. Communication strategies for helping caregivers build positive relationships with the families of the children in their program. | Tipsheet |
Release of Information | When developing policies around confidential information what type of documentation do you need to have in place to ensure that it is secure? Cindy Croft and Priscilla Weigel discuss key components of a Consent to Release Information Form that you should have in place. | Podcast |
Responding to Potentially Violent Situations | Head Start and child care programs need to know how to prepare for and respond to a variety of emergency situations, including potentially violent ones. Programs should develop and implement a written plan that describes the practices and procedures to use if faced with a threat of violence. | Website |
Responsiveness to Individual and Group Needs | Stresses the importance of getting to know the unique and individual needs of each infant and toddler. | Tipsheet |
Rosie's Rules - PBS | "Rosie’s Rules is a new PBS KIDS® animated comedy series for preschoolers starring 5-year-old Rosie Fuentes, a Mexican-American girl just beginning to learn about the wow-mazing world. Rosie’s Rules aims to teach children concrete social studies lessons about how a community works, helping them develop an awareness of themselves as individuals and as part of a broader society. Like many children across the country, Rosie is part of a blended, multicultural family; Papá is from Mexico City and Mom is from rural Wisconsin. Rosie has a little brother, Iggy, and an older sister, Crystal, who is Mom’s child from her first marriage. The Fuentes family lives together in suburban Texas with their cat (and Rosie’s partner-in-crime), Gatita. Rosie is bilingual in English and Spanish and loves to celebrate her multicultural identity. Throughout the series, she joyfully introduces viewers to the art, traditions and foods of the Southwest, Midwest and Mexico." Available in English and Spanish! | |
Run Away or Run into Your Arms--Slow to Approach/Withdraw | A child’s initial tendency to respond to a new experience, new person, or new environment can be either ‘arms open wide’ or ‘wait-and-see’. Both types of approaches need our guidance as early childhood professionals to be sure that children are getting the social interactions they need to be successful and validation for their sense of self-esteem. If you work with either or both of these temperaments, you’ll want to listen to this engaging podcast. | Podcast |
Rural Child Care | From The Twin Cities Public Television program Almanac - Season 2024 Episode 29Kaomi Lee explores a novel solution to a childcare provider shortage in Stevens County | Website |
Safety Checks for Your Environment: Tips and Tricks | Listen as Priscilla Weigel and guest Brenda Lowe, CICC Coach Lead, discuss an important health and safety topic. They walk through the daily process of checking your child care environment for safety dangers that can cause harm to children and adults. The conversation walks through some tips and tricks for making this process smooth and key to your daily routine. | Podcast |
Satisfacer las Necesidades de Varias Edades en el Cuidado Infantil Familiar (Meeting the Needs of Multiple Ages in Family Child Care) | En un entorno de edades mixtas, los niños pueden formar relaciones significativas que construyan un sentido de comunidad entre los niños, los cuidadores y los padres. Esta hoja de consejos ayudará a los proveedores a reconocer y cuidar a cada niño como un individuo con capacidades únicas, al tiempo que unifica los indicadores a través de las edades de los niños bajo su cuidado. In a mixed-age setting, children can form meaningful relationships that build a sense of community among children, caregivers, and parents. This tip sheet will help providers recognize and care for each child as an individual with unique capabilities while unifying indicators across ages of the children in their care. | Tipsheet |
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