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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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Creating a Rich Play Environment | One of the roles of an early care and education professional is that of the architect of the environment in which children play and learn. This tip sheet offers strategies and ideas for creating a rich play environment for young children. | Tipsheet |
Creating Positive Experiences for Your Infant | By:Robert Sege, MD, PhD, FAAPThe first year of life is filled with major growth and development. It is easy to see how the baby in your arms becomes the babbling baby pulling up, giggling, laughing and trying to walk and talk! Infants also develop emotionally as they begin to learn about the world of people. | Website |
Creating Safe Play Areas | Keeping children safe while they are playing in their early childhood setting is key to quality care. Listen as we welcome Sarah Hawley, Child Care Health Consultant and Public Health Nurse. She gives essential tips to consider when you are preparing and maintaining your play spaces and shares strategies to lessen injuries, keep children and staff safe, and provide positive outdoor or indoor large muscle play. | Podcast |
Creative Ways to Stay Active Through Play | From The Children's Movement of Florida: "How do you get your child moving without them realizing that they are actually exercising? Pretend play is the key. Children can pretend to move as superheroes, animals, their favorite characters from TV or movies, or different types of vehicles. Supplementing their movements with sound effects and songs are great ways to rev up their imaginations. Here are some creative and playful ways to get kids moving. The only thing needed is the child’s imagination to guide them – No equipment needed." | Website |
Creativity--Looking for Children’s Cues | In this podcast, Priscilla Weigel and Cindy Croft will discuss children who can present challenges to us by their engagement. Some children are eager to participate in activities and others may need social prompting and encouragement in order to join in the fun. Children show creativity in many ways that can differ from our ideas; we need to read their cues to see when they need some help and when we need to follow their lead! | Podcast |
Culturally Sensitive Care: 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 these goals is the use of culturally sensitive care (PITC, n.d.). | Document |
Curriculum Modifications: An Introduction | Watch a short summary video about eight types of curriculum modifications. Accompanying resources include a tip sheet for teachers, an observation checklist for supervisors, and presentation slides embedded with activities and videos for trainers and professional development providers. These materials introduce curriculum modifications and when and why to use them. | Website |
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation | The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation provides information on research, clinical trials, public policy, and facts. They also have a newsletter and local chapters. | Website |
DADS MATTER: THE ROLE OF THE FATHER IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT MOMS CAN DO TO HELP DADS SUCCEED | "In the early months of a child’s life many dads struggle to find their role in caring for the baby and supporting mom through those exhausting days and nights. And sometimes we moms send messages, subtle and not-so-subtle, that dad just can’t measure up to our standards of care. But, in the long run, everyone will win (mom, dad, child) if dad is fully engaged as a caregiver. Andre Dukes, Vice President of Family and Community Impact Programs at Northside Achievement Zone in Minneapolis, joins Marti & Erin [in this Mom Enough podcast episode] to discuss the role of the father in child development, the benefits of father involvement throughout a child’s life and what we all can do to help men be the dads their children need. | Website |
Daily Health Checks in Early Care and Education Programs | The daily health check is an important part of each school day to ensure the health and safety of all children and staff in the early care and education (ECE) program. The purpose of the daily health check is to identify children with symptoms of illness and refer them to seek medical care when needed. This article, from the California Childcare Health Program (CCHP), can be accessed in a variety of languages. | Website |
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