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How Can Child Care Providers Move Children from Letter Recognition to Beginning-Sound Awareness?
09/23/2026Recognizing a letter is an important beginning, but children also need opportunities to hear how spoken words start and connect those sounds to meaningful print. The Understanding Print Knowledge in Preschool course can help you strengthen these connections through intentional routines, observation,... How Can Child Care Providers Move Children from Letter Recognition to Beginning-Sound Awareness?
How Can Emotional Check-Ins Become a Meaningful Part of the Daily Child Care Routine?
09/23/2026Small, consistent moments of emotional connection can transform arrival, transitions, play, and learning without adding another demanding lesson to the schedule. Pair a practical Viewing Guidance in a Positive Light course with the ready-to-use Feelings Check-In resource to strengthen positive guida... How Can Emotional Check-Ins Become a Meaningful Part of the Daily Child Care Routine?
What Should You Check During a Daily Child Care Toy Inspection?
09/23/2026Are your classroom toys truly ready for safe, joyful play each morning? A consistent inspection routine helps providers catch choking hazards, broken components, contamination, recalls, and age-inappropriate materials before children encounter them. For broader strategies on routines, hygiene, and h... What Should You Check During a Daily Child Care Toy Inspection?
How Can Child Care Providers Teach School Bus Safety Through Realistic Choices?
09/23/2026Children learn transportation safety most effectively when they can explain what a safe choice looks like—not simply repeat a rule. Pair realistic classroom discussions with ChildCareEd’s Transportation Safety course to strengthen staff knowledge about supervision, vehicle hazards, and p... How Can Child Care Providers Teach School Bus Safety Through Realistic Choices?
How Can Child Care Providers Make Counting and Simple Operations Playful?
09/23/2026Young children build mathematical understanding when they can move, compare, explain, and play—not simply complete isolated worksheets. Pair the classroom-ready Simple Math Fun activity with Math Foundations in Early Childhood to strengthen your practice with hands-on strategies for counting, ... How Can Child Care Providers Make Counting and Simple Operations Playful?
How Can Child Care Providers Teach Less-Frequent Letters Without Relying on Worksheets Alone?
09/23/2026When children rarely encounter letters such as Z, meaningful repetition matters more than a stack of worksheets. Strengthen your classroom approach with Understanding Print Knowledge in Preschool, a focused course that can help you connect letter recognition, environmental print, and purposeful clas... How Can Child Care Providers Teach Less-Frequent Letters Without Relying on Worksheets Alone?
How Can Themed Vocabulary Strengthen Beginning-Sound Awareness in Preschool?
09/23/2026Beginning-sound practice becomes more meaningful when children can talk about familiar, inviting words. Use the Picnic Food Beginning Sound Sort to turn vocabulary into playful listening, sorting, and fine-motor practice, and explore Understanding Print Knowledge in Preschool to deepen your professi... How Can Themed Vocabulary Strengthen Beginning-Sound Awareness in Preschool?
How Can Familiar Real-Life Processes Help Preschoolers Learn Sequence Words?
09/23/2026When preschoolers describe how lemonade is made, they are doing more than recalling a snack—they are organizing ideas, practicing language, and building early literacy. Pair the printable How to Make Lemonade: A Sequencing Activity with Science of Reading Foundations in the Pre-K Classroom to ... How Can Familiar Real-Life Processes Help Preschoolers Learn Sequence Words?
How Can Familiar Objects Make Addition Concrete for Young Children?
09/23/2026When addition feels abstract, a familiar object can give children something meaningful to count, combine, and explain. The Early Mathematics Through Play course can help providers strengthen this approach with practical strategies for number sense, early operations, mathematical language, and hands-... How Can Familiar Objects Make Addition Concrete for Young Children?
How Can Child Care Providers Build One-to-One Correspondence with Small Objects?
09/23/2026When children count small objects, saying numbers is only part of the work: they must coordinate words, movement, attention, and quantity. A playful activity such as Watermelon Seed Counting gives providers a concrete way to strengthen this foundational skill; for deeper guidance on turning explorat... How Can Child Care Providers Build One-to-One Correspondence with Small Objects?
