Holiday Safety Tips As many gather for the holidays, it’s a great time to do an overall safety check on toys in your child’s early care program and in your home. Look to ensure that: Toys do not have sharp edges or points, loose parts or screws, or places where skin and fingers can g... Holiday Safety Tips - Toys Check
Once the enrollment process has started, it is equally important to retain and further increase enrollments. This is possible by taking good quality measures in providing child care education. This course focus in providing these quality guidelines.... Tools To Maintain Enrollment
New MSDE Training Requirements Several new training requirements will be going into effect soon! Almost everyone will be affected by one or more of these new regulations: New ADA Requirements: Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA)All family child care providers, in... New Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) Childcare Provider Requirements
As Providers we are constantly struggling to find ways to communicate with parents and relaying the information in a manner that they will remember it. Learn easy and effective ways to create parent newsletters, bulletin boards and use internet technology to communicate with parents in your classroo... Communicating with Parents by Writing the Perfect Newsletter
2 Hour Core of Knowledge Continuing Education Training... 2 Hour Core of Knowledge Continuing Education Training
The preschoolers in our classroom bring their questions, thoughts, and worries to class with them. To help the children cope with their feelings about sensitive issues—we call them tender topics—the teachers carefully choose books to read and discuss. You can do this ... Reading and Talking About Feelings With Preschoolers
Guide Spotlights Path To Early Childhood Education Careers The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) has released “Careers in Early Childhood Education: A MARYLAND GUIDE,” providing guidance about the educational pathways available for potential and current early chil... Guide Spotlights Path To Early Childhood Education Careers
Tuesday, January 16th the 6 Hour Medication Administration training will proceed as scheduled from 6:45 pm-9:45 pm. ... Inclement Weather Update
WEEKEND SPECIAL FOR ALL CHILDCARE PROVIDERS What is the one of the first questions a parent asks about a childcare facility? "How will you keep my child safe and what are your standards for ensuring this will happen?", is often the top question. As we know, being educate... Basic Health and Safety Promotion
Become a licensed home daycare provider and complete the first step in becoming eligible to accept child care subsidy payments from the government. In order to accept vouchers, a provider must be a licensed center or home daycare provider as well as complete and submit these forms. Please see... Family Child Care/ Home Daycares Eligible for MD Child Scholarship Funding