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Building Healthy and Safe Sleep Routines
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Building Healthy and Safe Sleep Routines

A helpful resource for families and child care providers who want to support healthy sleep habits for young children. This resource shares guidance on creating consistent sleep routines, promoting ... Read more
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Early Childhood Transitions: Supporting Children and Families
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Early Childhood Transitions: Supporting Children and Families

A useful resource for helping children and families navigate changes in early learning and care settings. This PDF offers guidance for supporting smoother transitions, strengthening family communic... Read more
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Parent Involvement and Family Engagement for Early Childhood Professionals
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Parent Involvement and Family Engagement for Early Childhood Professionals

A valuable resource for teachers and providers who want to build stronger connections with families. This PDF helps early childhood professionals better understand how to support family partnership... Read more
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CCDF Health and Safety Training Fact Sheet
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CCDF Health and Safety Training Fact Sheet

The CCDF Health and Safety Training Fact Sheet gives child care providers a clear overview of important health and safety training topics. It is a useful resource for learning about training expect... Read more
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Health and Safety Training Resources for Child Care Providers
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Health and Safety Training Resources for Child Care Providers

A helpful guide for understanding important training topics in early childhood education. This resource covers key areas like safe sleep, emergency preparedness, medication administration, infectio... Read more
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Georgia In-Home Daycare: Family Child Care Learning Home Applicant Guide
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Georgia In-Home Daycare: Family Child Care Learning Home Applicant Guide

The Georgia In-Home Daycare: Family Child Care Learning Home Applicant Guide is the official DECAL resource that explains how to apply to operate a licensed family child care learning home in Georg... Read more
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Resource Guide for Starting and Operating a Child Care Business
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Resource Guide for Starting and Operating a Child Care Business

A practical startup guide for anyone opening a child care program. Covers planning basics, policies, staffing, budgeting, and key steps to move from idea to operating—helpful for both center-base... Read more
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A Morning Routine for a Preschool Teacher
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A Morning Routine for a Preschool Teacher

Each morning, the preschool teacher arrives early to prepare the classroom, setting up engaging activities and ensuring that all materials are organized for the day ahead. After greeting the childr... Read more
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Safe Sleep for Babies: A Simple Guide for Caregivers
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Safe Sleep for Babies: A Simple Guide for Caregivers

A clear, supportive safe-sleep guide for families and caregivers that explains how to reduce sleep-related risks and create a safer sleep environment. Great as a trusted handout for infant rooms an... Read more
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Schedules & Routines at Home: Tips for Families
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Schedules & Routines at Home: Tips for Families

Consistent schedules and routines at home give children predictability and security, reduce daily conflicts, and support better sleep, eating, and behavior. A family-friendly handout that explains ... Read more
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Schedules & Routines: Quick Tips for Teachers
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Schedules & Routines: Quick Tips for Teachers

A simple, classroom-friendly guide to building predictable schedules and smooth routines that support behavior, learning, and transitions. Great for improving daily flow, reducing challenging behav... Read more
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Starting Solid Foods in Child Care: Tips for ECE Providers
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Starting Solid Foods in Child Care: Tips for ECE Providers

A practical, easy-to-follow tip sheet for early educators introducing solid foods safely in child care settings. In early care and education settings, introduce solid foods when infants show develo... Read more
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Talk, Read & Sing: Infant & Toddler Tips
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Talk, Read & Sing: Infant & Toddler Tips

Talking with babies and toddlers is a brain building activity! Every time you talk to a baby and have a high-quality back-and-forth interaction, new connections in that baby’s brain are made. The... Read more
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Talk, Read & Sing: Preschool Teacher Tips
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Talk, Read & Sing: Preschool Teacher Tips

Talking, reading, and singing with young children every day helps build their language skills and supports early brain development. These simple shared activities also strengthen caregiver-child bo... Read more
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Holy Thursday Activities for Kids
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Holy Thursday Activities for Kids

Gentle, classroom-friendly ideas centered on service, kindness, gratitude, and caring for others. With easy activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age children like helper jobs,... Read more
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Mahavir Jayanti Activity Ideas for Kids
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Mahavir Jayanti Activity Ideas for Kids

Peaceful, kid-friendly ways to celebrate values like kindness, compassion, self-control, and caring for all living things. With simple activities for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-age... Read more
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Creating The CDA Professional Portfolio
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Creating The CDA Professional Portfolio

Creating the CDA Professional Portfolio involves collecting evidence that demonstrates your knowledge, skills, and competency in early childhood care and education. It typically includes your profe... Read more
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Child Care Workforce Qualifications, Training, and Professional Development
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Child Care Workforce Qualifications, Training, and Professional Development

The child care workforce requires clearly defined qualifications such as minimum education levels, background checks, CPR/first aid and early childhood credentials or state licensing to ensure care... Read more
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I-Messages for Kids: Meaning + Examples
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I-Messages for Kids: Meaning + Examples

I-messages are a way to tell someone how you feel without blaming This resource includes kid-friendly definitions, feelings and needs word banks, classroom-ready examples for common problems (shari... Read more
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New Year’s Activities for Kids
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New Year’s Activities for Kids

Create a family-friendly countdown with noisemakers and confetti poppers made from tissue paper for a safe, early celebration. Set up craft stations where kids can make party hats, glittery New Yea... Read more
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Hanukkah Activities Kids Will Love!  All Ages
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Hanukkah Activities Kids Will Love! All Ages

Bring the Festival of Lights into your classroom with fun! Children can explore sparkling “light” sensory play, create simple menorah-inspired crafts, spin and count with dreidel games, and sha... Read more
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Veterans Day Activities for Kids (All Ages)
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Veterans Day Activities for Kids (All Ages)

Veterans Day activities for kids can include age‑adaptable crafts (paper flags, gratitude cards, or memory boxes), classroom lessons and read‑alouds about service, and interactive projects like... Read more
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National Stress Awareness Day: Calming Activities for Kids
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National Stress Awareness Day: Calming Activities for Kids

National Stress Awareness Day encourages families and schools to recognize and address stress in children by promoting simple, age-appropriate coping strategies. Calming activities such as deep bel... Read more
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Activities for Kids
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day Activities for Kids

For Indigenous Peoples’ Day, kids can take part honoring Indigenous communities through nature-based learning, respectful storytime, community-building circles, simple gardening experiences, and ... Read more
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