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Basic Health & Safety and Breastfeeding Awareness

To meet state and federal requirements of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG), all child care providers must successfully complete a basic health...

10 Hour Health and Safety Orientation Training

1 CEUs

Georgia child care providers play a vital role in ensuring the safety, health, and development of young children. This state-approved training equips caregivers...

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Salud y seguridad preventivas

0.3 CEUs

**Nota: esto NO es el curso requerido Basic Health & Safety si usted es un proveedor de cuidado infantil con base en Maryland. Por favor regístrese en el curso...

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Building and Physical Premises Safety Including the Storage and Handling of Bio-Contaminants and Hazardous Materials

0.2 CEUs

*This is a Nevada specific course. This course is only approved in Nevada.* Safe environments include both the inside and the outside of the classroom: we are r...

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Administering Basic Health and Safety Overview

This training provides 3 hours of continued education towards health, safety, supervision of children and nutrition. It does not replace the Basic Health & Safe...

Administering Basic Health and Safety ONLINE

0.3 CEUs

***This does NOT satisfy the Maryland required Basic Health and Safety training. Please register for the Basic Health & Safety and Breastfeeding Awareness Zoom ...

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Transportation and Field Trip Safety in the Early Childhood Environment

0.1 CEUs

*This is a Nevada specific course. This course is only approved in Nevada.* It is important that childcare professionals are aware of how to keep children safe ...

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Family Child Care: Building, Premises, and Outdoor Safety

0.2 CEUs

This two-hour training for family child care providers focuses on Active Supervision practices that prevent injuries and reduce risk by keeping children safe ac...

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Healthy Starts: Safety, Nutrition, and Wellness in Child Care

0.6 CEUs

Child care providers play a vital role in maintaining environments that support children's health, safety, and well-being. This course explores key practices su...

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Safeguarding Young Lives: A Comprehensive Guide to Child Care Safety

0.3 CEUs

This intermediate level course is designed to equip child care providers with the essential knowledge and skills to ensure a safe and healthy environment for ch...

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Building and Physical Premises Safety

0.1 CEUs

The Child Care and Development Fund health and safety requirements for providers receiving federal financial assistance include training in: building and physic...

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Pillars of Health and Safety in Child Care

0.3 CEUs

Child care providers play a vital role in ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of the children in their care. This course equips providers with essential...

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Health and Safety Orientation

0.6 CEUs

As part of the federal Child Care and Development Block Grant Fund stipulations, states must certify that there are health and safety standards in place and tra...

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Transportation and Field Trip Safety

It is important that childcare professionals are aware of how to keep children safe in different types of vehicles and while on field trips. Safety procedures i...

Transportation Safety

0.2 CEUs

The Child Care and Development Fund health and safety requirements for providers receiving federal financial assistance includes training in: appropriate precau...

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Exploring My Senses: A Preschool Five Senses Teacher Resource
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Exploring My Senses: A Preschool Five Senses Teacher Resource

This 13-page teacher resource helps preschool children notice, name, and describe the world through the five senses, with sensory vocabulary such as see, hear, smell, taste, touch, soft, loud, and ... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, English, Fine Motor, Language Arts · 13 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Little Magnet Explorers! 🧲 | Fun Preschool Science & STEM Activity Pack
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Little Magnet Explorers! 🧲 | Fun Preschool Science & STEM Activity Pack

Spark curiosity and turn little learners into young scientists with this exciting, hands-on magnet exploration pack! Designed for preschoolers ages 3–5, this interactive resource introduces magne... Read more
Preschool, Mixed Ages · Admin, Curriculum, English, Science · 16 pages
$2.99 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
The Preschool Invention Handbook: A Teacher Guide to Designing and Testing Ideas
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The Preschool Invention Handbook: A Teacher Guide to Designing and Testing Ideas

This 14-page teacher handbook guides a supervised preschool invention-design experience, from noticing an everyday problem to imagining, planning, building, testing, and improving a model. Children... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, Curriculum, English, Language Arts · 14 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
The Preschool Rhythm and Pattern Guide: Rhythm, Repeat, Create!
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The Preschool Rhythm and Pattern Guide: Rhythm, Repeat, Create!

This 11-page guide helps preschool teachers lead a group rhythm-and-pattern experience with rhythm cards, age-appropriate instruments, movement symbols, and pattern strips. Children practice recogn... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, Curriculum, English, Listening · 11 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Sink-or-Float River Boat Challenge: Preschool Science and Boat-Building Activity
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Sink-or-Float River Boat Challenge: Preschool Science and Boat-Building Activity

This printable activity pack guides children through predicting whether objects will sink or float, testing their ideas in a shallow water tub, and comparing results. Children then design a small b... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Curriculum, English, Play, Science · 7 pages
$1.85 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Insect Habitat Investigation: Bug Hotel Activity and Safety Checklist
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Insect Habitat Investigation: Bug Hotel Activity and Safety Checklist

This 14-page printable teacher guide includes creature cards, habitat mats, a bug hotel design activity, and observation checklists for a hands-on insect investigation. Children match small creatur... Read more
Preschool, Mixed Ages · Curriculum, English, Environment, Safety · 14 pages
$2.00 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Autumn Texture Investigation Guide: Safe Nature Exploration and Collaborative Art
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Autumn Texture Investigation Guide: Safe Nature Exploration and Collaborative Art

This teacher-ready guide helps you prepare and lead an autumn texture investigation, with an outdoor safety checklist and sensory-friendly activity steps. Children observe approved natural material... Read more
Preschool, Five's · Art, English, Play, Science · 10 pages
$2.00 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
The Shadow Discovery Guide: Preschool Light and Shadow Exploration
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The Shadow Discovery Guide: Preschool Light and Shadow Exploration

Guide children ages 3–5 through a hands-on exploration of how light creates shadows. This 18-page guide includes a demonstration, three activities to choose or sequence, materials and safety remi... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, Curriculum, English, Science · 18 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Every Flower Is Different: Inclusive Garden Art and Counting Teaching Guide
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Every Flower Is Different: Inclusive Garden Art and Counting Teaching Guide

This 15-page teaching guide helps educators create a shared class garden while children design individual flowers. Children practise counting petals and identifying colors and shapes, express ideas... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, Art, English, Fine Motor · 15 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
The Muddy Animal Spa: 11-Page Teaching Guide for Ages 3–5
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The Muddy Animal Spa: 11-Page Teaching Guide for Ages 3–5

Prepare a hands-on animal-washing activity with this 11-page teaching guide for children ages 3–5. Children practice sequencing the steps, recognizing animals and their homes, pretend self-care, ... Read more
Three's, Four's · Admin, English, Fine Motor, Play · 11 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Sock Detective Teaching Guide: Sock Matching, Sorting & Independence
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Sock Detective Teaching Guide: Sock Matching, Sorting & Independence

Turn a pretend missing-sock mystery into a hands-on learning activity using clean socks or sock cards, baskets, a doll, and picture-free instruction cards. Children practise pairing socks, comparin... Read more
Three's, Four's · Admin, English, Fine Motor, Math · 13 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Dinosaur Lunch Teaching Guide: Counting, Matching & Pretend Play
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Dinosaur Lunch Teaching Guide: Counting, Matching & Pretend Play

Plan a hands-on “Hungry Dinosaur’s Lunch” session with this 12-page teaching guide, including learning objectives, materials, safety notes, activity steps, variations, participation supports,... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, Curriculum, English, Math · 12 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
The Toy Rescue Teaching Guide: Fine-Motor Skills for Preschoolers
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The Toy Rescue Teaching Guide: Fine-Motor Skills for Preschoolers

This 13-page teaching guide walks you through preparing and leading a toy-rescue activity with familiar toy animals, ribbons, a box, and sorting mats. Children practise grasping, reaching, ribbon c... Read more
Preschool, Three's · Admin, English, Fine Motor, Play · 13 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Inclusive Construction Play: Teacher’s Guide for Ages 3–5
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Inclusive Construction Play: Teacher’s Guide for Ages 3–5

This teacher’s guide helps you prepare and facilitate inclusive construction-play activities for children ages 3–5, with ways to adapt materials and participation to children’s needs and obse... Read more
Three's, Four's · Admin, English, Fine Motor, Language Arts · 21 pages
$1.99 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Safety Scouts: Everyday Safety Education Guide for Ages 6–12
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Safety Scouts: Everyday Safety Education Guide for Ages 6–12

This teacher’s guide helps educators prepare and facilitate safety lessons for children ages 6–12, in a group or one-on-one. Children use fictional situations to notice hazards, practise safer ... Read more
School Age · Admin, English, Safety · 20 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
My Body, My Choices: Personal Safety Guide for Ages 6–12
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My Body, My Choices: Personal Safety Guide for Ages 6–12

This teacher’s safety guide helps educators lead three activities about personal space, body boundaries, communication, and help-seeking with children ages 6–12. Children practise expressing pr... Read more
School Age · Admin, English, Health, Safety · 18 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Ready, Safe, Go! Safety Education Guide for Ages 6–12
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Ready, Safe, Go! Safety Education Guide for Ages 6–12

This printable guide helps educators teach children ages 6–12 to recognize everyday hazards, identify trusted adults and sources of help, and practise following safety instructions. Use the learn... Read more
School Age · Admin, Behavior, English, Family · 18 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Feelings Detectives: Social-Emotional Learning Guide for Ages 3–5
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Feelings Detectives: Social-Emotional Learning Guide for Ages 3–5

This 19-page teacher’s guide helps educators introduce emotion words, communication, empathy, and calming choices through short, flexible activities. Children can explore how feelings may be comm... Read more
Three's, Four's · Admin, Behavior, English · 19 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Splash, Pour & Explore: Water Play Guide for Infants and Toddlers (Ages 0–3)
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Splash, Pour & Explore: Water Play Guide for Infants and Toddlers (Ages 0–3)

This teacher’s guide supports brief, closely supervised water exploration for children ages 0–3, with guidance for adapting participation and sharing observations with families. Children explor... Read more
Infant/Toddler · Admin, Curriculum, English, Play · 19 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Wiggle, Stretch & Play: Teacher’s Movement Guide for Ages 0–3
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Wiggle, Stretch & Play: Teacher’s Movement Guide for Ages 0–3

This teacher’s guide helps early childhood staff plan safe, responsive movement experiences for infants and toddlers, with guidance on preparing the space, introducing movement cards, and leading... Read more
Infant/Toddler · Admin, English, Gross Motor, Movement · 15 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Peekaboo Object Hunt: Teacher's Guide for Ages 0–3
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Peekaboo Object Hunt: Teacher's Guide for Ages 0–3

This 17-page teacher’s guide helps caregivers turn familiar toys, lightweight fabric, and picture cards into a responsive search-and-discovery activity for children ages 0–3. Children can pract... Read more
Infant/Toddler · Developmental Milestones, English, Listening, Play · 17 pages
$1.75 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
My Little Discovery Basket: Sensory Exploration Guide for Ages 0–3
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My Little Discovery Basket: Sensory Exploration Guide for Ages 0–3

This teacher’s guide helps educators plan flexible 10–15-minute sensory basket sessions for infants and toddlers, with guidance on age-appropriate materials, safety, and following each child’... Read more
Infant/Toddler, Two's · Admin, Developmental Milestones, English, Fine Motor · 15 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Magnet Investigator Teacher Guide: Predict, Test, and Compare
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Magnet Investigator Teacher Guide: Predict, Test, and Compare

Guide children through a hands-on investigation of which everyday objects a magnet attracts. The guide supports predicting, supervised testing, and comparing observations, with a readiness and safe... Read more
Preschool, Four's · Curriculum, English, Fine Motor, Science · 9 pages
$1.50 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
Ice Cube Scientists: Freeze, Melt & Discover! — Preschool Science Experiment Kit
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Ice Cube Scientists: Freeze, Melt & Discover! — Preschool Science Experiment Kit

This printable teacher guide and visual experiment kit leads children through three winter science activities: making a prediction, sorting pictures of liquid and solid water, and investigating how... Read more
Preschool, Mixed Ages · Curriculum, English, Fine Motor, Science · 12 pages
$2.00 Available for purchase
License: ChildCareEd Resource License  
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30-Hour Training Bundle for Texas Family Child Care & Home Daycare Providers

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How to Keep Growing and Thriving as a Texas Family Child Care Provider? Do you run a home daycare, serve as a primary caregiver, or operate family child care...

$118.00
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30-Hour Training for First-Year Texas Child Care Center Directors

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How to Build Confidence and Stay Compliant as a New Texas Child Care Center Director? Are you beginning your first year as a licensed Texas child care center...

$118.00
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Alabama 12 hour Annual Training Bundle

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Are you currently working in an Alabama child care center and looking to meet your 12-hour annual training requirement? Then you’re ready for this all-...

$85.00
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Alabama 20- Hour Annual Training Bundle for Family/Group Day Care Home Licensee

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Are you an Alabama family or group day care home licensee looking to fulfill your 20-hour annual training requirement? Then you're ready for this comprehensi...

$140.00
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All-in-One 24-Hour Training for Texas Child Care Providers

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How to Keep Your Texas Child Care Certification Current and Strengthen Your Expertise? Are you ready to meet your annual training requirement, explore fresh ...

$97.00
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All-in-One 24-Hour Training for Texas Infant & Toddler Providers

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How to Complete Your Annual Training as a Texas Infant & Toddler Provider? Do you work with infants and toddlers in Texas, want to stay compliant with li...

$97.00
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All-in-One 24-Hour Training for Texas Preschool Providers

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How to Stay Certified and Expand Your Skills as a Texas Preschool Caregiver? Have you already completed previous annual training, want fresh new content, and...

$97.00
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All-in-One 30-Hour Training for Texas Child Care Center Directors

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How to Maintain Your Certification and Lead Successfully as a Texas Child Care Center Director? Are you managing a licensed child care center, committed to p...

$118.00
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Arizona 12 Hour Annual Training Bundle

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Do you have experience working with young children? Do you want to stay up to date on health, safety, and best practices in child care? Are you looking to fu...

$90.00
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Arizona 60-Hour Preservice Training for Child Care Group Home Providers

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Are you opening a licensed child care group home in Arizona? Do you need training to meet the DHS licensing requirements? Do you want a cost-effective altern...

$390.00
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Arizona 90 Hour Training Bundle: Foundations in Early Childhood Education

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Do you have a high school diploma and want to start your career in early childhood education? Do you need 90 hours of professional development to meet Arizon...

$675.00
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California Child Development Program Director Permit Renewal Training Bundle

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How to Renew Your Program Director Permit in California? Are you leading a multi-site or large child care program, guiding staff, and ready to renew your Pro...

$700.00
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California Child Development Teacher Permit Renewal Training Bundle

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How to Renew Your Child Development Teacher Permit in California? Do you have a current Teacher Permit, want to continue growing in your early childhood care...

$800.00
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Child Care Employee Readiness

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Training is essential to support child care employee readiness as staff enter the workforce. This training ensures employees develop the foundational knowled...

$60.00
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Colorado Annual Professional Development Bundle 1

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Do you have a passion for nurturing growth, an understanding of early learning principles, and a commitment to professional excellence? Then you’re rea...

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