There's so much to share for family child care providers at the moment, we thought we'd put it all in one place! These opportunities range from the Roundtable's in-person Summit, online networking opportunities and webinars!
In-Person
The Family Child Care Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Summit is back and registration is open! On October 6th, family child care providers will come together to be inspired, celebrated, and learn. Join us as we talk CACFP advocacy, strategies for feeding picky eaters, telling our stories with purpose, and integrating motor skills with math concepts! We'll also have time to talk with each other and build relationships over breakfast and lunch. Learn more about this unique day and register here!
Upcoming Webinars (free of charge)
Active Play with Mixed Age Groups (8/28/2024)
This session will focus on active play options for ECE programs with mixed age groups. Participants will review developmentally appropriate practice and recommendations for active play for young children, and apply these recommendations to adapt and design active play opportunities according to the needs of each age group.
Objectives:
Review developmentally appropriate practice and the implications for mixed age groups.
Adapt and select active play opportunities for mixed ages according to the needs of each age group.
Register here: https://bit.ly/3RaTOFQ
Growing your Professional Network in the CACFP Community (8/20/2024)
Boost your CACFP networking game! Join our upcoming webinar to gain expert tips on starting conversations, building genuine relationships, and finding common ground with fellow professionals. Let's grow together! Enroll now: https://icn.ms/3LErUPl
Family Child Care Connections Series: Exploring Social Studies in Family Child Care Settings (8/16/2024)
Family child care learning environments offer children unique opportunities to explore concepts like community, recognizing similarities and differences and appreciating the ways that diversity enhances society. Engage in this webinar to discuss how to nurture children’s natural curiosity about the world around them, promoting cultural understanding, critical thinking, effective communication, and a sense of their own role in both local and global awareness and citizenship. Learn how to intentionally set up playful opportunities to foster community awareness, celebrate diversity, and promote inclusive practices and belonging. Gain practical strategies to include and engage families in topics that are relevant to their communities. This webinar will have English and Spanish captioning. Register here: https://bit.ly/4dbGaet
Supporting Each Other and Learning Together
Family Child Care Community of Wellness is led by a steering committee of family child care providers and facilitated by the CACFP Roundtable. Consider joining one of our bimonthly meetings to discuss best practices, advocacy, mentorship and leadership in CACFP. It is an opportunity to establish relationships around health and wellness for you and the families you all serve. Interpretation in Spanish is available as well as translation of materials. Registration for meetings can be found here. Additionally, we have established a Facebook group to grow relationships and communicate beyond the meetings. Join here as we grow together!
Registration for the Annual CACFP Conference and Family Child Care Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Summit is open! Learn more and register now.
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