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How Can Child Care Providers Show Parents Progress Toward a Shared Learning Goal?
10/09/2026Families can better understand a shared learning goal when educators offer specific examples of their child’s progress and invite observations from home. Use the Today We Learned Teacher Sheet to share a classroom moment connected to the goal, then discuss what ... How Can Child Care Providers Show Parents Progress Toward a Shared Learning Goal?
What Should You Do When a Sticker Chart Upsets a Child?
10/09/2026Families can better understand a shared learning goal when educators offer specific examples of their child’s progress and invite observations from home. Use the Today We Learned Teacher Sheet to share a classroom moment connected to the goal, then discuss what it shows and what support might ... What Should You Do When a Sticker Chart Upsets a Child?
How Can Child Care Providers Help Autistic Children Follow Routines Without Spoken Answers?
10/09/2026A child can show understanding of a routine through actions, gestures, pointing, or a communication device. Try using the Home Routine Cards with families to introduce familiar sequences, selecting relevant pictures and adapting them to the child’s classroom routine. Allow time to process each... How Can Child Care Providers Help Autistic Children Follow Routines Without Spoken Answers?
How Can Child Care Providers Include a Child with Hearing Loss in Group Discussions?
10/09/2026Group discussions offer valuable opportunities to share ideas, but overlapping voices and missed cues can make participation difficult for a child with hearing loss. Try using pictures from Community Helpers at Work to give the group a shared visual topic, while supporting clear turn-taking and keep... How Can Child Care Providers Include a Child with Hearing Loss in Group Discussions?
When Might a Quiet, Cooperative Child Need Emotional Support?
10/09/2026A child who follows directions, rarely complains, and avoids conflict may still need help expressing difficult feelings. Offer the Feelings Check-In as an optional invitation to share, allowing the child to point, talk, or draw without pressure to explain. Keep their usual temperament in mind and pa... When Might a Quiet, Cooperative Child Need Emotional Support?
What Does a Child Care Trainer Still Need to Plan for an AI-Assisted Staff Workshop?
10/09/2026AI can turn a blank page into a workshop outline quickly, but it cannot know your team, verify every claim, or take responsibility for what educators learn. Use it as a drafting aid—not the workshop designer—and explore Using AI Language Models for Trainers to build practical skills for ... What Does a Child Care Trainer Still Need to Plan for an AI-Assisted Staff Workshop?
How Can Child Care Providers Help a Child Put the Phone Away at Drop-Off?
10/09/2026When a child arrives absorbed in a phone, moving into classroom life can be difficult for everyone involved. Agree on a predictable handoff with the family, then use the Morning Arrival Routine Cards to show what comes next, such as putting belongings away and choosing a familiar activity. Acknowled... How Can Child Care Providers Help a Child Put the Phone Away at Drop-Off?
How Can Home-Language Words Enrich Shared Reading?
10/09/2026Shared reading can help children see that their family language belongs in the classroom. Try sharing Emergent Readers – Fruits, inviting families to contribute familiar fruit names and pronunciations, and welcoming children’s home-language words without putting them on the spot to trans... How Can Home-Language Words Enrich Shared Reading?
How Can You Turn a Preschool Science Video into Hands-On Learning?
10/09/2026A short science video can spark an investigation when preschoolers have opportunities to test, touch, compare, and talk about what they saw. Adapt selected prompts from the Think Like a Scientist: Observation & Experiment Recording Sheet for teacher-led conversations, recording children’s ... How Can You Turn a Preschool Science Video into Hands-On Learning?
How Can Child Care Programs Connect an Absence Record to the Follow-Up Staff Actually Need?
10/05/2026An absence record becomes useful when it helps staff understand what the family has shared and what needs to happen next. The Child Absence Note gives families a way to provide an absence reason, expected return date, and special instructions; pair that information with a clear staff assignment for ... How Can Child Care Programs Connect an Absence Record to the Follow-Up Staff Actually Need?
