Storms can be scary and fast. As a daycare leader or provider you make choices that keep children safe and calm. This short guide helps you know when to shelter-in-place, close the program, or evacuate. It uses easy steps, quick checks, and links to helpful resources so your team can act with confid... Daycare Storm Safety: When to Shelter, Close, or Evacuate
Power can go out fast. You are caring for children and families count on you. This article helps directors and providers handle a #poweroutage safely and follow rules. It gives simple steps you can do right away, things to document for #licensing, how to protect food and medicine, and how to tell fa... Power Outage at Daycare: Safety, Licensing, and Next Steps
Summer is a chance for play, sun, and new learning. As a Michigan child care provider or director, you can keep children moving forward so they don’t lose skills over the break. This article gives simple, practical steps you can use right away. You will see easy activity ideas, ways to use loc... How Can Michigan Providers Prevent Summer Learning Loss in Young Children?
America’s 250th is a chance to celebrate with short, meaningful moments that build learning and community. This article helps #NorthDakota child care directors and providers plan low-prep, developmentally appropriate, and respectful activities for infants through preschool. You’ll find e... How can North Dakota child care providers celebrate America’s 250th in simple, respectful ways?
This short guide helps Michigan child care directors and providers support children with special needs during #summer. It focuses on clear steps for #inclusion, managing #sensory needs, keeping families informed (#families), and staying safe (#safety). State requirements vary - check your state lice... How can Michigan providers support children with special needs over the summer?
One year after the tornado that hit Enderlin, many of us are thinking about how to keep children safe when severe weather comes. This article is for child care providers and directors in North Dakota. It gives simple, practical steps you can use today. Use the checklists, practice often, and remembe... One Year After the Enderlin Tornado: How Can North Dakota Child Care Programs Be Better Prepared?
Outdoor play is important for young children, but hot #heat days need careful choices. This short article helps New York child care providers and directors decide when to move play inside. It gives clear steps, signs to watch for, and ways to talk with families. Remember: state requirements vary -... When should New York child care programs move play indoors during heat?
Summer brings play, sun, and a gap in school meals. This short guide helps #childcare leaders and directors in #NorthDakota learn how SUN Meals (Summer Food Service Program) and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (#CACFP) can work together to feed children all summer. We explain steps to start, s... How can SUN Meals and CACFP keep North Dakota children fed all summer?
Summer is a great time to keep children curious, moving, and learning. In your #Minnesota #summer program, you can mix simple games, nature play, short field trips, and hands-on projects to keep #children happy and growing. This article provides simple plans you can use in child care programs, alo... How can Minnesota child care programs keep kids learning and engaged over the summer?
Many New York child care programs worry about the "summer gap"—the learning and routine children lose when programs slow down, or families have different needs. This article gives simple, practical steps you can use all year to keep children active, safe, and learning. You will find ideas for ... How can New York providers bridge the summer gap with year-round learning?