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Beth Dingee MSW Director, Development Fundraising Joined Childcare Resources in 2024 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 108 ​ Back

Coach's Column Amanda Gooch March 1, 2024 We are hearing some incredible take-a-ways from our latest workshop with Coy Bowles as he presented “Connect to Your Calling.” Many of you are still singing along to his classic hit CD “Music for Tiny Humans .” Together we gained an understanding of the key factors in investigating the root causes of success and fulfillment. Coy shared his personal philosophy on the importance of the “Butterfly Phase/Window of Opportunity” for child development and the implications of that for teaching and learning. We learned the significance of a social emotional foundation for every student and reflected on how connecting to our calling and sharing our origin story is crucial in regaining clarity, passion and purpose for being an early childhood educator. If you would like to learn more about Coy Bowles and his mission and advocacy within early childhood education, please click here: Coy Bowles We are enjoying the excitement as we deliver Coy Bowles’ “Behind the Little Red Door Activity Kit” presented by Lakeshore Learning to those organizations represented at the workshop. Those organizations that have received the kit have committed to follow up technical assistance that includes our support as early childhood education coaches. We can’t wait to see evidence of kit utilization as you implement and share the tools and resources you acquired from attending the workshop. In addition, throughout this next month we will be visiting your school sites and following up on our technical assistance from our workshop Wunderled with Sally Haughey. We will be sharing information on Sally’s Materials Wheel as we explore loose parts play based learning in your classrooms. An emphasis will be placed on understanding brain science research around learning environments, children’s play, and why choice matters. So what are loose parts and why are they important for play? Loose parts are any collection of open-ended natural or manmade objects that children can move, combine, transform, take apart, redesign, and line up, in ways that support, extend, and further, their ideas while playing. If you want to know how loose parts help us as educators discover what is really capturing children’s engagement and what is the true play urge/schema that is driving the children’s activity, click here: Wunderled Loose Parts We hope this spring season allows many of you to embrace play based learning as we elevate and promote the highest quality early childhood development and education in Indian River County. Wishing you the best, Amanda & Todd Back to Coaching Back to Newsletters

Amanda Gooch M.A.T. Early Education Coach Educator Coaching Joined Childcare Resources in 2022 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 115 ​ Back

Stephanie Harmody ​ Higher Education Program Coordinator Credentialing | Higher Education Joined Childcare Resources in 2021 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 114 ​ Back

Coach's Column Amanda Gooch July 1, 2023 While you are all in a preplanning mode as we round out the end of an incredible summer, lets revisit what we learned during one of our past professional development workshops. During this particular workshop, we focused on parent engagement with Rhonda Meyers of Heartfelt Impressions Learning Centers. She helped us to really focus as a teacher or school in making outreach decisions to increase parent engagement. Here are just a few simple ways to promote parent engagement in early childhood education: Educators can invite families to participate in activities such as accompanying the class with a hands on project or speaking at a "show and tell." Other ideas include inviting family members to share special talents or visit the classroom at any time. Educators can also offer getting-to-know-you meetings, make relationship-building home visits, and create welcoming spaces in the program and schools. Hosting an open house, creating a parent board, and planning special parent engagement projects are other ways to involve parents (Popsicles on the Playground, Muffins with Mom, and Donuts with Dad etc.). To learn more about how to get parents involved in preschool activities, click on the link below: How To Get Parents Involved In Preschool Activities! When we get parents involved in preschool activities we are providing an opportunity for simple interactions that are both meaningful and important in early childhood development for their children. We first learned about simple interactions from Dr. Dana Winters from the Fred Rogers Institute during our February professional development workshop. To recap, simple interactions are playful, respectful, enjoyable and rewarding interactions and experiences for young children. Simple interactions with children are an important aspect of early childhood education and are a building block for many skills including problem solving, social and em otional intelligence and self-regulation. Simple interactions provide opportunities for children to safely explore, test out, and try new things. By establishing these simple interactions through connection, reciprocity, and inclusion, we are developing positive relationships with young children and an opportunity for them to grow and thrive Starting in September, Childcare Resources will be hosting an Early Childhood Educator Community of Practice. One of the many focuses of this group will be to dive deeper in our enhancement of these simple interactions and how we can help further our establishment of the practice. We will practice appreciative noticing and reflective wondering to understand the dynamics in the simplest interactions. We will also discuss how simple interactions weave together to form the basic building blocks of relationships in order to make positive developmental impacts. To learn more about Simple Interactions and the Fred Rogers Institute’s approach in examining adult-child interactions in everyday contexts, click on the following link: Simple Interactions More information will be coming out soon on how you can be the first to sign up for this limited availability community of practice. Together we will start the school year off strong with Conscious Discipline. Wishing you the best, Amanda Back to Coaching Back to Newsletters

Kate Saska ​ Graphic Design Graphic Design | Marketing | Media Relations Joined Childcare Resources in 2016 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 105 ​ Back

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Sophia Olsinski ​ Development and Outreach Coordinator Grants Joined Childcare Resources in 2023 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 101 ​ Back

Crystal Carlisle ​ Manager, Finance and Human Resources Tuition | Finance Joined Childcare Resources in 2018 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 144 ​ Back

Tiffani Atteo ​ Executive Assistant, Development Coordinator ​ Joined Childcare Resources in 2023 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 102 ​ Back

Diana Pena ​ Family Support Specialist Student Wellness | Family Support Joined Childcare Resources in 2021 Contact 772-567-3202 ext. 113 ​ Back

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