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Keeping a Smoke-Free Environment

October 26, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
No Smoking Sign on Playground

You can create a policy for your program that protects children from smoke exposure and ensures that staff do not model tobacco use in front of the children.

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Keeping Sleep Safe  

October 3, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
Keeping Sleep Safe

Sleeping can be a high-risk activity, especially for children under the age of one year – even more so if careful attention is not paid to the sleeping environment.

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Child Care Provider Programs

September 14, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

Our consultants provide coaching, consulting, technical assistance, mentoring, and

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How Stretch Your Child Care Program Budget

September 2, 2022 | By Susan Pearson
How to Stretch the Budget for Your Child Care Business

If you wish to strengthen your cashflow in a more permanent ongoing way, consider using these

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Become a CACFP Provider

September 2, 2022 | By Jill Ladd
Become a CACFP Provider

Did you know that children in child care receive an average 40% of their daily calories while in the child care

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Strengthen Your Food Program

August 31, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
Food Program

Mealtime creates plenty of wonderful opportunities to provide children with education and social-emotional development.

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Using Proven Early Childhood Interventions to Combat ACES

August 18, 2022 | By David Jordan
Early Childhood Interventions

Toxic stress and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are major influences on a child’s overall development — affecting school readiness, student success, physical and mental health, and other

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Recognizing Monkeypox in Early Child Care

August 8, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
Monkeypox written newspaper

General hygiene guidelines such as sanitizing, disinfecting, and excluding for signs/symptoms of illness in the Early Child Care Environment are still effective ways to prevent disease

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Mental Health Tips for Child Care Professionals

August 2, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
Mental Health Tips for Child Care Professionals

Your position comes with great responsibility for little ones. But have you forgotten about the great responsibility you have for

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Improve Safety in Child Care

August 2, 2022 | By Kathy Attar

Unfortunately, our everyday environments, including child care settings, may expose us to dangerous pesticides and lead, among other environmental hazards, that can impede a child’s mental or physical

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Vaccinations in Early Care & Education

August 1, 2022 | By Erica Goldsby
Vaccinations in Early Care & Education

Encouraging parents to keep their child’s vaccinations up to date is an important way to ensure that the children in your program remain healthy and protected against serious

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Back-to-School Blues

July 29, 2022 | By Ashley Sias
Back to School Blues

As we head into back-to-school season, it’s time to think about preparing your program for the departure of school-aged

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Letting Joy In Through Playful Learning

July 22, 2022 | By Jennifer Burgardt
Letting joy in through playful learning

Recent research and professional development topics for early childhood professionals revolve around the importance of playful learning within the context of building relationships as key to later academic success.

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Child Care and Vaccinations

July 18, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

In June 2022, the FDA granted emergency authorization to both Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations for children under 5 years of age. Both the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend all eligible infants and children without contraindications get vaccinated. The COVID-19

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Starting a Child Care Business

July 13, 2022 | By Beth Dibben
Starting a Child Care Business Just Got Way Easier

If you’re looking to start a child care business, you now have access to Child Care Health Consultants to guide you through the sometimes overwhelming

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An Innovative Grant/Loan Hybrid to Attract New Providers

July 8, 2022 | By Kelly Gourley
An Innovative Grant/Loan

Because the costs and complexities of opening a child care center are so burdensome, the community decided to incentivize people to start up new in-home facilities.

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Behind the Scenes of the CCHC Network

June 23, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Child Care Nurse Consultant

Behind the Scenes of the CCHC Network with Two Kansas Providers Providers at a large child care center and a small group home, both with decades of experience,  explain what they gained from the Child Care Health Consultation service. Kim Vanderfohe, director of Butterfly Funhouse

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Recruiting and Retaining Culturally Responsive Staff in Early Childhood Education Settings

June 15, 2022 | By Bridget Banks
Culturally Responsive Staff

To ensure that all children in ECE programs are receiving the best possible start in life, it’s imperative to recruit and retain staff who are culturally responsive and willing to engage diverse

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Safe Sleep and SIDS

May 26, 2022 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
child sleeping safely Safe sleep and SIDS

Article by Kansas Infant Death and SIDS Network An article about new research on SIDS that has been gaining traction in the Safe Sleep Community. This research may lead to greater ability to screen risk of SIDS, but that is only a small portion of sleep-related deaths. The recent

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Quality Training for New Child Care Providers

May 16, 2022 | By Linda Logan
Person searching online child care search

Research has linked child care quality and young children’s developmental outcomes with the training of providers and educators.

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Supporting Social-Emotional Development

March 18, 2022 | By Erica Figueroa
Social Emotional Development Happy Hands Painting

Babies, toddlers, and children rely on nurturing relationships with adults to assist them in learning how to control or respond appropriately to their

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Heading Off Temper Tantrums

February 22, 2022 | By Callie Hoffman
upset young girl

Infants and young children cannot regulate their emotions on their own, and they need loving adults in their lives to help them regulate and practice these skills.

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Free Social-Emotional Developmental Screening Available

February 1, 2022 | By Jordan Christian
A cute boy playing with preschool math manipulative toys and with a facial expression that shows wonder or thinking.

By participating in a social-emotional screening, providers of all kinds can evaluate a child’s development, address any potential concerns, and connect families to services and supports in their

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Welcoming the Community into Your Child Care Program

January 14, 2022 | By Jillian Hoefer
Welcoming the Community into Your Child Care Program

One of the most obvious ways to engage families is to involve them in day-to-day operations. You also want to make sure they have the opportunity to voice their concerns or

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Extending Child Care Experiences to the Home

December 22, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

Discussing child care experiences at home strengthens kids’ brain connections. Their social and emotional development is enhanced when parents and caregivers expand on kids’ experiences by asking questions, using a variety of words, and naming feelings and emotions. Parents

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What’s Your Connection

December 22, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

By Rachelle Soden, Training Manager, Kansas Children’s Service League. Originally published in the Spring 2021 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Connections matter in early childhood. Early care and education professionals — including child care providers, preschool teachers, and

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How to Pay Yourself First – Money Management for Family Child Care Providers

December 2, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Child Care News

By Tom Copeland, Trainer, Author and Advocate for Family Child Care Originally published in the Spring 2021 issue of Kansas Child Magazine. Most family child care providers know they should be saving more money for their retirement. At the end of the month, though, there is usually

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Taking Care of Business: Tips for Family Child Care

November 4, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

By Tom Copeland, Trainer, Author and Advocate for Family Child Care Originally published in the Spring 2021 Issue of Kansas Child Magazine Family child care providers start their businesses because they love children and want to care for them. But many providers quit because they can’t

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Press Release: Program Administration Support

October 19, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas
Child Care Aware of Kansas Logo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Child Care Aware of Kansas, in partnership with the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) and Links to Quality, launched Program Administration Support to provide one-on-one assistance to licensed child care providers as they strengthen their

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For Families

When Little People are Overwhelmed by Big Emotions

October 11, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

By Kim Lawson, Preschool teacher, Bennington Grade School Orginally published in the Fall 2020 Issue of Kansas Child magazine Children are not born with the skills to self-regulate. We instinctively help babies soothe by rocking, bouncing, back rubs, and singing. As children grow into

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Assessing Your Child Care Environment

October 4, 2021 | By Child Care Aware of Kansas

By Susan Owens, Early Care and Education Specialist, The Family Conservancy Originally published in the Summer 2021 Issue of Kansas Child magazine Environment plays a crucial role in supporting child development. But how can you tell if the changes you make to the child care environment

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