What does it mean to be trauma-aware? Join us as we talk with guests Arielle Handevidt from Northside Achievement Zone and Lily Cooks from Seward Child Development Center as we discuss an overview of this concept in early care settings. We will reflect on key elements that create success when you are caring for children experiencing trauma.

How do we welcome babies and their families into our childcare programs? Join Beth Menninga,RBPD Manager at CICC as she discusses with Sheryl Warner, Family Child Care Provider who describes her walk with parents and babies who are coming to her childcare program for the first time. Attending to parenting approaches; ongoing conversation and coordination; helping children adapt to new routines; self-awareness and tenderness are all discussed as a part of establishing the relationship with families as a key element to welcoming babies.

Joey Schoen from Dodge Nature Preschool continues our discussion of outdoor learning and shares about ways to set up for success.  Communication and planning are essential components. Listen and learn ways you can use items that you may have in inventory that will enhance the play outdoors!

Children and adults both benefit from time outdoors!  We can use our outdoor space in a way that encourages amazing learning for the children in our care. Listen as our guest, Joey Schoen, from Dodge Nature Preschool, shares ways to set up your outdoor space to maximize the learning and fun potential for children.

Join host Priscilla Weigel as she talks with guest Dr. Molly Harney about the impact of stress on young children.  In part one of this two-part conversation, they discuss the three types of stress and some of the signs we may notice when children are in distress due to toxic levels of stress in their lives.

In part two of the conversation, we discuss ways that we as caregivers can provide a buffer for young children experiencing stress levels higher than what is healthy for them.  Listen as Dr. Harney helps us understand tools and ways to nurture and support to build resilience.

We play a crucial role in supporting a child’s play.  Listen as author and CICC Coach Sandy Heidemann joins us for another podcast on the importance of play.  She talks about our role as observer and stage manager, expanding on how we can help build play success for children.  She also gives us different ways we can be a part of the play.  We can use parallel play as a tool, be a co-player, or a play leader or facilitator.

Author and CICC Coach Sandy Heidemann joins us and she shares the ways play supports and enhances a child’s development of language, motor skills, cognitive skills, and social-emotional skills.

Join our guests from MacPhail Center for Music, Early Childhood Music Educators, Jane Tate, and Cari Gregerson as we discuss the developmental pathway of preschoolers and how music can help build skills.  Song ideas and other useful activities are shared.

Join our guests from MacPhail Center for Music, Early Childhood Music Educators, Jane Tate, and Cari Gregerson as we discuss the developmental pathway of toddlers and how music can help build skills.  Song ideas and other useful activities are shared.