Self-Care, Childcare, Rooted in Relationships Helps Support Both! Now, there is a bingo game for adults and childcare providers. When one of the families wins, their childcare provider may give them a free day of care, $5, ice cream, or childcare in exchange…
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Hear No Evil, See No Evil: Why Suppressing Children’s Emotions Doesn’t Work: Sami Bradley Shares What DOES
As our Assistant Vice President of Early Childhood Mental Health, we’re excited to host Sami Bradley as our resident expert, who will share her personal experience and professional tips to assist parents in their management of children’s emotions.
The Teaching Tree and Rooted in Relationships Grant Early Childcare Wishes for a Thriving Center
It’s late in the afternoon. Naptime is over. A little boy is feeling angry because his friend took his favorite toy. His face reddens and twists. As he begins to whimper, his teacher takes him aside. He puffs and blows out an imaginary candle she’s holding. There are many other techniques that Stephanie Allen, the director of The Teaching Tree, her teachers, and Rooted coaches use for a thriving center! Read more.
Rooted in Relationships Team Releases Their Annual Report: What Did They Find Out?
Nebraska Children’s Rooted in Relationships team recently released their annual statewide evaluation and provided data to communities participating in the initiative. The report contained some positive outcomes. Find out more!
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation: Also, a Foundation for Children’s Thriving Early Years
The first three years of a child’s life are rife with neural opportunity. Throughout this time, brain synapses grow and multiply to create a foundation that serves a child for life. One of the best preventative measures we can take is dedicating ourselves to the study and practices of infant and toddler mental health. Today, we’re going to walk you through its definition, initiatives, and resources.
Tagged with: circle of security, Circle of Security - Parenting, early childhood, early childhood development, early childhood education, early childhood mental health, early years, infant mental health, naimh, parent engagement, Parenting, PIWI, Rooted in Relationships, social emotional
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Virusbusters: Lisa Topf Talks about Early Care Provider’s Struggles at the Frontlines of COVID-19
We are grateful to Lisa, a Sioux City, Nebraska early care specialist, for sharing her experience at Cubby Care Campus, an early childhood center that’s situated in a growing hotbed of COVID-19, or what Lisa calls The Villain Virus. From here on, Lisa will discuss her experience, in her own words.
Tagged with: early childhood, early childhood education, early years, Rooted in Relationships
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Tips for Early Care Providers, Educators, and Programs
To ensure our safety and well-being not only as a community, but also for our next generation, the NAIMH, has leveraged various recent sources to put together a series best practices for early care providers and educators so that we and our children can adjust to some major changes.
Tagged with: child well being, early childhood, early childhood education, early years, infant mental health, naimh, Rooted in Relationships
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CARES Act Allocates Funds to Childcare and Educational Initiatives
Early this week, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced that $20M in federal dollars will go toward restoring our state’s childcare foundation in addition to other educational resources for children. Following passage of the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) earlier in March, this funding became available with a $3.5B appropriation to the Child Care Development Fund (CCDF). Read more about how these funds will be approximately allocated.
Tagged with: beyond school bells, child well being, communities for kids, dhhs, early childhood, early childhood education, Rooted in Relationships, sixpence
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Early Childhood Rooted in Relationships’ Communities Support Childcare Facilities During COVID-19 Crisis
All across the state, communities participating in the Rooted in Relationships initiative have been rallying together to serve child care centers and family home providers during COVID-19.
Read more about their latest efforts.
Tagged with: early childhood development, early childhood education, Rooted in Relationships
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
Posted in Early Childhood, News and Events
New video series highlights benefits of Rooted in Relationships
Nebraska Children and Families Foundation initiative Rooted in Relationships has released a series of videos to help explain the rationale behind the initiative, the models and best practices it uses, and how communities across the state are seeing success since…
Tagged with: early childhood education, early childhood mental health, Rooted in Relationships, videos
Posted in Early Childhood
Posted in Early Childhood
Growing the Good Life 