Exploring Family Engagement with Debbie Mays
An interview with Debbie Mays, a family child care provider in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and a member of NAFCC.
Learn from veteran family child care provider, Debbie Mays, about how to create more authentic relationships with kids and their families. In this webinar, we’ll learn about the ways that Debbie structures children’s days in family child care, how she works with families to cater to each child’s learning and development, and strategies she has used to increase parent engagement in the family child care setting.
Learning Goals:
- To understand more about the family child care setting and hear from a long-time family child care provider about how she structures her children’s days
- To acquire activity ideas and strategies that can be used to engage families
- To learn about the resources available to family child care programs
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Download these printables to support this webinar.
Milestones: Your 18-Month Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
Go To Sleep, Elmo!
Handling a middle-of-the-night monster moment.
Milestones: Your Two-Year-Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
Monster Meltdown
Meltdowns happen… but they are somewhat predictable! As you try to handle them, curiosity and patience go a long way.
Milestones: Your One-Year-Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
Cookie Monster’s Beach Day
When children are in the hospital, their imagination can become a valuable tool in soothing themselves.
Milestones: Your Three-Year-Old
All children grow and develop at their own pace; use this chart to guide your expectations and observations so you can talk to your child’s pediatrician about questions or concerns.
