Many Right Ways: Exploring Quality in Family Child Care
Explore the many ways you can offer high-quality child care to young children.
Join us for an interactive course that explores the many ways that family child care providers and all caregivers can ensure high-quality care in their setting.
This course is a special collaboration between Sesame Street in Communities (SSIC) and our friends at the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC). Our two organizations have a long history of working together to support children, families, and providers. This course is a continuation of our effort to celebrate the incredibly important work of family child care providers, and to support all caregivers on their journey toward quality improvement and accreditation.
Course Goals:
- Explore NAFCC’s quality standards.
 - Offer strategies and resources providers can use to have high-quality interactions.
 - Model quality standards in applied in a variety of settings.
 - Support providers on their journey to improved quality and/or accreditation.
 
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In collaboration with: NAFCC
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							The Power of Following Children’s Lead
Joining children in their play offers so many opportunities to encourage, communicate, bond, spark and share joy, teach, show warmth and kindness, and help them thrive.
								
									
							Go To Sleep, Elmo!
Handling a middle-of-the-night monster moment.
								
									
							Monster Meltdown
Meltdowns happen… but they are somewhat predictable! As you try to handle them, curiosity and patience go a long way.
								
									
							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.
								
									
							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.
								
									
							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.
								
									
							Milestones: Your Baby’s First Year
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.
