Child Care Solutions

Center Directors' Meeting

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Hastings, NE - to tour two child care centers
We'll leave G.I. at 8:00 a.m.

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Presentation on
"Activities for Children"
TBA

presented by Jackie Zeckser, Child Care Coordinator,
Early Head Start

Objectives

                                                                       * Group Play
                                                                       * Active Physical play
                                               * Music and Movement

South Conference Room
Grand Island Public Schools Administration Building

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Playground Safety
Summer - '08

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Presentation on
Early Language Development
It Takes Two To Talk
upcoming - TBA

South Conference Room
Grand Island Public Schools Administration Building

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Happy Bear Program

(Child Abuse Prevention Program for preschool age children)

Congratulations to the following Centers and Preschools who presented the program to parents and children:

First Presbyterian Preschool

Head Start, St. Paul, NE

Joyful Noise Preschool, Shelton, NE

Noah's Ark Child Care Center

Our Kids Christian Preschool (Third City Christian Church)

Peace Lutheran Preschool

St. Paul's Chiristian Child Care Center

Third City Christian Preschool

YWCA Child Care Center

YWCA Almost Home Program

This project is sponsored by ACAP (Assoc. for Child Abuse Prevention) and funded by a grant from The Little Diana Fund.

* The staff from Child Care Solutions and Noah's Ark Child Care Center presented the program to these facilities.

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Scrubby Bear Program

(Red Cross program educating children on proper hand washing)

This is an on-going program presented to centers and pre-schools

by the American Red Cross, Central Plains Chapter

and Child Care Solutions

Child Care Solutions
Grand Island, Nebraska