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Iowa AEYC offers a variety of programs to help early childhood professionals build their skills and provide high quality education for young children.
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Interested in taking summer courses? We’ve got you covered with T.E.A.C.H.! The deadline to apply for a T.E.A.C.H. scholarship, which could pay for up to 80% of your tuition and books, is approaching on April 30.
For more information about T.E.A.C.H. and whether you’re eligible, visit our website: iowaaeyc.org/programs/teach.
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We are 20 DAYS OUT from Week of the Young Child’s Work Together Wednesday, so we’re dropping some ideas for you to try out with your team! We would love to hear in the comments other kinds of activities you have put together for Work Together Wednesday👇
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Staff update!
A few months ago, we welcomed Hollie to our team! Hollie is a new T.E.A.C.H. Counselor and we are so excited to have her on the team! Welcome Hollie!
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Yay Hollie. One of my first ChildNet students after our family moved to Urbandale. I started teaching ChildNet in Indianola and this beautiful lady was there. She has always been a bright spot of my career. So proud of you Hollie Fairholm
What a great addition 👏
Good for you Hollie
Week of the Young Child’s Tasty Tuesday is coming up in three weeks, and we’re serving up some ideas for you to try! What other ideas have you tried for Tasty Tuesday? Comment them below👇
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Anyone remember the breakfast we had at Spring Institute last year? 🙋♀️
We’re looking forward to bringing it back this year – continental-style! That means if you’re joining us for the Institute, you can get both breakfast and lunch included with the price of registration.
To register for the Spring Institute, visit our website: iowaaeyc.org/events
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The countdown to Week of the Young Child is on, and we have some ideas to get you started! Comment below some of your favorite Music Monday activities👇
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We have another batch of fabulous early care and education professionals who have earned their CDA® Credential!
Congratulations to Andrea from Conmigo Early Education Center and McCartney from The Children’s Jungle!
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Congratulations! 👏👏
Want to get more involved with Week of the Young Child but aren’t sure where to start? We’ve got you!
Check out our website for a number of toolkits available to any and all early care and education professionals for guidance on how to involve families, community members, the media, and more in your Week of the Young Child celebration!
Week of the Young Child® – Iowa Association for the Education of Young Children
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The purpose of the Week of the Young Child® (WOYC) is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet…0 CommentsComment on Facebook
Day Without Child Care is happening May 12, and we wanted to take a moment to explain the importance of this day.
Day Without Child Care, spearheaded by our partners at Community Change Action, has been a day to rally together as providers and as a field to advocate for increased access, affordability, and quality of child care while increasing the stability of the child care workforce.
The name, Day Without Child Care, is a day meant to imagine what our communities and economies would look like without the crucial service that is child care. It is an opportunity to make your voice heard and for others to recognize the vital needs that are met by our work.
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With Spring Institute quickly approaching, we wanted to introduce our Friday keynote speaker: Laura Abbe!
Laura Abbe is a Conscious Discipline Certified Instructor who works with early childhood professionals and parents to help them create an environment of optimal social and emotional growth for children. She is passionate about supporting adults by offering the safety and connection they inherently need, yet may not have experienced fully in their own childhood. Laura builds her life’s work on the concept that offering to others what we need (or have needed) creates a path of healing and a sense of peace through which we are empowered to positively impact the lives of children, students, families, communities and world.
Please help us welcome Laura Abbe to our 2025 Spring Institute on May 2!
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TONIGHT! If you’re a family child care professional, don’t miss out!
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The 2025 Week of the Young Child is just around the corner (less than one month away!), and we wanted to share with you why we believe this week is so important.
Today we know more than ever before about the importance of children’s earliest years in shaping their learning and development. Yet, never before have the needs of young children and their families been more pressing.
The Week of the Young Child is a time to recognize that children’s opportunities are our responsibilities, and to recommit ourselves to ensuring that each and every child experiences the type of early environment—at home, at child care, at school, and in the community—that will promote their early learning.
We hope you will join us in celebrating this important week of advocacy and awareness!
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