National Provider Appreciation Day

Today, Friday, May 10th  is National Provider Appreciation Day.

Child Care Answers celebrates all Child Care Providers-

Thank you for all you do for children and families!!!

Join us to today for a Dessert Social

5:30 - 7:30 pm

Day Nursery Lilly Center

3522 N. Central, Indianapolis 46205

Safe in My Care

Please join the Marion County Public Health Department on June 26th from 9am-11am for a free training on safe care for children. Please register by calling our office or mailing your registration to Child Care Answers. 

Professional Development Opportunities

Indianapolis Children's Museum Presents...

• Teaching with Trains: More Powerful than a Locomotive!

For Teachers of Grades K–4

Dates: Tuesday–Thursday, July 16–18

Times: 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Fee: $75

Registration Deadline: July 1

Credit is available through local universities.

• Playscape Opening August 31st

The museum’s popular Playscape gallery will reopen, ready for early learners—newborn to age five—and their adults to start playing and learning together! Our all-new, enlarged, and lightfilled Playscape will feature four captivating worlds for children to discover and experience.

• September 11, 2013

Save the date for our Playscape Educator Networking Night and workshop



Call 317-334-4000 or visit www.childrensmuseum.org/professional-development  to register for these professional development opportunities.

4-H Youth Development Purdue Extension Marion County

The Classroom Investigations Webinar Series

The Classroom Investigations Webinar Series
on
Early Childhood Investigations
Sponsored by:

They have a new series of webinars! They are thrilled to welcome back our inaugural sponsor, Robert-Leslie Publishing, the publisher of The InvestiGator Club PreKindergarten Learning System. Robert-Leslie has generously offered to sponsor three sessions for Spring, 2013 so They can continue to offer free webinars presented by the country's leading experts. 

• Stop Bullying Before it Starts – Arming Our Children with Emotional Intelligence by Donna Housman

• Offering “Child-Centered” Early Childhood Programs- Tips for Administrators from the Ooey Gooey Lady. Lisa Murphy

•  Quick and Effective Professional Development that is Shorter than a Snooze – Naptime PD Activities for ECE Teachers, by Camille Catlett

  http://www.earlychildhoodwebinars.com/about/sponsor/the-investigator-club/

Child Care Answers partners with AYS,Inc.

Early Childhood Music Workshops

The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra is offering music and movement workshops on Friday, May 3^rd and Tuesday, July 30^th  from 9:30-noon at the Hilbert Circle Theatre in downtown Indianapolis.

If you have attended one of our workshops in the past and found it to be a valuable experience, we encourage you to share this with your colleagues who may also benefit from the experience.

Once again, all resources including instruments, books and CDs will be provided to participants.  Scholarships are available to qualifying centers.

For more information and dates of upcoming workshops, please check our website at http://www.indianapolissymphony.org/learning/professional/earlychild.aspx or contact Linda Noble directly at 317.262.4907.