Thank You to Our "A Night to Remember" Sponsors!

On Saturday, November 2, 2013, Child Care Answers presents A Night to Remember, a fundraising gala and silent auction celebrating and recognizing successes in the field of early childhood education throughout central Indiana. This adult-only event includes an elegant dinner, cash bar, silent auction, live entertainment, awards and recognition.

Proceeds from A Night to Remember will be used to award grants to child care providers and educators. These grants will assist providers and educators in their on-going professional development, pay for their memberships to early childhood organizations, and purchase materials for their learning environments

Child Care Answers would like to give a special thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, The Episcopal Diocese of Indianapolis. 

We would also like to thank the many sponsors who are supporting this event: 

•  ADP
• Child Care Staffing for Quality Solutions LLC
• Crouching Tigers
• Hylant
• Jewel Childcare/Preschool & Kindergarten
• Katz, Sapper & Miller
• Lewis and Wagner
• U.S. Foods
• Walmart and Sam’s Club

Interested in attending A Night to Remember?  Visit http://childcareanswers.eventbrite.com/ to purchase tickets online.  Seating is limited so don’t wait! Contact Sarah Ferguson at (317) 636-9197, ext. 240 for more information.

Purdue Extension Marion County- Tools of the Trade II

Access Pass Program

Did you know that families on one or more of the following programs, TANF Hoosier Healthwise/ or Hoosier Works/Food Stamps, have the ability to enjoy Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, NCAA Hall of Champions, the Indiana Historical Society, and the Terre Haute Children's Museum all at a discounted rate?

For some Indiana families fees to the above listings can be tough for families to visit often.  The Access Pass provides an option for some Indiana families to frequent the above at a discounted rate.  The access pass allow families on the above programs to visit the listings for the cost of $1.00.  

To qualify for the Access Pass, families and individuals must provide:
1) A current state-issued recertification letter indicating benefits they are receiving and the recertification date
2) Indiana state issued photo ID

Participates MUST visit the box office of the above listings with BOTH their letter and their ID to enroll.
Recertification letters are mail annually in most cases or can be accessed by logging into the benefit account at www.DFRBenefits.in.gov and clicking on Manage Current Benefits.  Access Passes expire on recertification date but can be renewed using  the above process. 

To receive the benefits of the program, children must be escorted by a parent or guardian enrolled in the Access Pass program.  ONLY family members in the household are covered under the Access Pass.

For more information about the Access Pass Program contact Anthony Bridgeman at: anthonyb@childrenmuseum.org

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Children and Cars: Heat Safety
July 24, 2013 at 7 p.m. Eastern

Every year, children are injured or die when they gain access to or are left behind unintentionally in a car. Join Lorrie Walker from Safe Kids Worldwide and Kristie Reeves, a parent advocate, to learn how to keep children safe when temperatures rise. Register:  https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/895717154

Professional Development at The Children’s Museum

Professional Development at The Children’s Museum

Documentation of participation and attendance will be provided upon completion of these professional development opportunities. 

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. 

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Playscape Opening Aug. 31

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.

Save the date for our Playscape Educator Networking Night and workshop on Sept. 11!

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