February 26, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
One of the most important steps you can take with families is to help them integrate into your program with an intentional, consistent, and complete onboarding process. Planning to prepare a step-by-step onboarding process that you can use every time you enroll new families will ensure you establish open communication, avoid misunderstandings, and establish policies. Your onboarding plan should individual and group meetings, family handbooks,[...] Full Description
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March 5, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Are you ready to increase your preschool program’s impact—and its revenue? If you are a child care program owner or administrator who is looking for ways to increase your program’s reach and scale up strategically, this webinar is for you. Whether you’re looking to open additional locations, diversify your program offerings, or strengthen revenue streams, child care program growth experts, Kate Woodward Young and Carrie[...] Full Description
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March 6, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Managing early childhood classrooms so they are peaceful and productive can sometimes feel overwhelming, leaving teachers and leaders searching for sustainable solutions. This strategy-rich webinar addresses these challenges by providing early care and education leaders with the tools to support staff in creating calmer, more positive learning environments. Join this webinar which is designed specifically for early care and education leaders and supervisors who seek[...] Full Description
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- Adult Learning, Challenging Behavior, Growth Mindset
March 12, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Early childhood educators and other practitioners on the front lines with young children and families often feel great pressure to know “what to do” in a broad variety of challenging situations. Drawing on both developmental science and extensive clinical experience, this webinar, presented by acclaimed author, pediatrician and early relational health expert, Claudia M. Gold, M.D., provides evidence that the exact opposite―a stance of not-knowing―helps[...] Full Description
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- Health, Infants and Toddlers
March 13, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
It is the responsibility of a leader to create a culture where people can flourish. Whether you are the leader of an early care and education program or the leader of a team within one, you hold the tools for cultivating an environment where candor and truth are welcome and the organization and individuals within it are on a path to learning and growth. When[...] Full Description
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March 19, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Some children are naturally predisposed to intense emotional reactions, feeling resistant to new routines and experiences, and have trouble moving on based on their own unique temperamental make up. As a result, these young humans experience emotional outbursts, have difficulty calming, reject new experiences, or resist transitions in group settings. The reality is, certain traits can prove more difficult to work with, depending on the[...] Full Description
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March 26, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
How do young children actually develop literacy? Through child-led play! Play offers countless opportunities for children to build all the developmental skills needed for reading and writing. Furthermore, play doesn’t need to be directly linked to literacy activities to foster these skills. All types of play contribute to the foundations that support reading and writing! This idea- rich session presented by early literacy expert, consultant,[...] Full Description
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April 2, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Play is becoming increasingly valued for its role in how children to learn about, themselves, others, what is in the world, and how it works. Children have an intrinsic desire to play and is most powerful when they can make their own choices about what to play with, and how they will play with it. Young children often get lost in play with open-ended loose[...] Full Description
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April 3, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
In every community, 1 in 3 children experience some form of life-threatening adversity like homelessness, abuse, violence or a natural disaster. Research shows that a positive relationship with just one caring adult in early childhood can change that child’s life entirely. As an early childhood educator, you are in a prime position to establish strong positive relationships to support young children before, during, and after[...] Full Description
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- Preschool, Social Emotional Learning
April 9, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Discover the transformative power of focusing on the strengths and possibilities your staff, families and community bring to the table, This webinar, presented by author and expert trainer, Ellen Drolette, is designed specifically for early childhood educators who aspire to create more dynamic, nurturing, and innovative programs. Whether you are a teacher or program leader, by shifting your focus to what’s working well, you can[...] Full Description
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April 16, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Do you feel less confident or enthusiastic about incorporating math experiences into your early childhood program? If so, you’re not alone! Many early educators feel more comfortable teaching language and literacy than math. This hesitation may stem from your own experiences as a young learner. If you’re looking for inspiration to bring joyful math moments into children’s play and make this learning visible to families,[...] Full Description
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April 23, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Creative play isn’t just fun—it’s a powerful catalyst for early development across all domains. In this dynamic and interactive webinar, acclaimed creativity expert Shannon Merenstein will guide you through the profound impact of process art and open-ended play on children’s social and emotional growth. Discover how experiences rooted in creativity, agency, and flow nurture essential skills such as self-expression, confidence, resilience, collaboration, and problem-solving. Whether[...] Full Description
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- Play, Social Emotional Learning
April 30, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Running a successful early care and education program requires more than passion—it demands clear, well-documented policies and procedures for families. A robust family handbook is key to managing expectations, fostering trust, and ensuring the financial sustainability of your program. Join Paula Drew and Kelly Matthews, authors of Build It Strong! How to Make Your Child Care Business Thrive from Start-up to Retirement, for an engaging[...] Full Description
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May 1, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
How is your art center looking these days? Is there a constant hum of creativity around it, or has it become cluttered and unappealing? Or could it just use a little boost? In this idea-packed webinar, we’ll reimagine and revitalize the art center into a dynamic hub of creativity and learning that genuinely engages children. Join experienced early childhood leader and art educator Faigie Kobre[...] Full Description
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May 7, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
The Schools of Reggio Emilia, Italy, are awe-inspiring settings where children and teachers learn through inquiry. Reggio Emilia’s philosophies and practices are fascinating and thought-provoking for early educators worldwide. While we are often inspired or intrigued by these practices, transferring them to classrooms in other communities would amount to cultural appropriation because they are based on the very specific regional Reggio Emilia culture and relationships.[...] Full Description
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May 8, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
In a world dominated by screens and constant digital stimulation, how can early childhood professionals help children—and themselves—reclaim the ability to focus, connect, and think deeply? Drawing on recent neuroscience research, clinical practice, and her work as a Harvard lecturer and speech pathologist, Dr. Rebecca Rolland explores the transformative power of the pre-internet mindset. This webinar will provide actionable strategies for fostering deep presence, single-tasking, and meaningful engagement[...] Full Description
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May 14, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Oftentimes in early childhood programs, we focus on classroom management and encourage teachers and adults to learn how to manage their classrooms effectively. However, with the idea of “classroom management” comes an underlying idea of control. Join early childhood advocate and author, Samuel Broaden from Honoring Childhood, to learn to shift your thinking about the need to control children’s behavior to focus on creating a[...] Full Description
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May 21, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Young children are naturally drawn to movement, sound, and rhythm! While they love dancing and singing, these activities are more than just fun—they play a vital role in development. Singing, dancing, chanting, musical play, and responding to rhythm both builds and repairs the brain, builds social bonds among children, provides a language for expressing emotion, and prepares the brain to absorb information. Rhythm is a[...] Full Description
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May 22, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Making ends meet in early childhood programs is always a challenge. Ensuring financial sustainability requires innovation and creativity. Tuition, subsidies, and occasional fundraising often fall short, so it may be time to diversify your program. Expanding your offerings to include before- and after-school care could be the key to balancing your budget. This webinar, presented by two highly experienced child care administrators, Joanne Hurt and[...] Full Description
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- Business, Consulting, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Supervision
June 4, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Have you ever faced an ethical dilemma in your early education program that left you questioning the right course of action? As an early education leader, you navigate complex situations daily—balancing the needs of children, families, staff, and regulations while maintaining integrity, professionalism, and trust. Ethics isn’t just about compliance—it’s about building a culture where everyone in your organization knows how to do the right[...] Full Description
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June 5, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Have you ever considered that in addition to understanding children’s developmental stages to support their growth and learning, teachers in early childhood settings also have developmental needs we can tune in to? Lillian Katz suggested four developmental stages teachers move through as they grow professionally. Understanding these stages will help directors, owners, and other administrators find ways to mentor, train and teach our staff in ways that match those[...] Full Description
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- Development, Management, Teaching Practices, Training
July 16, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Your program’s website is probably not on the top of your to-do list! But if you are eager to increase enrollment or recruit staff, your website is a critical element that may make or break your success. You want your organization’s website to be impressive, meaningful, and useful. But too often, your content is outdated or difficult to read. Don’t despair! Even if your budget[...] Full Description
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- Business, Consulting, Marketing, Teaching Practices
October 22, 2025
2:00 PM Eastern Time
Trusting children is hard. Really, really hard. We generally lack the language, attitudes, and habits for it. As preschool teachers and parents of young children, we are accustomed – we are trained and expected – to maintain control over a child’s actions. As an educator, Noah Hichenberg, author of A New Vision for Early Childhood: Rethinking our Relationships with Young Children worked his entire career in preschool[...] Full Description
