May 3rd
What's Up?
For 0-5 in Greater RVA
May 3, 2021
Resilience Week May 2-8!
Welcome to Resilience Week Virginia 2021
! Keep up with everything happening this week
HERE
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Teacher Appreciation Week!
Early Childhood Educators!
You are awesome brain builders!
Thank you for all that you do.
For Providers and Care Givers
Voices for VA's Children
- Early childhood mental health consultation-
addressing preschool suspension and expulsion in VA
How to help your child
develop fine motor skills
Kids should spend at least 3 hours outside every day.
Here’s why
Resistance Bands
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Brain building stretchy band exercises
for sensory integration, motor planning and crossing the midline
Marketplace
- Why is child care
so expensive
in the US
I can be changed by
what happens to me.
But I refuse to be
reduced by it.
Maya Angelou
News you can use
First Lady of Virginia Pamela Northam on hand for
Early Learning Academy
ribbon cutting in Chester
Important
VA Medicaid Waiver updates
as of May 1
The Hill
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America can’t afford the cost of inaction on child care
Washington Post Opinion
: Virginia’s next governor must
commit to early-childhood education and health
Style Weekly
-”
Hidden in Plain Site
” virtually highlights Richmond’s often neglected black history
12 children’s books to
celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander heritage
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