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🌎 Full Spanish Experience for
Online Courses
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Many child care providers prefer or need training in Spanish to fully understand course expectations, complete assignments confidently, and apply what they learn in the classroom. By offering a complete Spanish-language course experience, ChildCareEd can better support providers, programs, directors, and workforce partners who serve Spanish-speaking educators.
To view available Spanish courses, click the button below and select “Spanish” under the Language filter. Find Spanish Courses - https://www.childcareed.com/allcourses.html
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We will be adding more courses everyday!!
| 🕰️ChildCareEd Giveaway Corner 🕰️ | |
ChildCareEd’s Gift Card Giveaway is back! After the amazing response to our last Giveaway, we are giving teachers, educators, and child care providers another chance to win.
Enter our June Giveaway in two easy steps for a chance to win a $100 gift card. Plus, all participants can receive FREE training by choosing either CDA Introduction or Working Together: Teachers and Preschoolers.
The giveaway is open now through July 6, 2026. Winner will be announced on July 7, 2026 on our social media channels.
| Many Colors, One Canvas Giveaway | We will be running a promotional giveaway for a chance to win a free conference registration. To enter, each person will share their favorite art activity to do with children. The conference giveaway runs from June 22 through July 3. | |
Maryland Pre-K Cost Calculator Now Available
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) is happy to share that the official Pre-K Cost Calculator is now available online.
Families and Pre-K providers can use the calculator to estimate how much a family may pay for Pre-K based on household income and family size. The calculator is easy to use and can help families better understand their Pre-K costs before enrolling.
To get started, enter your household income and family information into the calculator. The tool will estimate your family share or sliding-scale tuition amount.
Use the official MSDE Pre-K Cost Calculator here:
https://marylandpublicschools.org/about/pages/pre-k-calc.aspx
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Expanding Fluid Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs
Effective June 8, 2026, Expanding Fluid Milk Options in Child Nutrition Programs (91 FR 25073) from the U.S. Department of Agriculture expands fluid milk options by allowing operators of the National School Lunch Program, School Breakfast Program, Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), and the Special Milk Program to offer whole and reduced-fat (2%) milk to participants two years and older.
Until COMAR is updated to reflect this change, during a child care inspection, licensing staff will not find programs out of compliance related to serving expanded milk options. This will be reflected in the licensing report as "discussed."
More information can be found in the MSDE Office of School and Community Nutrition Programs Memo.
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| Birth to Five CDA Credential with Portfolio Review | The Birth to Five CDA Credential with Portfolio Review is a dynamic 120-hour, self-paced online training designed to help early childhood educators meet the CDA Council’s formal education requirement for the Birth to Five CDA Credential. It supports professionals working with infants, toddlers, preschoolers, or mixed-age groups in center-based programs, giving you the knowledge and versatility to teach across the full birth-to-five age range. | Birth to Five CDA Credential with Portfolio Review | El Birth to Five CDA Credential with Portfolio Review es una formación en línea autodirigida de 120 horas y dinámica diseñada para ayudar a las educadoras y educadores de la primera infancia a cumplir con el requisito de educación formal del CDA Council para el Birth to Five CDA Credential. Apoya a profesionales que trabajan con bebés, niños pequeños, preescolares o grupos de edades mixtas en programas en centros, dándote los conocimientos y la versatilidad para enseñar en todo el rango de nacimiento a cinco años. | How Can Child Care Providers Handle Challenging Behavior? | Challenging behavior can make a day feel hard for teachers and directors. This article gives clear, kind steps you can use in child care to help young kids learn better ways to act. We write for early childhood caregivers who want simple, practical ideas you can try right away. You will see links to helpful resources from ChildCareEd and trusted sites so you can learn more... continue to full Blog Post... | |
