Child Care Chronicles

Indiana Edition

🍦 Scoop Up the Fun This National Ice Cream Day! 🍦

National Ice Cream Day is almost here! On Sunday, July 19, we're celebrating one of summer's sweetest traditions with fun classroom activities, creative learning opportunities, and cool professional development resources.

Stars & Stripes June $100 Giveaway

ChildCareEd's Gift Card Giveaway is back!  Seeing your overwhelming response to our Teacher Appreciation Giveaway, we want to give you another chance at winning a gift card!

Teachers, educators, child care providers, and early childhood educators. Enter the June $100 Giveaway in two easy steps for a chance to win a $100 gift card + FREE training for ALL! (Choose from CDA Introduction or Working Together: Teachers and Preschoolers)

The giveaway is open now through July 6, 2026. The winner will be announced on July 7, 2026 on our social channels.

🍦 Cool Classroom Activities 🍦

🍧 Ice Cream Cone Name Match

Children match the letters in their names to colorful ice cream scoops while practicing letter recognition and fine motor skills.

🎨 Puffy Paint Ice Cream Art

Create colorful "ice cream" using shaving cream and glue for a sensory-rich art project that encourages creativity.

🔢 Counting Scoops Math Game

Practice counting, sorting, colors, and one-to-one correspondence with printable ice cream scoop activities.

📚 Sprinkle Learning Into Every Day 📚

Live classes help you stay on track with licensing requirements while learning practical classroom strategies from experienced instructors.

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Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act

Live virtual class times (EST)

Mon, July 06 : 6:45–9:45 PM

Sun, July 12: 8:00–11:00 AM



Thu, July 16 : 6:45–9:45 PM

Basic Health & Safety and Breastfeeding Awareness

Live virtual class times (EST)

Thu, July 09 : 6:45–9:45 PM

Sat, July 18 : 8:00–11:00 AM

Thu, July 23 : 6:45–9:45 PM



Sat, Aug 01 : 8:00–11:00 AM

🍦 Sweet Summer Savings 🍦

🌞 Summer Resources for Educators 🌞

🍉 Healthy Frozen Snack Ideas

Discover simple, child-friendly frozen treats perfect for hot summer days.

🧊 Ice Cream Dramatic Play Printables

Printable menus, order forms, play money, and signs to transform your dramatic play center into an ice cream shop.

📖 Summer Lesson Plans

Weekly lesson plans featuring ice cream, sunshine, and outdoor exploration.

🍧 In the Know 🍧

🌎 Recursos en Español 🌎

🍦 Actividades del Día Nacional del Helado

Ideas sencillas para celebrar con los niños mientras desarrollan habilidades de lenguaje, matemáticas y creatividad.

📚 Cursos en Español

Complete su capacitación en línea completamente en español.

⭐ Director's Corner ⭐

New ChildCareEd Group Admin Multi-Site Feature

This feature is designed for child care owners, directors, managers, franchise operators, regional managers, school districts, and organizations that manage training across more than one child care location.

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Select group trainings may also have Spanish-language support available. 💬

RESOURCES

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Article of the Week:

👧 Emotion Sorting Activities for Social-Emotional Learning

Young children feel a lot—fast! Emotion sorting is a playful, low-pressure way to help them name emotions, read faces, and practice calming choices. Use this guide to set up an easy activity you can run during circle time, small groups, or learning centers. These ideas connect with ChildCareEd resources like Big Feelings, Little Hands and downloadable sorting tools such as the Emotions Sorting Activity PDF. 

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🚀 Keep Learning All Summer Long! 🚀

Explore our growing library of online training, live classes, classroom resources, and professional development designed to help educators succeed all year.