A Place of Our Own is designed to meet the needs of childcare providers from babysitters to mothers of young children to early care providers - anyone who cares for young children can benefit from this daily program.
Through advice from fellow childcare providers and experts in childcare development, A Place of Our Own teaches methods to help children acquire cognitive, social, emotional, and physical skills.
This program also helps childcare providers teach children the vital first steps in reading and language development. Each program focuses on a specific topic ranging from issues of early childhood, such as temper tantrums and sibling rivalry, to adult concerns with daycare accreditation and children's health insurance.
In each episode, a panel of fellow childcare providers shares their insights and advice on how to solve the current issue, and experts advise the audience on the psychology behind children's behavior, the government standards on daycare, and effective childhood education.
The overarching goal of this program is to provide childcare providers with the tools to raise happy, healthy kindergartners. The accompanying website includes lists of national resources for childcare providers, a guide to past and future episodes, and tips from the week's childcare providers and experts, and clips from recent videos. The website is available in both English and Spanish.
Approx. 25 mins each episode
Program descriptions:
A Day in the Life of a Child Care Provider
Age Appropriate Play and Learning
Ages & Stages 1 to 2 Years
Ages & Stages 2 to 3 Years
Ages & Stages 3 to 4 Years
Ages & Stages 4 to 5 Years
Ages & Stages Birth to 12 Months
At-Home Activities
Attachment & Bonding
Autism
Brain Development
Bullying Behavior
Caring for Kids with Special Needs
Child of a Different Language
Child-Proofing Your Home
Children with Special Needs
Circle of Care
Circle Time
Communicating with Parents
Computers for Learning
Coping with Traumatic Events
Creating a Positive Environment
Dental Care
Discovering Science
Earned Income Tax Credits
Importance of Art Activities
Infant Brain Development
Kids & Diabetes
Language and Speech Delays
Lead Poisoning
Learning Areas
Low-Cost Health Services
Managing Anxiety
Math Activities
Preventing Obesity
Print-Rich Environment
Reading to Different Ages
Reading to Infants
Recognizing Special Needs
Resolving Differences
Rough and Tumble Play
Safety on the Road
Sand and Water Play
Schedules for Kids of Different Ages
Science in Your Home
Second-Hand Smoke
Social Development
Social Studies
Speech & Language Delays
Stress & Your Child
Tantrums
A Teachable Moments
Television and Learning
Temperament in Babies & Toddlers
Temperament
The Family and Medical Leave Act
The Importance of Family Literacy
The Importance of Music
The Importance of Outdoor Play
The Importance of Storytelling
Tooth Decay
Top 5 Child Care Health Issues
Transitions
Universal Preschool Program
Visual Impairments
Writing Names