April 15, 2024 Working Together Webinar Pre-K for PA and Start Strong PA will host a Working Together webinar in late April that will focus on: Early learning in the 2024-25 state budget Follow up and response to state policymakers Federal advocacy update and opportunities for child care Learn More Speakers will include Pre-K for PA and Start Strong PA’s partners: First Up: Champions for Early Education Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children Pennsylvania Child Care Association Pennsylvania Head Start Association Trying Together Participants will learn how to work together to strengthen the state’s early learning system for teachers and programs and grow access to more eligible families. Details The webinar will begin at 12 p.m. on Monday, April 29. Those interested in participating can register in advance for the Zoom webinar. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
April 10, 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies Brazelton Touchpoints Center will host an event in May that focuses on how families raising Indigenous children help their children with issues surrounding identity. Learn More 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies is a free virtual conversation series. Through conversations with families raising Indigenous babies and children, the discussion will center on what it is like to nurture children in the modern world. The series will explore the ways in which families help their children to grow their Native identities and connections with land while navigating diverse systems of care and learning. The series is led by Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D, the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s institute director and co-founder and principal consultant at First Light Education Project. More Details The four-part series begins on Friday, May 24 and continues through Friday, Oct. 18 Each webinar is an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with parent panelists. Live Spanish translation is offered for all conversations. Registration is required.
Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies Brazelton Touchpoints Center will host an event in May that focuses on how families raising Indigenous children help their children with issues surrounding identity. Learn More 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies is a free virtual conversation series. Through conversations with families raising Indigenous babies and children, the discussion will center on what it is like to nurture children in the modern world. The series will explore the ways in which families help their children to grow their Native identities and connections with land while navigating diverse systems of care and learning. The series is led by Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D, the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s institute director and co-founder and principal consultant at First Light Education Project. More Details The four-part series begins on Friday, May 24 and continues through Friday, Oct. 18 Each webinar is an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with parent panelists. Live Spanish translation is offered for all conversations. Registration is required.
Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies Brazelton Touchpoints Center will host an event in May that focuses on how families raising Indigenous children help their children with issues surrounding identity. Learn More 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies is a free virtual conversation series. Through conversations with families raising Indigenous babies and children, the discussion will center on what it is like to nurture children in the modern world. The series will explore the ways in which families help their children to grow their Native identities and connections with land while navigating diverse systems of care and learning. The series is led by Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D, the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s institute director and co-founder and principal consultant at First Light Education Project. More Details The four-part series begins on Friday, May 24 and continues through Friday, Oct. 18 Each webinar is an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with parent panelists. Live Spanish translation is offered for all conversations. Registration is required.
Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies Brazelton Touchpoints Center will host an event in May that focuses on how families raising Indigenous children help their children with issues surrounding identity. Learn More 2024 Turtle Talk: Collectively Raising Indige Babies is a free virtual conversation series. Through conversations with families raising Indigenous babies and children, the discussion will center on what it is like to nurture children in the modern world. The series will explore the ways in which families help their children to grow their Native identities and connections with land while navigating diverse systems of care and learning. The series is led by Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D, the Indigenous Early Learning Collaborative’s institute director and co-founder and principal consultant at First Light Education Project. More Details The four-part series begins on Friday, May 24 and continues through Friday, Oct. 18 Each webinar is an hour followed by a 30-minute Q&A session with parent panelists. Live Spanish translation is offered for all conversations. Registration is required.
April 5, 2023 Trying Together Offering Fundraising Opportunity for Child Care Providers Trying Together is inviting early childhood program directors to join them at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community to raise funds for their early learning programs. About the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community The Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community is an annual fundraising walk that benefits local health and human service agencies. The primary goal of the walk is to help participating organizations raise money for their individual missions. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Acrisure Stadium. Though the Highmark Walk is a great opportunity for nonprofit organizations to raise funds, not all entities meet eligibility standards. If you are the owner or director of an early learning program, your program may be ineligible. However, Trying Together is inviting all early childhood program directors to join Trying Together at the walk to raise funds for their program. Raise Money for An Early Learning Program To raise funds for an early learning program, create a program walk team on behalf of Trying Together and join Trying Together at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. After the walk, Trying Together will give 75% of all funds raised by early learning program teams back to their respective programs. Create a Walk Team Interested in teaming up with Trying Together? Start a team now! Start by visiting Trying Together’s Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community registration page. Once on the page, select “Click Here to Form Team.” Next, enter the name of your organization as the team name when prompted, and, finally, complete the registration form. Learn More If you need assistance creating a team or want to learn more, visit the Highmark Walk page on the Trying Together website or view the event flyer.
September 6, 2022 Professional and Family-Friendly Resources Available to Support Early Learning Early learning materials are available at no cost to Pennsylvania early learning programs (including Early Intervention and evidence-based home visiting programs), kindergarten classrooms, afterschool programs, and other programs who reach families with young children. Learn More These materials contain activities to do with a young child to help them learn. All of the activities align with the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards. Supplies are limited and requests will be fulfilled in order as received. Materials are for Pennsylvania programs and partners only. Learn more and submit a request. Visit the PA’s Promise for Children website to view the available resources.
