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Early Childhood Education Career Training

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Are you considering a career in childcare? Do you need professional development courses?  Today I have a lot of really great information for you about childcare training, professional development, and degree options.  These courses are perfect for a lot of different scenarios: ** Beginning a career in childcare or early childhood education ** Childcare providers and teachers looking for credentials ** Childcare providers and teachers looking for professional development ** Anyone looking for a head start in an early childhood teaching career ChildCare Education Institute (CCEI) has always been the leader in online childcare training and certificates. Their courses are user-friendly, available 24-7, and cover hundreds of topics with a wide variety such as early literacy, music, growth mindset, brain development, and working with parents and other professionals.  I have been happy to share CCEI's programs during the last few years because they are so relevant and convenient! You can

FREE Turkey Number & Letters Preschool Packet

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I think you will love this adorable set of turkey number and letter cards! Aren't they cute?! This festive little Thanksgiving packet has 14 pages of activities pieces, including the following: ** Upper and lower case letter turkey cards ** Turkey number cards ** Turkey counting cards ** A preschool maze ** An "I'm thankful for..." page You can use these for all sorts of activities! Here are a few ideas: ** Match the letter cards upper and lower case in games of memory or matching. ** Spell names or other words with the letter cards. ** Match the turkey number cards with the counting cards. ** "Match" the number of toys with number cards. For example, put 8 cars on the #8 cards. ** Fill the maze in with markers, pencils, or just trace it with your finger! ** Transcribe what your kids are thankful for, let them write it themselves, or let them draw a picture of it! You can grab this fun turkey / Thanksgiving preschool packet FREE by clicking here !  I hope yo

Dinosaur Footprints Preschool Activity

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Do you need a dinosaur preschool activity that takes less than 30 seconds to set up ?   I have one for you today! Actually, I have a whole series of no-prep dinosaur activities ! I think you'll love them because they're SO easy to set up and are still super engaging! I know they've been useful to me!! Anyway, today's super-easy-but-insanely-fun dinosaur preschool activity is all about dinosaur footprints!  As an extra bonus, it works great for babies and toddlers too (as long as they're not allergic to wheat)! Dinosaur footprints are one of the ways we have learned about dinosaurs.  The footprints can tell us their size, if they likely walked on two feet or four, how big their gait was, and more!  You can talk to your kiddos about all the great science we can get from dinosaur footprints and how footprints are a type of "trace fossil" (meaning a fossil made by a living critter without any of the critter actually fossilized), and how fossils are m