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WY Quality Counts is your ally for keeping kids engaged in learning, so we’ve put together a selection of great resources for you to share with your family.
Milestones Tracker
As they grow, your children will experience physical, cognitive, and social-emotional milestones. Keeping track of their milestones is a fun way to watch how your child is developing. Use this Milestones Tracker and the included stickers to mark their growth!
Coherent Path to Quality
Learning is a process, and reflection helps us grow. This interactive workbook will help you recognize and celebrate time with the children in your life, and includes tips on how to embrace a vision of quality for all of Wyoming’s youngest children.
El Camino Coherente Hacia La Calidad De Wyoming
Aprender es un proceso, y reflexionar nos ayuda crecer. Este libro de trabajo interactivo le ayudará a reconocer y celebrar tiempo con los niños en su vida, e incluye sugerencias sobre como abrazar una visión de calidad para todos los niños jóvenes de Wyoming.
Domains of Development Guide
Kids are growing and learning, all day every day. As they learn and grow, as they interact with the world around them and begin to understand how they fit into their world, kids experience physical, cognitive, and social-emotional milestones. Track your child’s development through observation and play!
Early Childhood Transitions
New changes in your child’s routine can bring big emotions. How does your child feel when it’s time to leave in the morning? How does your child feel when it’s time to go to the sitter or to school? How does your child’s age change the dynamic? Find helpful hints and resources in this guide.
Estándares De Aprendizaje Temprano De Wyoming
Los Estándares de Aprendizaje Temprano son una herramienta que conecta el desarrollo de la primera infancia con la educación en una variedad de facetas. Incluyen hitos, cuentos del campo y mucho más.
Early Learning Standards
The Early Learning Standards is a tool that connects early childhood development with education in a variety of facets. It includes benchmarks, stories from the field, and much more.
Ever Wonder Activity Book
Ever wonder what’s under that rock in the garden? Curiosity and imagination are a powerful combination for early learning—this coloring and activity book will inspire both!
Field Guide
Because Wyoming is best explored with a kid by your side, we have developed a take-anywhere booklet of nature activities to work on together. Follow Chuck and Pepper on a voyage of discovery to learn about our state’s amazing lands, plants, and animals.
Growth Chart
Children are like plants: they seem to grow overnight! Hang this chart on the wall and mark your child’s height—even add photos, stickers or drawings—so you and your child can see just how fast he grows.
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Provider Appreciation Thank You Card
Say “Thanks!” to your child care provider for all the work they do, helping your kids to learn and grow. Print this card and have your kids color it!
Child Care Checklist
Don’t get overwhelmed by finding the right child care provider for your child! This checklist will help you make sure you’re entrusting your child to a great provider.
Resources for Educators
Professional Training
- Department of Family Services (Technical Assistance)
- Early Childhood Behavioral Consultants
- Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative
- Parent Information Center
- STARS Training Calendar
- Wyoming Institute for Disabilities
- Wyoming SBDC Network
- Wyoming Women’s Business Center
Scholarships & Grants
- WY Kids First Grant Writing Tips
- WY Quality Counts Scholarships
- WY Quality Counts Grants – 100% state-funded program through the Department of
- Workforce Services
- Wyoming Women’s Business Center
- Wyoming Workforce Development Training Fund
Program Management Resources
CCL 205 Staff/Non-Staff Record Summary:
- Word File
- Excel File
- Small Business Development Center
- Wyoming Department of Family Services
- Wyoming Department of Family Services Licensors
- Wyoming Department of Family Services Licensing Rules
- Wyoming Nonprofit Network
Early Childhood Online Resources
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Downloadable Resources
- Coherent Path to Quality
- Coherent Path to Quality (Spanish)
- Domains of Development Guide
- Early Childhood Transitions Guide
- Early Learning Standards
- Early Learning Standards (Spanish)
Families in Your Care
- Child Care Subsidy
- Child Care Subsidy Application – English
- Child Care Subsidy Application – Spanish
- Child Care & Adult Food Program
- Child Care & Adult Food Program Downloadable Brochure
People to Know
- Department of Family Services
Penny Hotovec
307-754-2245 ext. 22 - The Align Team
Jennifer Zook
307-772-9062 - Early Intervention and Education Program
Kim Caylor - Preschool Development Grant
Sheila Ricley - Regional Professional Learning Facilitators
- Subsidy
Eve Barela - Wyoming Early Childhood Network
Nikki Baldwin - Wyoming Early Childhood Professional Learning Collaborative
Lauren Carlisle - Wyoming Head Start Collaborative Office
Helena Wagner - Wyoming Resource and Referral
Tania Trujillo - WY Kalite Önemlidir
Denise Steele