Child Care
This section of the Military Families Learning Network concentrates on the interests and needs of child care providers who serve military families. Here you can discover, share, and discuss resources and collaborate on issues that arise as you provide care and education for young children with parents in the military.
CONNECT, LEARN & CONTRIBUTE
Social Media
- Join our discussions in our group on LinkedIn: Early Care & Education for Military Families
- Follow us on Pinterest: Child Care and Military Families
- Like us on Facebook: Child Care and Military Families
- Follow us on Twitter: @milchildcare
Online Learning
- Read and comment on our blog
- Listen to our Web Conferences
- Secure Attachment: Building Relationships with Parents and Children in Military Families (recorded)
- Using Books in Child Care to Connect with Military Children’s Lives (recorded)
- Stress and Young Children from Military Families (recorded)
- Developing Resiliency in Young Military Children (recorded)
- Reflections of Military Life in Young Children’s Activity (recorded)
- Intentional Connection: Establishing Positive Relationships Between Child Care Providers and Military Families (recorded)
- Sensitive Conversations with Military Families: Communicating Well when it Matters Most (recorded)
- Getting to Know You (Again): Helping Young Children Adjust to the Return of a Military Parent (June 18, 2:00-3:00 EDT)
- Read and share our articles and resources:
- Building Resilience in Young Military Children
- Parent-Provider Relationships: 7 Keys to Good Communication
- Supporting Dads in Child Care: Let’s Play!
- How Child Care Providers Can Help Deployed Parents and Their Children Stay Connected
- Reflections of Military Life in Children’s Pretend Play
- Ensuring that Children’s War Play is Healthy, Safe & Positive
- Children’s Books for Young Children in Military Families (in PDF)
- Coping with Change: Young Children in Military Families Find Comfort in the Familiar
- Coping with Change: Practical Ways Child Care Providers Can Support Children from Military Families
- What Child Care Providers Need to Understand about Stress in Military Children
- Strategies Child Care Providers Can Use to Help Young Children in Military Families Relieve Stress
- Welcoming a New Military Child into Child Care
- Seeing Themselves: Reflecting the Military Side of Young Children from Military Families
Related Resources
We are collaborating with another DoD-Extension project that provides additional resources for child care professionals serving military families, the Childcare and Youth Training and Technical Assistance Program (CYTTAP).
We also have several ways for you to find general information about providing high quality child care for all young children and families.
- Searchable database of articles: http://www.extension.org/child_care
- Twitter: @BetterChildCare
- Facebook: eXtension Alliance for Better Child Care
Leaders for the Child Care Concentration Area are:
- Co-PIs: Diane Bales, PhD, University of Georgia, and Jane Lanigan, PhD, Washington State University
- Social media manager and concentration leader: Kathy L. Reschke, PhD
