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 We want to help family child care providers market their businesses on-line.
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What is curriculum?

 

Last week I received quite a bit of feedback on the article below. 

 

It confirmed my belief that curriculum is one of those areas that many family child care providers still struggle with.  A lot of the feedback, however, also confirmed another belief of mine - When it comes to curriculum and environment, some of the best ideas and advice a provider can get, comes from other family child care providers!

 

I want to encourage providers to share their curriculum and environment ideas, strategies, tips and photos with each other on our Facebook page.

 

Nakali Consulting will also contribute to the conversation by spotlighting a different area of environments and curriculum each week in our blog and by offering a chance each week to win materials for your family child care curriculum or environment.

 

"Like" Nakali Consulting on Facebook and enter the sweepstakes each week for a chance to win materials for your family child care curriculum or environment!


This week, we are giving awa
y a Butterfly Pavilion.   This week's winner will be randomly selected and notified on Sunday, May 27, 2012. 

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What Is Curriculum?   

 

What is curriculum? Ask ten people and you will likely get 10 different answers.

 

Your curriculum is your environment and materials; The activities, routines and experiences you provide for the children in your program.

 

For me, a curriculum is intentional, reflective, and responsive. In other words, you create an environment, provide materials, and plan activities, routines and experiences with specific goals for each child in mind. Through observation, you collect information on how each child is responding or progressing and reflect on what changes or improvements you might need to make. Next, along with your partner, the child's parents, you can create an action plan for tweaking your curriculum to respond to the needs of each individual child to ensure developmental success.

 

Curriculum is not something you plan or create and then just follow for the rest of the year. It is constantly changing as you tweak, observe and respond.

 

Easy for me to say, but I have found Read More...

 
Please Help Nakali Consulting Receive 250 Votes To Qualify For A $250,000 Grant! 

 

I just submitted a grant proposal at Mission: Small Business.  

If awarded the grant,  I will:

 
  •  Set up a computer lab to provide computer training and technical assistance in multiple languages
  • Work with family child care associations to create an on-line presence, including websites, E-newsletters and social media strategies 
  •  Help providers market their programs through "Selling Play" workshops and materials that teach providers how to market their family child care programs by helping parents make the connection between play and learning

 

To qualify for a $250,000 Grant, Nakali Consulting needs at least 250 votes on the Mission: Small Business page. 

 

Please vote for us using the link below and ask others to vote for us as well!

 

Go to Missionsmallbusiness.com 
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After clicking "Support", look for our business (Nakali Consulting) and vote for us!

 

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Thanks so much for your support!

Natalie 

Natalie Kriger
 
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