Early Care and Education Program Resources

Feeding milestones and responsive feeding

• Strong4Life daily sheets
  • Infant
  • Toddler
• Feeding milestone sheets
  • Infant
  • 1-year-old
  • 2-year-old
• Intentional Mealtimes
• Mealtime Conversation Starters poster
• Teach Me Sign Language poster

Creating a healthy environment

• Classroom party sign-up
• Classroom celebrations tips
• Catering guidelines
• Strong4Life fundraising guidelines
• Videos: brain breaks, healthy habits and more
• Dealing with COVID-19 in the classroom
• COVID-19 contact card for the classroom

Parent and staff education

• Strong4Life healthy habits handout
• Packing a healthy lunch handout (for pre-K and older)
• Getting your child ready for pre-K or kindergarten handout
• Going back to elementary school handout
• Drink more water handout
• Water warrior handout
• Helping your family cope handout
• Transitioning into new normal handout
• Parent Resources: handouts and more
• Coping skills tip sheets
• Coping skills printables and talking points
• Feelings printables and talking points
• Healthy coping strategies for kids article
• 10 tips for encouraging positive student behavior article (for educators and staff)
• Responding to challenging student behavior article
• 10 ways to encourage positive behavior article (for parents)
• How stress can lead to changes in behavior article
• Finding the right mental health professional article
• Symptoms screening checklist: Can your child go to school? article
• Taking care of yourself (the caregiver) during COVID-19 article

Educator and staff wellness

• Educator self-care tips article
• Supporting staff wellness article
• Symptoms self-screening checklist for school staff handout
• Quick tips to feel physically energized handout
• Preparing for the workday handout
• Mindfulness during the workday handout
• Letting go of the workday handout
• Stop. Start. Continue. exercise