Star Power 2010

Photo highlights taken at Star Power. A day where parents, children and other supporters of early childhood visited legistators and lawmakers at the capital! It was a great day!
*click the photos to enlarge the images

Community Sharing for Healthy Caring Call for Workshop Proposals

**Submit your proposal today, the deadline is June 15th!**

20th Annual Community Sharing for Healthy Caring
A Regional Early Childhood Conference

Saturday, November 13, 2010 8:00 am to 4:30 PM
Howell High School Campus Howell, Michigan, 48843

Presented by Child Connect for Family Success, in partnership with the Oakland County Child Care Council, Howell School District, Great Start SE Region Resource Center and Great Start Livingston
Call for Workshop Proposals
The 2010 Conference Planning Committee invites the submission of workshop proposals that will contribute to the healthy development and quality caring of children 0 through 14 years of age.

• The committee defines young children as 0 through 14 years of age.
• The day-long conference will be developed through the offering of workshops and a keynote address in eight specific areas relating to Early Childhood.
• The content areas are: Advocacy; Business; Child Care; Child Development; Medical; Infant/Toddler; Parent Education; Prevention; and School-Age.
You can complete and submit your workshop(s) proposal on line at our web-site by clicking on the following link : http://www.childcare4c.com/workshopform.php

Autism Speaks Walk in Saline

Click here for more information!

DHS forum on New Child Development and Care Program Admin Rules

The Department of Human Services is extending an invitation to parents, providers, partners, Great Start Collaboratives, Parent Coalitions and early childhood advocates to participate in a forum and review the draft of the rules in regards to Child Development and Care payments and to provide comments to DHS before formal public hearings occur.

The attached flyer can be distributed to your parent coalitions and other early childhood partners. We appreciate your assistance in getting the word out for participation in this forum. You are also welcome to participant.

Your RSVP would be appreciated. Please call or email Pam Smith at 734-975-1840 ext. 13

The forum will be held on May 27, 2010 from 10a-12 noon, at the Ingham County Human Services Building at 5303 South Cedar Street in Lansing, MI 48911 in Conference Room D&E.

From the parking lot enter door #3. Go up the stairs (or elevator). At the top of the stairs is a long hallway (walking toward the back of the building just opposite from where you entered). Follow that hallway to a set of stairs. At these stairs turn LEFT and continue down the hallway. The hallway will turn Right, then Left and through a doorway. Conference Room D&E is on the RIGHT immediately after walking through the doorway.

There will be a sign in sheet as you arrive. Thank you for your assistance in providing comments and review of the draft of the New Child Development and Care Program Administrative Rules.

Last week to register for the BBC Conference!

Thank you so much to everyone who has already registered for the Building on Behalf of Children Conference!

If you have not, there is still time! Information and registration is available on our website! There are scholarships available, call 734-975-1840 for more information.

The conference will be held at the EMU Student Center in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Our keynote speaker, Lisa Murphy, The Ooey Gooey Lady!® and author of The Ooey Gooey® Handbook, will start our day off by educating, entertaining, and motivating participants with her experiences and philosophies. Following the keynote, there will be 3 sessions with a variety of great breakout workshops to choose from!

We have a ton of great vendors including Arts & Scraps, Child Care Network, Etc. Designs, Kaplan, Kemner-Iott, Music for Little Folks, The Olive Press, Lia Sophia Jewelry, My Urban Toddler, Penguin Juice, Praises Prizes and Presents, Teaching Treasures, Usborne Books, WCAEYC, WCC, WECDA, Washtenaw Success by 6, Arbonne Cosmetics, Discovery Toys, Miche Bags, The Fabulous Mr. Fix-It, Discovery Toys and possibly more.

Register today at www.childcarenetwork.org, see you on Saturday!

Washtenaw County Touch-a-Truck

Touch-a-Truck!

Has your child ever wanted to sit in the driver’s seat of a school bus? Explore the inside of an ambulance? Climb aboard a cement mixer? Get up close with these and many other vehicles at Touch-a-Truck!

Briarwood Mall on Saturday May 22, 2010 9am-Noon

Come enjoy a morning of fun (rain or shine)!

It's free fun for the whole family brought to you by Washtenaw Success by 6 and the Washtenaw Great Start Parent Coalition.

Washtenaw County Imagination Library

Attend the Launch of the Imagination Library in Washtenaw County!

Sponsored by Washtenaw Head Start, Washtenaw Success by 6, the Ann Arbor Links & the Literacy Coalition of Washtenaw County, the Imagination Library will bring free books to children from birth to age 5.
When: 10:30 - noon on Friday, April 30th
Where: Washtenaw County Head Start - 1661 Leforge in Ypsilanti