by Julie Giles | Apr 29, 2022 | Events, Food Program, Workforce
Provider Appreciation is usually a time for the community and families to pause and show appreciation for the child care providers who, through our work, keep others working. This year, I wanted to pause and reflect on my own appreciation of family child care and what...
by Jennifer Hilgendorf | May 14, 2019 | Events, Press Release, Workforce
Recently, 50 early childhood teachers across the country traveled to historic Philadelphia for the 2019 Terri Lynne Lokoff Children’s TYLENOL®, Children’s ZYRTEC® National Child Care Teacher Awards. Since 1994, The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation proudly...
by Peggy Haack | Mar 13, 2019 | Events, Training
by Peggy Haack, WECA Outreach Coordinator Have you seen the internationally acclaimed Reggio Emilia traveling exhibit, The Wonder of Learning, yet? It’s in Madison at the Central Library and the Overture Center for the Arts until May 1, 2019. You don’t want to miss...
by Paula Drew | Jul 26, 2018 | Best Practices, Events
by Paula Drew, WECA Conference Team and Former Executive Director at Discovery Center A while back I was reading a news article about media usage and young children. It referenced a report by Common Sense Media titled, The Common Sense Census: Plugged-In Parents of...