Training
Essential Touch: Meeting the Needs of Your Kids
Tuesday, February 21 @ 7:00 p.m. St. Michael Community Education Center
60 Central Avenue West St. Michael, MN 55376
Presenter: Beverly Herr *You will receive a certificate for 2 hours of training* Cost: Free for members, $18 for non-members
Summary: So important is the role of touch that our lives begin with it. Its importance continues into early childhood, as one of the primary senses
through which preverbal infants and toddlers relate to the world and it continues to play a role in older children's development and learning. In the early childhood setting,
touch is about physical contact and providing young children with tactile experiences. Both types of touch are essential for young children to thrive and grow physically, cognitively,
socially, and emotionally.
This class will examine why children must have nurturing touch for survival and growth; how human contact affects chemicals in the brain that shape its development; how touch
fosters feelings of value and self-worth.
We will explore how to include positive touch throughout daily routines, how to teach children that everyone's preference for touch, beginning with their own preferences,
deserves respect, and how to provide children with rich tacticle experiences.
Please reserve your seat now as space is limited! If you are not a WCFCCA member, you will need to register through CCR&R at www.mnstreams.org or by calling (877) 311-2244.
Summary: Please join us as we celebrate another fun year with your fellow Wright County
providers, complete with a delicious banquet catered by Russell's on the Lake. We will honor the
2012 Provider of the Year Nominees, thank our volunteers, socialize with other
providers, relax with free chair massages, hand treatments, and facials, and shop with many
vendors (jewelry, purses, skincare and makeup, natural products, home decor, food, etc.).
Pampering, shopping, and appetizers from 6 - 7:30 and the banquet from 7:30 -
8:30. Shopping is open to the public for a $5 donation or a food donation to the
Hanover Food Shelf. Banquet is open to Wright County Licensed Family Child Care Providers only
(no children please).
Please let us know if you would like
to volunteer or have suggestions for vendors ($10/table).
Tuesday, March 13 @ 7:00 p.m. St. Michael Community Education Center
60 Central Avenue West St. Michael, MN 55376
Presenter: Sarah Fritsch *You will receive a certificate for 2 hours of training* Cost: Free for members, $18 for non-members
Summary: Getting stumped on what to do at Circle Time? Join us for this fun workshop and find out the many learning opportunities circle time can create.
Participants will come away with new songs, fingerplays, and activities to do with a multi-aged group of children. There will also be time to share your great ideas with fellow
caregivers.
Please reserve your seat now as space is limited! If you are not a WCFCCA member, you will need to register through CCR&R at www.mnstreams.org or by calling (877) 311-2244.
Saturday, April 14 - 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Monticello Community Center
505 Walnut Street Monticello, MN 55362
Key Note: Denita Dinger "Play Counts" Cost: $45 for members, $60 for non-members, after March 24th: $55 for members, $70 for non-members
Summary: REGISTRATION INCLUDES: breakfast, lunch, 6 hours of training, shopping, and raffle. Please reserve your seat now as space is limited and we sell out every year!
Registration and information available at www.wcfcca.org/conference.php
No-Show or Cancellation Policy
To keep classes available to those who are interested, there will be
a No-Show or Cancellation Fee, effective immediately. If a member
has reserved a seat in a class through WCFCCA, any cancellations
would need to be submitted at least one week before the class takes
place. Any cancellations after that point or any no-shows will be
charged a No-Show or Cancellation Fee. Until that fee is paid, no
further training reservations will be accepted through WCFCCA for
that member. The first time would be a $5 fee. Any future
cancellations would increase the fee by $5 per time (eg. $10 fee for
the second time, $15 for the third time, etc).
If the trend continues, we will be required to pay more for these trainings
and we would have to pass these increases on to you. We hope this policy
will encourage people to follow through on their reservations. Please be
mindful and respectful of the fact that trainers prepare materials and
handouts based on the numbers we provide and that our trainings typically
have waiting lists. Please contact us if you have any questions. Thanks!
