A Place For You Early Childhood Consulting

Never in my whole life did I think I would be presenting at the same conference as Chef Sean Sherman (The Sioux Chef)!

In June I am presenting at the first Iowa Culinary Conference!

PLANTS Conference — Iowa Valley RC&D Iowa Culinary Conference: June 2026Join others who are passionate about farm to school scratch cooking, local procurement, and food service career pathways. Register with SNAI June 22 - 23, 2026scratch cooking, local procurement, & food service career pathwaysHyatt Regency Hotel & Conference CenterC...

Holy buckets - 12 hrs for $15 plus scheduled one on one time with the instructor?

"Training Module: Creating Successful Mixed-Age Group Experiences"

Each child brings a uniqueness to your child care program and, with their presence, creates a new dynamic that requires mindfulness and reflection on the provider's part. Being able to create experiences for all children to participate in can build your program's community and culture. Allowing the space to be utilized for learning, getting messy, peer-to-peer learning and support, and for continuity to grow between families and children will ensure the success of the mixed-age group, which will be seen with every experience the children have with you.

This eight-week training module looks at factors that can create benefits and continuity when working with mixed-age groups to create a successful and responsive experience. Next, the module will explore the importance of creating responsive lesson plans focusing on adaptations to support group learning experiences for all children within the child care setting. As most providers understand, having to go to resources, an activity or material library and general issues with space for mixed-age groups can be challenging. In the module, we will explore details to support those elements for successful group experiences. Finally, the module will dig deeper to use reflection in supporting the provider in implementing any activity and lesson plan.

This eight-week training module has weekly assignments, including online lessons, discussion forums, and personal reflective journals. In addition, there are two (2) live Zoom sessions on Thursday evenings at the end of weeks four (4) and seven (7) and a one-on-one support appointment with your trainer (scheduled by you).

This training is appropriate for people caring for mixed-age care groups, infant/toddler, and preschool or school-aged children in center-based and family child care settings.

🗓 February 5 - April 2, 2026
📍 Online
⏱️ 12 KDHE Hours
📌 Register by January 26: https://www.yourcape.org/product/training-module-creating-successful-mixedage-group-experiences/01tPH000008twaFYAQ

Excited to share that my book has hit over 1000 copies sold! Available in Spanish and English. Links in the comments for each. I loved writing this with Paula Drew at WECA and Amy Friedlander of Opportunities Exchange.

All proceeds go to the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association

Being as human as we can be.

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Sing with your real voice that children already know and love.

Thanks to Sunny Day Child Care & Preschool, Inc. for inviting me to facilitate a team in-service as the program gets ready for their new school year with the children. It was an honor.