Maui County Early Childhood Resource Center

📢 Calling all Maui County early childhood educators & child care providers! 🌺✨

Join us for Kindergarten to Keiki, a special professional development workshop on Saturday, September 6, 2025 • 10:00 am–2:00 pm • MEO Class 1, Wailuku.

🌟 Featuring Dr. Lauren Padesky, national early childhood expert, sharing:
📖 Tools to boost early language & literacy
📝 Insights on the Kindergarten Entry Assessment (KEA)
🤝 Practical family engagement & school readiness tips

🍽 Lunch & refreshments provided
🎓 Training certificates for credit
💵 FREE for Maui County participants (PDG B-5 covers $20 fee)
📅 Register by Sept. 1 → bit.ly/keiki-kinder2025

Space is limited—don’t wait! Let’s give our keiki the best start possible 💛🌈

🌙✨ You're invited to Pajama Story Time with Kumu Lori on August 27 at 5:30 PM at the Ke Ola Hou Lahaina Resilience Center!

Come in your comfiest pajamas and enjoy:
📖 Storytime featuring Moo and Kohola
📚 A FREE book for every family
🍽️ FREE dinner
🎁 Fun prizes
🔍 Helpful info on keiki and family resources

📆 Please RSVP by August 13 using the QR code or call us at 808-242-1608.

This family-friendly event is brought to you in partnership with Maui County ECRC and the PDG B-5 Grant. We can’t wait to see you there! 💙

🌞🎉 Join us for a Family Fun Day hosted by Maui Family Support Services!

📅 August 16
🕑 2–5 PM
📍 635 Hina Ave

Bring the whole ‘ohana for an afternoon of:
🍧 Shave ice
🌭 Waffle dogs
🌮 Street tacos
🧃 Dirty soda & more!

✨ Activities include bouncers, face painting, balloon twisting, resource tables & craft vendors!

ECRC will be there—stop by our table and say aloha! 💛

🌟 Calling all Maui childcare providers! 🌺

Did you know the Maui County Early Childhood Resource Center has a Lending Library just for YOU? 🎒📖 With over 5,000 books for keiki from infants to pre-K, you’ll find everything from ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi stories and SEL books to activity sets and pro development reads!

💻 Order online and 📦 pick up or request delivery to your site!

Let’s spark a love for reading together! 💕
📍2099 Wells Street, Wailuku
🔗 Registration link in bio

🌺 Join Us for a Special ʻOhana Event! 🌈
Come together with Keiki O Ka ʻĀina at the beautiful Outrigger Kā‘anapali Beach Resort tomorrow, June 21st from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM 💖

This is a chance to connect, share, and explore the support available for families with young keiki 👶🏽👧🏽. Whether you’re looking for resources, friendships, or just a fun time out with your ʻohana – we’ve got you covered!

✨ Free + Family-Friendly
✨ Supportive Community
✨ Beautiful Setting

📍 Outrigger Kā‘anapali Beach Resort
📅 Friday, June 21 | 🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Come say aloha! 🌞 Tag a friend who should join you! 💬

📣 Our Office Will Be Closed TODAY Thursday, June 19 in observance of Juneteenth ❤️🖤💚
We will resume normal center hours tomorrow, June 20.

Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States—a time for reflection, learning, and honoring the journey toward freedom and equality.

🖍️ Looking for a meaningful way to celebrate with your keiki? Try reading a children’s book about diversity and inclusion or drawing a picture together of what “freedom” means to them. It’s a simple way to start an important conversation. ✨

We’ll resume normal hours on Friday. Mahalo for being part of our community! 🌺

📚✨ Our team is tuning in to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library Homecoming Virtual Event this week—and we’re feeling so inspired! 🎉

We’re learning more about this incredible program that sends free books to keiki every month, from birth to age five. 📦💖 It’s all about sparking a love of reading early—and we’re here for it!

Stay tuned as we bring what we learn back to support our Maui ʻohana. 🌈

Have you signed up your child yet? Click the link in our bio to register today! Let’s grow little readers together! 💬📖

🌺 Aloha, ʻohana! 🌈

Did you know that Aloha means so much more than just “hello” or “goodbye”? 💛 It’s a powerful way of life rooted in kindness, unity, humility, patience, and compassion.

The spirit of Aloha teaches us to live with:
✨ Akahai – kindness with tenderness
🤝 Lōkahi – unity with harmony
😊 ʻOluʻolu – agreeableness with pleasantness
🙏 Haʻahaʻa – humility with modesty
⏳ Ahonui – patience with perseverance

Let’s carry these values in our hearts as we care for our keiki and connect with each other. 💞

With that, we say Aloha to you and your ʻohana! 🌈🌺

🌴 Beach + Books Activity! 🌊📚

Next time you head to the beach, pack a favorite keiki book and create your own Storytime by the Shore! 🏖️✨

📸 Snap a photo of your ʻohana reading together in the sand and share it with us using and !

Let’s spread the joy of reading—one beach blanket at a time! 💛

🌺 Happy Kamehameha Day! 🌺
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📣 REMINDER: Our Reading Contest is ON! 🎉📚
Let’s celebrate the magic of stories starting right in the doctor’s office! 🩺✨

We’ve partnered with Reach Out & Read to spotlight the power of early literacy — and YOUR pediatrician could win a bookshelf full of books + stickers! 🎁📖

💡Here’s how to enter:

👩‍⚕️ Providers:
✔️ Share a quick reflection, parent quote, or HIPAA-compliant photo
✔️ Tag us to enter!

👨‍👩‍👧 Families:
✔️ Post a photo of your keiki with their latest ROR book
✔️ Mention your pediatric provider in the caption
📸 Every post = one entry for your provider to win!

Let’s spread the joy of reading, one book and one visit at a time! 💛📚
Contest ends soon — don’t miss out!

👉 Follow us + tag your entries:
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