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Building Early Emotional Skills for Early Childhood Professionals
Event
Date: Nov 26, 2018
BEES teaches about how young children develop social emotional skills and helps give providers skills to deal with the stress of caring for children and help their children develop strong social emotional skills. -
Building Early Emotional Skills for Parents
Event
Date: Oct 25, 2018
Building Early Emotional Skills or BEES is a FREE four week class for parents and other primary caregivers of children 0-3 that teaches about how young children develop social emotional skills. -
Heads In, Hearts In: Feather Color Match
Digital Document
Published on October 18, 2018
In this activity, adults will encourage and support children as they practice their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination by matching the colors of feathers to dots on a piece of plastic foam. -
Heads In, Hearts In: Feelings Mask
Digital Document
Published on October 18, 2018
In this activity, you will explore emotions with the child by creating a mask that represents a feeling or emotion. -
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Heads In, Hearts In: Cupcake Counting
Digital Document
Published on October 18, 2018
In this activity, adults will encourage and support children as they practice their fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and counting by placing the correct number of pompoms in the cupcake liner. -
Heads In, Hearts In: Alphabet Sand Writing
Digital Document
Published on October 18, 2018
In this activity, children will practice recognizing and writing letters in sand. -
Fight Lead Effects with Learning and Play
Digital Document
Published on February 11, 2016
Positive early childhood experiences can help limit the effects of lead on kids. -
Inquiring Minds Want to Know: Science for Young Children
Event
Date: Jan 29, 2019
Understand how science experiences promote child development, build self-confidence, stimulate curiosity, and develop language skills. -
Heads In, Hearts In: Full Early Childhood Activity Book
Digital Document
Published on October 18, 2018
The Heads In, Hearts In family enrichment program encourages families to use their minds as a tool to expand their knowledge around a variety of topic areas. This packet contains all 15 early childhood activities. -
Young at Art: The Importance of Early Childhood Art Education
Event
Date: Aug 13, 2019
Learn how art experiences all play an important role in the development of skills that will set children up for future academic success. -
The nine traits of temperament: Mood
Article
Published on May 2, 2018
Understanding your child’s mood can help you understand and support your child. -
Helping children learn about emotions
Article
Published on April 1, 2016
Mad, sad, happy, glad – we all experience a wide range of emotions every day. Learn more about how to help children with their emotions. -
MSU Extension receives national award for early childhood programming
Article
Published on October 3, 2016
MSU Extension’s Building Early Emotional Skills program received top national and regional honors at the National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences 2016 Annual Session Awards program in September. -
MSU Extension awarded grant to support Flint families with early childhood programs
Article
Published on June 23, 2016
Flint parents will have new resources for limiting the effects of lead exposure on their children thanks to a new MSU Extension program that will help them provide positive early childhood experiences. -
Too many gifts for the holidays?
Article
Published on November 14, 2017
Think of giving experiences instead of things to help make memories and build relationships. -
Should you force your child to hug a relative?
Article
Published on November 14, 2017
Learn these tips to help your child say goodbye without forcing them to hug or kiss relatives.
