This week is finally our Book Meet & Greet at Toro! Join us on 12/7 at 6 PM for the fun! This week we also talk about our Instagram exclusive content, special treats that you will get with E-news sign-up, upcoming trainings, some fun bright ideas and lots more!

• Book Party Meet & Greet
• Check Out Our Instagram!
• Sign Up For E-news
• Upcoming Trainings
• CACFP
• Bright Idea- No Bake Play Dough

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

This week we dive into our upcoming book launch meet & greet at TORO, upcoming Workforce Retention Grant info sessions, wrap up of 30 Days of Play, Recall Alert, Respite care, a message from CACFP and some wonderful bright ideas!

• Book Launch Meet & Greet
• Workforce Retention Grant expense reports
• 30 Days of Play
• Apple Sauce Pouch Recall
• Respite Care
• CACFP "Serve Up The Savings"
• Bright Idea- Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
• Bright Idea- Countdown to Calm

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

This week's Home & Classroom episode is truly from the heart! We talk about our November campaign, 30 Days of Play, and how you can have your classroom centers featured in our recap, our Book Launch- For You From Me, A Through Z, with Rebecca Habersang and the TORO launch event and a moment of thankfulness with our staff here at Brightside Up! 

• 30 Days of Play
• Book Launch Event

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

Tune in to learn more about 30 Days of Play and how to be featured in our recap, Self-Care Saturday and the importance of YOU, our Book Launch Event at TORO, and some bright ideas that focus on play and peace!

• 30 Days of Play
• Self-Care Saturday
• TORO Book Launch Event
• Bright Idea - The Breathing B
• Bright Idea - This or That

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

Tune in to learn more about 30 days of play and our interview with Jenny Edwards, the Capital Region Early Childhood Leadership Initiative panel discussion, overdose prevention in childcare programs, TORO book launch party, IT Child, upcoming trainings, mindful moments with Kim Polstein, some awesome bright ideas and more!

• 30 Days of Play
• Interview with Jenny Edwards
• Capital Region Early Childhood Leadership Initiative Panel Discussion
• NYS's Overdose Prevention Letter
• TORO Book Launch Party
• IT Child
• Upcoming Trainings
• Bright Ideas

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

To kick off 30 Days of Play, Kate interviews Jenny Edwards, the author of Intentionality: A Special Project, which you can find in the Home & Classroom magazine. They dive into the importance of interactive play centers and their impact on children's learning. Tune in to learn more!

Intentionality: A Special Project:
intentionality (squarespace.com)

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

Tune in to learn more about 30 days of play and this year's theme of Spaces of Play, more information on desert grant expense reports, becoming a provider, IT Child, upcoming trainings, Self-Care Saturday, TORO book launch, a mouth-watering segment with our very own Bonnie Schultz, registered dietitian and CACFP home visitor, and more!

• 30 Days of Play
• Desert Grant Expense Reports
• Become A Provider!
• IT Child
• Self Care Saturday
• TORO Book Launch
• Upcoming Trainings
• Serving Up Servings with CACFP
• Bright Idea

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.

Tune in to learn more about IT Child which helps caregivers build connections with children, an overview of BSU’s annual Making Connections Conference, upcoming trainings, Self-Care Saturday, our collaboration with the Arts Center of the Capital Region on creating a book, a survey with an exciting giveaway (Yay!) and more!

· IT Child Tool

· Annual Making Connections Conference

· Upcoming Trainings From The Instructional Suite

· Self-Care Saturday

· TORO Book Launch

· Picture Of Child Care Survey

· Bright Idea (Mirror Tip Card)

· Intentionality In Setting Up Classroom Displays (Home & Classroom Magazine Vol 12)

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Home & Classroom is an interview-style podcast featuring child development experts and Shorties! is a news-style podcast on what's happening at Brightside Up.