Child Care Links of Harford and Cecil Counties

05/01/2017

Training Info! We are offering the Basic Health and Safety Training on Saturday May 6th from 9:00-2:00 at our Baltimore Co location, 1101 North Point Blvd. Cost is $55. Please call 410-288-4900 to register.

04/03/2017

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03/23/2017

Please notice that our current calendar is on our website and page and/or has been emailed to you; it is only for the month of April. Although Child Care Links has a calendar for April, we will mainly be doing off site trainings and discontinue all training at East Point Office Park. Child Care Links will continue to provide off site training from March through June 30th. If you are interested in an off-site please feel free to call our office to make arrangements.
Child Care Links is in the process of changing our mission and is undergoing another reorganization. Child Care Links has long valued the relationship we have had with child care providers over the years. Just as change has occurred for providers, so has change come to Child Care Links. I want to thank you for your support and loyalty over all the years we have been in operation.
Sincerely,
Ginny Smith
Executive Director

03/21/2017

April 2017 training calendar and newsletter

Our newsletter and training calendar for the month of April

http://issuu.com/maggie2010/docs/april_2017_training_calendar_and_ne

03/01/2017

Important Announcement!
Training Credits:
Our Board of Directors has made several important changes to our policies about payment of trainings. If you have a valid credit for a class that was cancelled or rescheduled, you will need to call Child Care Links to either get a refund or to schedule an alternative class by April 14th. Any credit in our system beyond this date will be deleted; from April 15th forward no credit will be given. Providers will either need to select another class or request a refund.

Payment of 45 Hr. (Infant/Toddler) and 90 Hr. Young Child Classes:
If you have taken the 45 Hr. Infant/Toddler or the 90 Hr. Young Child class and have not paid in full, you please make arrangements to do so by May 15th. Without full payment by the above date, certificates can no longer be issued. Please call the office at 410-288-4900 to make necessary arrangements by May 15th.

02/28/2017

Preschool Songs for Circle Time

New music for your daily routines!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/395753885991255442/

Eight circle time songs that children will love and learn from!

01/03/2017

Happy New Year! Are you ready to jump in and start taking some workshops for 2017?! Here are some upcoming classes at our Bel Air location:
Thursday, 1/5:
Cultural Diversity in Your Program (3 CO) 6:30-9:30, $25
Saturday, 1/7:
Breastfeeding Support in Child Care (.5 HSN) 9:00-9:30am, $15
Developmental Screening Overview (2 CD, 2 P) 9:30am-1:30pm. $35 (You do not need to take both)

Call 410-288-4900 or go to childcarelinks.net to register

12/23/2016

Child Care Links will be closed from noon on 12/23 until we re-open at 8:30am on 1/3/17. We wish everyone the happiest of holidays and a great 2017!

12/22/2016

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12/22/2016

ATTENTION CHILD CARE PROVIDERS: The FREE online Developmental Screening Overview through thinkport.org will no longer be free after 12/31. Beginning 1/1/17 this course will cost $45. You only have a little time remaining to take it for free!

Child Care Links offers this 4-hour course in person for $35. See our training calendar at childcarelinks.net for more information

12/15/2016

Winter 2017 training calendar and newsletter

Here is our Winter 2017 Calendar and Newsletter. Remember you can also register online at childcarelinks.net.

http://issuu.com/maggie2010/docs/winter_2017_training_calendar_and_n

12/06/2016

Cut out and collect the letters from boxes and packaging and store in a container. Use for crafts, cards, signs. Let children spell their names. You can even make it a center activity!

11/22/2016

Happy Thanksgiving!

11/02/2016

Thanksgiving SALE on all workshops November 21st--30th! All $25 workshops are now $15!

At our Dundalk location:
Moving From Here to There: Managing Transitions
Including All Children and the ADA
Play: The Work of Children
Why Do They Do That? Understanding Learning Disabilities

In Harford County:
Effective Discipline
Working With Mixed Ages

Go to our website childcarelinks.net OR call 410-288-4900 for more info or to register.(Please note: Sale prices do not apply to "on-site" trainings)

10/27/2016

Cute ideas to get the kids attention

10/11/2016

UPCOMING FALL CLASSES IN CECIL COUNTY:

Medication Administration
Sat. October 22
9:00am-3:00pm
YMCA Elkton, $60

Effective Discipline
Tues. October 25
6:30-9:30pm
YMCA Elkton, $15

Including All Children and the ADA
Tues. November 8
6:30-9:30pm
YMCA Elkton, $20

Behavior Toolbox
Mon. November 14
6:30-9:30pm
Colora, $15

Literacy ABC’s
Tues. December 6
6:30-9:30pm
YMCA Elkton, $15

Please call 410-288-4900 for more information or to register.
REGISTRATION IS ALSO NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE AT CHILDCARELINKS.NET

10/04/2016

Confused about credentialing? Exasperated by Excels?Tied up in knots over training? Give our office a call, we are here to help!
410-288-4900

09/26/2016

Starting SOON: 45 HOUR ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE
This course meets the OCC pre-service and continued training requirements for child care center directors. Basic concepts of managing and operating a child care center will be covered.

Class will meet on Saturdays beginning October 1st from 9:30am-3:30pm. Each Saturday, two modules will be covered. The last class will be held on December 10th.
No class on November 26th.

Cost: $300, $150 at registration (Individual mods cost $20. This is for make-ups from past sessions only)
Instructor: Laurie Moran
Location: Child Care Links, 1101 N. Point Blvd, Baltimore, 21224
Please call 410-288-4900

09/16/2016

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09/16/2016

Our Fall Training Calendar and Newsletter is up on our website: childcarelinks.net. Head on over and take a look! Just click on 'Baltimore, Harford and Cecil training calender' from the training drop down menu. Online registration is also available. Happy Friday!

08/29/2016

45 HOUR ADMINISTRATIVE COURSE
This course meets the OCC pre-service and continued training requirements for child care center directors. Basic concepts of managing and operating a child care center will be covered.

Class will meet on Saturdays beginning October 1st from 9:30am-3:30pm. Each Saturday, two modules will be covered. The last class will be held on December 10th.
No class on November 26th.

Cost: $300, $150 at registration (Individual mods cost $20. This is for make-ups from past sessions only)
Instructor: Laurie Moran
Location: Child Care Links, 1101 N. Point Blvd, Baltimore, 21224
Please call 410-288-4900

08/19/2016

Attend all three of these health-focused trainings and receive $130 in free materials. See the flyer for more information or call Child Care Links at 410-288-4900.

08/16/2016

EXCITING NEWS! Child Care Links is now offering ONLINE REGISTRATION. Check it out on our website: childcarelinks.net.

08/15/2016

Come learn about Childhood Obesity and Nutrition on Wednesday August 24th! This 3 hour COK course will be held at our training location in Bel Air: Celebree Learning Center 2111 Laurel Bush Rd. Class is 6:30-9:30 and $25. Call 410-288-4900 or (NEW!) go ONLINE to REGISTER: childcarelinks.net.

08/02/2016

90 Hour Young Child at Magnolia ES beginning September 15th! See flyer for more info, call 410-288-4900 to register.

07/26/2016

Check out our Mental Health First Aid course in August on the 13th and 20th. See the flyer for more information.

07/21/2016

HuffPost Parents

This is wonderful!

One man is using ice cream to teach underprivileged kids how to pay it forward.

07/18/2016

Maryland Accreditation | Early Childhood Development

FREE MSDE Accreditation Orientation on Saturday, August 20, from 10-1. Location: Harford County Office of Child Care. Please contact Dr. Rose Ihedigbo-Franklin at 410-569-2653, ext 302 to sign up for this FREE session.

Maryland Accreditation is a process in which programs commit to continuous quality improvement, to benefit children, families and staff. NEW!! Revised Accreditation Standards effective July 1, 2016! We are very pleased to announce the revised Accreditation Standards are finalized and ready for impl...

07/07/2016

Our 45 Hour Infant Toddler course is beginning soon! Cost is $300. Please call us at 410-288-4900 for more info or to register!

06/23/2016

The Maryland Book Bank

Have you heard of the Maryland Book Bank? Would you like to be able to take home up to 250 children's books a month for a cost of $45/year? Or, at no cost, you can visit once a month and take home 25 books! Check out the Maryland Book Bank website for more information.

The Maryland Book Bank distributes free children's books to families, teachers, schools and organizations to provide vital resources to all children.

06/14/2016

Have you heard of the Maryland Book Bank? Would you like to be able to take home up to 250 children's books a month for a cost of $45/year? Check out the Maryland Book Bank website for more information.
http://www.marylandbookbank.org/home.html

06/13/2016

45 HOUR INFANT/TODDLER TO BEGIN IN JULY!
This course will run on Saturdays from 9 am-3 pm at Child Care Links in Dundalk.

Dates for this course: 7/16, 7/30, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17.

Cost is $300, $150 needed to register, remaining $150 due by last class. Please call 410-288-4900 to register.

06/08/2016

Child Care Links of Baltimore County

45 HOUR INFANT/TODDLER TO BEGIN IN JULY!
This course will run on Saturdays from 9 am-3 pm at Child Care Links in Dundalk.

Dates for this course: 7/16, 7/30, 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10, 9/17.

Cost is $300, $150 needed to register, remaining $150 due by last class. Please call 410-288-4900 to register.

06/02/2016

***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT***
Please be aware that MSDE IS STILL ACCEPTING all Care Courses as approved training. In our Child Care Links newsletter, the announcement about Care Courses has been rescinded. All Care Courses are approved and acceptable for training for child care providers.

Please contact Child Care Links if you have any questions.

06/02/2016

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05/27/2016

Child Care Links will be closed on Monday, May 30th. Our summer training calendar is now available on Facebook and at our website, childcarelinks.net. Have a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend!

05/25/2016

Summer 2016 training calendar and newsletter

Check out our Summer Newsletter and Training calendar!

https://issuu.com/ginnysmith/docs/summer_2016_training_calendar_and_n

Child Care Links Resource and Referral Center for Baltimore County

05/10/2016

Attention Harford and Cecil County Providers!! Have you taken the ADA course yet? We have two coming up next week:
May 17th, 6:30-9:30 in Bel Air
May 18th, 6:30-9:30 in Elkton
Call us at 410-288-4900 to register!

04/26/2016

8 Songs to Begin a Preschool Day

Tired of the same old welcome or good morning song? Here are 8 new ideas!

Remember to follow our Pinterest page!

8 Songs to Begin a Preschool Day

04/22/2016

Check out one of our new training locations in Harford County at Magnolia Elementary school. Join us for "Science: Explore Your World" on 4/27 beginning at 6:30pm. Call 410-288-4900 for more details!

04/19/2016

May 1st-7th is Child Care Provider Appreciation week at CCL! To show our gratitude for all your hard work and long days, we are offering all classes that week at half price (except Med Admin). Call soon to register, spots are filling fast!

04/14/2016

50 Earth Day Activities for Kids

Are you planning any Earth Day activities to do with your kiddos? Earth Day is April 22. Here is a list of ideas from our latest Pinterest board about Earth Day!
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/322007442088831968/

50 Art Activities that use recycled materials, natural materials, or that take place outside. You'll love this list for the summer.

04/12/2016

Check out our workshops at our new training location, Magnolia Elementary school!

04/05/2016

Congrats to Dawn from Edgewood for winning a free 3 hour Child Care Links workshop! She participated in our online training survey and her name was drawn today as our winner!

03/31/2016

Please join us for our Spring Child Care Directors Retreat! Child Care Links will be hosting interested center directors on Wednesday, April 13th, from 8:15-3:30 at Oregon Ridge Nature Center in Cockeysville. We are offering 5 hours of training: Child Abuse and Neglect (3 HSN), and Behavior Toolbox (2 SN). In addition Lisa Smith from Maryland EXCELS will be there for a Question and Answer session. Your registration fee includes a light breakfast, lunch and one entry into our drawing to win a full pre-k curriculum along with other great door prizes, including gift cards to many local restaurants and stores. Cost is $60, please call us with any questions or to register at 410-288-4900