Monthly Archives: July 2013

Promoting Partnerships: All Our Kin presents at the National Association for Family Child Care Conference

Last week, All Our Kin demonstrated the value of its model to family child care providers across the country at the twenty-third annual conference of the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) in Scottsdale, Arizona. Along with a family … Continue reading

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A Mexican Garden Grows in New Haven

Felicitas, a family child care provider who has been working with All Our Kin for years, is a native of the state of Puebla, Mexico and has lived in the United States for 20 years.  She is also participating in … Continue reading

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Un Jardín Mexicano Crece en New Haven

Felicitas, una proveedora de cuidado infantil que lleva años trabajando con All Our Kin, es oriunda del Estado de Puebla, México y vive en los Estados Unidos desde hace 20 años. Ella está participando en el Garden Project en el … Continue reading

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Committing to Children at All Our Kin’s Conference

 All Our Kin’s Eighth Annual Family Child Care Conference this June featured a new and different way of engaging with providers. Conferences can spark inspiration, but keeping that momentum going can be difficult. That’s why the large room in which … Continue reading

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Early Learning Around the World: An Educational Consultant’s Visit to Sri Lanka

This June, the Kiddies Education Center of Puttalam, Sri Lanka invited All Our Kin educational consultant Quinn Hunter McGonagle to share her knowledge of early childhood education with parents and staff. The Center provided funding for Quinn to spend two … Continue reading

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Goodbye To Ana

For the last ten months, Ana Rader has been a vital part of the All Our Kin team, championing family child care providers, families and children online and in person. Now, Ana will bring her passion, her skill, and her … Continue reading

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A Rallying Cry for Early Childhood Education: Stand with Zero to Three’s #Rally4Babies

From President Obama’s $75 billion pledge to make preschool affordable for all four-year-olds to the recent creation of Connecticut’s Office of Early Childhood, 2013 has seen exciting new developments in policymaker support for early childhood education. For parents, caregivers, and … Continue reading

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Family child care providers receive help with Hurricane Sandy recovery

Though the stormy October days of Hurricane Sandy may seem long ago, many households and small businesses continue to struggle from setbacks brought by the storm. Family child care providers, whose small businesses are run out of their homes, are … Continue reading

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