Join us for the next Caring for Children Conference! 8:00 am Continental Breakfast & Announcements Session 1: (8:15am-10am) Encouraging Curiosity in Young Children: KCF 1 Discover and be self-assured about creating the kinds of experiences that help young children develop a positive attitude about curiosity, exploring, experimenting and investigating. this course is based on the work of Fred Rogers. Session 2: (10:30am-12:30pm) Guiding Children's Behavior: KCF II.C This two-hour training meets the annual family child care behavior guidance training requirement. The objectives of the training are to help providers learn to identify the variety of factors that can influence a child's behavior; plan schedules, routines, and the program environment based on realistic behavior expectations; to address a child's challenging behavior within the context of culture. Registration Due by Monday, November 3, 2025

Tired of working for someone else? Do you need to make more money? Turn your talents and hobbies into profits by starting a home business. Taught by a Chamber of Commerce past President and award winning business owner, this is probably the most comprehensive business start up workshop you will ever find. You will discover: * more than 250 legitimate home business ideas *mandatory legal documentation *many ways to market your product/service * more than 250 legitimate home business ideas *mandatory legal documentation *many ways to market your product/service * how to take tax deductions (this workshop included!) Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnn Krusemark is a Chamber of Commerce Past President, current author/editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.

Are you interested in learning some Spanish or practicing Spanish to talk to your coworker or prepare for a vacation? Join our class! We will review some basics - numbers, colors, feelings etc. Second part is geared toward conversation using comprehensible input (reading, music, video clips). Some people have never had language experience. Others come to refresh and practice.

You don't need a journalism degree or previously published articles to write for anyone's online blog, magazine, or website. Some opportunities offer exposure, while many pay well -- ! a word and more. In this fast-paced session, you will learn how to: find ideas, sources, and more than 1,000 opportunities that pay, conduct interviews and create interesting content, protect your copyright, write query letters, and then use this credibility to sell other articles or even yourself published novel. Informative handouts for future use are included in class fee. The instructor LeeAnne Krusemark is a former journalist, current author and editor, and a nationwide Professor of Publishing at higher learning institutions, including Harvard Adult Education. The webinar login information will be emailed the day before class.