Child Care Providers Together, CCPT, is an organization of family child care providers having joined together to form a labor union dedicated to advocating and working for a strong, effective child care industry by supporting child care providers, strengthening partnerships with other child care field agencies, and promoting professionalism and quality in caring for children. A stronger child care industry will carry over to stronger communities and workforce today and in the future.

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Special Announcements

Lead in childrens systems
04/01/2008 - 10:30pm

Watch what come with child products

Provider Appreciation Day
04/01/2008 - 10:22pm

Appreciate your Provider

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Legislative Updates

Last updated 02/20/2008 - 5:14pm
Orgeon Bill of Rights
02/20/2008 - 5:14pm

Bill of Rights

Kansas Bill of Rights
02/20/2008 - 5:12pm

Bill of Rights

2008 Legislative Updates
12/15/2007 - 11:10pm

New Updates

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Kids say the darndest things

Top Secret
02/20/2008 - 4:28pm

Top Secret

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Child Care In The Now

At Risk: Our Kids' Health- call the Governor!
05/12/2008 - 1:06pm

On Thursday, the legislature sent a bill to the Governor that would ban a dangerous chemical from the toys our kids use every day. The Governor has threatened to veto the bill. Call Governor Pawlenty at (651) 296-3391 and tell him:

"I'm a child care provider. Please sign SF 651 because we shouldn't have to worry about toxic toys putting our kids' health at risk."

If you have questions, call Jon Grebner at (651) 287-0587.


Here is a PDF for printing.

 

St. Cloud Times: Our view: Build social skills before academics (1/3/2008)
01/22/2008 - 11:41am

Build social skills

Northlands News Center: A MN Grant Is Awarded To The Northland Foundation To Aid Unlicensed Childcare Providers (12/14/2007)
01/22/2008 - 11:40am

Grant awarded to The Northland Foundation.

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Craft or Recipe of the week

Egg Carton Easter Bunny Container

Summary:
This is a simple craft -- basically just an Easter Bunny head stapled to the front of an egg carton.

What you need:

Materials:

bullet Egg carton bottom
bullet Easter grass
bullet cotton ball
bullet Paper
bullet Scissors
bullet Stapler
bullet Optional:  3 pom poms
bullet Optional:  wiggly eyes
bullet Optional:  pipe cleaner
What to do:

Instructions:

bullet Draw an easter bunny head onto a piece of paper.   What we did was copy the template onto an ice cream container lid and then let the kids trace around onto construction paper to make their own heads -- good fine motor skill practice, plus they got heads in whatever colors they wanted.
  
bullet Cut out the head shape.  It's simple enough that most preschoolers will be able to cut it out themselves.
  
bullet glue wiggly eyes and pom pom nose/muzzle onto the head.  Cut out two small white paper teeth and glue those on as well.  The template includes paper versions of all of these if you don't have the craft materials on hand.
  
bullet pull apart a cotton ball and glue it as the center of the ears
  
bullet Staple the head onto the front of the egg carton.  It tilts forward a wee bit, but that's ok
  
bullet Poke small holes on either side of the egg carton in about the center.  Thread the pipecleaner through and around these holes, twisting to secure, to make a handle
  
bullet Fill the cups with easter grass.
  
bullet Add a few yummy jelly beans
  
  

bullet Close the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
    
bullet Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).  
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