Cultivating Farm to Early Childhood: Integrating Farm to School Concepts into Your Early Childhood Program
Date: Saturday, December 1, 2018 - 8:45am to 2:30pm
Cost: $10 (includes snacks, lunch, and materials)
Cultivating Farm to Early Childhood (FTEC) is an opportunity for Family Child Care, Head Start, Center-Based and Public Pre-K educators to explore and expand their personal and professional knowledge and experience related to Farm to Early Childhood programming while building and strengthening community connections. Participants will immerse themselves in hands-on child centered learning experiences like pickling, taste testing, and wool felting along with practical discussions for community networking with local farmers and food system experts to build their knowledge of and teaching practices in FTEC programming. Learn how FTEC concepts help meet multiple standards across licensing, CACFP, VELS, and STARS by promoting children’s learning in social emotional well-being, healthy eating habits, family engagement, and community building.
This training counts for both BFIS hours and CACFP training hours.
his Farm to Early Childhood professional development opportunity was designed for the Rozo McLaughlin Farm to School Program and is generously supported by Vermont FEED, Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets, and the A.D. Henderson Foundation. It is one event in a series of opportunities to build a vibrant Farm to Early Childhood community and network system across Vermont.
Please register by November 29. Please contact Farm to Early Childhood Education Partnership Coordinator Cynthia Greene at [email protected] with any questions.