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Exploring the Importance of the Week of the Young Child®

Every year, the early childhood community celebrates the Week of the Young Child?. This special week, organized by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) since 1971, ...

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Getting to 7%: A Parent’s Guide to MN’s Movement for Child Care Affordability

If you?ve learned about efforts to make quality child care available and affordable for Minnesota parents and are wondering what it would take to make the results you see on ...

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What is this 7% thing all about?

If you?ve used the Child Care Cost Calculator and you?re left wondering:? How the heck would all of this work?? This blog post is for you!??? Think Small created the ...

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Keeping My Kids in High-Quality Care

By Kathy Benjamin from Moorhead, MinnesotaI am a single parent of three children. All three were in daycare at one point.? I was already receiving child care assistance from the ...

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Celebrating the Debra S. Fish Early Childhood Library!

?Did you know Minnesota’s best resources for early childhood professionals are available FREE to you?? April 9 – 15 is National Library Week! ?What a great opportunity to explore a ...

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