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The WCSS office is still closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and in compliance with the stay at home order from Wake County and NC. |
Please visit our website for:
- Help finding free meals
- Financial assistance
- Guidance for child care providers
- Self-care tips
- Kid-friendly activities
- And more!
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If you need to contact a WCSS team member, please see our staff page for email information. |
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During these times of isolation and stay-at-home orders, your classroom may still be at your center, or it may be at your home. You may be a traditional teacher or a newly-baptized homeschooler. Either way, now is a good opportunity to let the outdoors be your classroom! Whatever can be learned inside can be learned on a grander scale through nature play. |
What can you learn in an outdoor classroom?
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LITERACY: Check out these 10 ideas for combining outdoor activity with books and words!
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SCIENCE: Gardening is great for exploring biology, agriculture, botany, and more! Plus, many children enjoy getting their hands dirty and seeing the growing cycle.
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MATH: "Inside tools" can be used outside, too. Bring a ruler outside while you plant seeds and see what you can measure!
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ACTIVE PLAY: A classic! Be Active Kids has TONS of handouts using different locations, themes, and materials for play.
- Visit the WCSS Pinterest page for even more activities, recipes, and ideas!
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For parents, with content provided by: |
We spent months indoors during the winter, but now nicer weather is here. Sunshine calls for spending more time outdoors with your toddler!
Research shows that outdoor play fosters children's intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development. Being outside stimulates all the senses. Not only is it healthy, it teaches children at a young age to care for and appreciate nature.
[Need ideas for where to get outside? Wake County's trails and greenways are still open! Just remember social distancing with others.]
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Recommendations for sensory outdoor activities:
- Create a list of things to be found in nature and go on a scavenger walk with your toddler to look for them (ex: a pink flower, a bird singing, a crunchy leaf)
- Use construction paper to create paper crowns, gluing pieces of flowers and plants on them as decoration
- Use materials from nature to create a collage using paper and glue or just the sidewalk
- Allow preschoolers to explore the seeds from the foods we eat hands-on and learn about how our food grows
- Bonus: 10 more nature activities you can do as a family!
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Wake Connections is a one-stop coordinated intake system for families in Wake County. One click gets you connected to Centro para Familias Hispanas and other Wake Connections programs. |
Recruiting for High School Class of 2034! |
Will your child turn 4 by August 31, 2020?
Apply for Pre-K now! Even though our office is closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we're still taking applications! One application allows your child to be considered for NC Pre-K, Title I, and Head Start, which are all FREE and prepare children for Kindergarten in a high quality classroom setting.
Click here to print the application and for more information.
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Featured Book: Bear Came Along
Written by: Richard T. Morris
Illustrated by: LeUyen Pham
Highlights: An assortment of animals living separate lives discover they need each other when they have a chance encounter on a river.
Best for: Toddler to Pre-K
Wake County Public Library Programming: April is National Poetry Month. Try one of these great books of poetry for children!
Literacy Tip: Singing is a great way to make learning new vocabulary fun! Plus, it is a great way to pass time, if you have a lot more of that these days...
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Want FREE books for your child under 5? Join the Imagination Library today! |
Each month we celebrate the child care facilities that have recently obtained or retained a five star rating!
Congratulations to:
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These broccoli cheddar muffins are yummy - and packed with veggies & protein!
For extra fun, let your toddler help make them with you!
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Visit CCSA's training calendar for all upcoming events. Please note changes may occur due to COVID-19 precautions.
DCDEE's COVID Flexibility in Policy and Regulatory Requirements: Training Requirements:
Provide an additional six months for administrators and any child care provider to complete CPR, FA and ITS-SIDS training. This change is allowed as long as one child care provider who has completed the CPR, FA training is present while children are in care, and as long as one child care provider in the infant room who has completed the ITS-SIDS training is present while infants are in care. 10A NCAC 09 .1102
It Can Work: Creating an Inclusive Environment
April 16, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Telephone Seminar - Call-In Number
Click here to register.
Supervision of Young Children
May 6, 6:30 - 7:30pm
Telephone Seminar - Call-In Number
Click here to register.
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Get inspired by springtime! Spring yoga brings shapes like the sun, trees, and falling rain to life. |
Did you know WCSS is a nonprofit and relies on support from members of our community like you? Visit our website today to see how you can make a difference for each child, in every community in Wake County. |
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Questions? Email us while our office is closed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. |
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