Early Childhood

Fall brought a new fiscal year for CCDF (Child Care Development Fund). Our program client forms have been finalized and are in use. Our annual reporting will be completed during this summer quarter, with the ACF700 and the 696T both being due by end of year. We are also busy preparing the new CCDF Plan Preprint, which is due in January of 2023. A public hearing was held on November 21st, to receive public comment on the three year plan.

Woodland Academy Learning Center and Kahne Learning Academy enjoyed a beautiful, exciting fall. We brought the pumpkin patch to the children in October, allowing all the infants, toddlers, and preschool children at both sites to choose their very own pumpkin. We also hosted a trunk-or-treat at Woodland on Halloween morning. All of the departments within the Tribal government programs joined in on the fun to help the children celebrate!

Our family engagement component was busy this fall as well. We planned a variety of family meetings, including a body safety meeting, a fun night of stick ball with the most delicious traditional meal, and a family feast during the month of November to wrap up our fall quarter. This winter we have some cozy, engaging pl ans for our families! We will host our family conferences where parents will get to talk with their child’s teacher about their developmental progress so far. We are also introducing our fall/winter menu throughout our Early Childhood sites! Children will have the opportunity to experience new foods and food types.

After the new year we will begin to prepare for spring! The school age children will be here during spring break and will have a fun week planned for them.