Child Growth & Development

• Active, Willful, Curious, Unpredictable Two-Year-Old Children
• Inexpensive, Safe, Learning and Play Activity Tips from Ms. Sue!
• Let’s Think About It! Fostering Critical Thinking Skills in Early Childhood
• Pathway to Kindergarten
• Terrific Twos: A Survival Guide
• Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Working with Temperament

Child Guidance

• Building Skills Through Block Play
• Positive Guidance in Early Childhood Settings
• What’s With This Biting?

Curriculum

• A Beautiful Mess: Art for Infants and Toddlers
• Gettin’ Out There: The How, Why, and Where of Field Trips
• It’s Not Magic: Using Curriculum and Assessment
• Loose Parts - Explorations with Infants and Toddlers
• Loose Parts - Inspired Play Experiences with Found Objects
• Loose Parts STEM Explorations
• Making Math Count
• Montessori Math: What is it any way?
• Responsive Lesson Planning for Infants and Toddlers

Environmental Design

• Deliberate Designs - Learning and Play Environments
• Exceptional Early Childhood Environments: Practices that engage, enrich and empower

Diversity

• Full Spectrum Support

Family & Community Partnerships

• Building Partnerships with Families
• Supporting Children and Families Experiencing Homelessness

Health and Well-being

• Around the Table
• Brain Foods
• Health and Safety Review 2019-2022
• High Energy with High Fiber
• Gluten Free Guide
• Growing Healthy Youngsters from Seed to Plate
• I Don’t Like That! A Guide to Picky Eating
• Lil' Kids Cook Too!
• Medication Administration Refresher
• M’mm-M’mm Good! Creative Snacks!
• Montana Moves
• The Sweet and Sour on Sugar
• Top Tips for Tiny Tummies
• Outdoor Environments
• Vegetable Variety

Observation, Documentation, and Assessment

• Observation: The Why, What, When, Who, Where, How, and Then

Professionalism

• Ethics in Early Childhood Education
• Foundations for Trainers
• Introduction to the Montana Early Childhood Project
• Leading the Way: Defining Your Leadership Role in Early Childhood
• Training Strategies

Program Management

• Best Beginnings Scholarship Basics for Providers
• How to Make a Profit in Child Care

Montana Child Care Licensing Orientation Courses-For New Providers

• ***For new staff during the COVID-19 crisis, you are currently not required to take the classes listed below. Instead you can meet the licensing requirement by taking Health and Safety Review 2019-2022 course which is listed under the Health and Well-being section above.***

• Infant Safety Essentials: Practices including Safe Sleep and Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome

• YIKES Disaster Planning: Emergency Preparedness
• Child Abuse and Neglect: Mandatory Reporting
• Medication Administration in Child Care - Part I
• Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases & Immunizations
• Protecting Children from Harm
• Together We Grow

**Don’t forget to take the in-person class at your local Resource and Referral Agency.** See here >>

Montana STARS Courses

These courses meet requirements for the Best Beginnings STARS to Quality program.

STARS courses are free for providers and staff who live in the state of Montana.

• Building Skills and Safe Spaces (For Child Care Providers)
• Healthy Smiles: Promoting Oral Health in Child Care
• Food Safety in Child Care
• Inclusion 1 & 2
• Introduction to the Pyramid Model
• Medication Administration in Child Care - Part II
• Montana Early Learning Standards
• STARS to Quality Essentials

Family, Friend, and Neighbor/Relative Care Exempt Providers

The following 2 courses are required as Orientation requirements for Family, Friend, Neighbor and Relative Care Exempt providers.

Please note these classes are not for family/group, or center staff.

• Fundamentals of Family, Friend, and Neighbor/Relative Care Exempt Providers Orientation
• Health and Safety Overview for Family, Friend, and Neighbor/Relative Care Exempt Providers