10/21/99 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Looked at play and the five senses, the importance of movement play for young children and designing sensory play experiences. (1999) -VHS VIDEO (90:00), LEADER GUIDE.   (Better Kid Care Series).

4/22/04 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Focuses on play – why it’s important and how adults can encourage play with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.  Discusses problems that occur when playing with young children.  Covers when to step back, practical tips to keep play going and cues that tell you when the child is finished playing. (2004) – VHS VIDEO (76:00), PRINT MATERIALS.   (Better Kid Care Series).

12/1/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on helping young children learn to control their behavior and their bodies.  Defines self-control and demonstrates how to teach it to children.  Suggests discipline methods for active children. (2005) - VHS VIDEO (98:00), PRINT MATERIALS.   (Better Kid Care Series).

A sampler of inter-generational programs in Pennsylvania which portray interactions among children, youth and older persons in a variety of settings. Used with instructional guide, is intended to inform and stimulate interest in developing these programs, demonstrate their impact and provide information on program development procedures. (1996) – VHS VIDEO (20:00), INSTRUCTIONAL GUIDE.

12/7/00 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Topics include How to deal with the biter and the bitten, Talking with the parent of the biter and the bitten, Learning when sharing is not OK and more. VHS VIDEO (74:00), LEADER GUIDE.   (Better Kid Care Series)

10/29/2010 Penn State workshop intended for child care workers, teachers and others who work with children.  Some children are more difficult to work with than others.  This program is intended to help you take an honest look at children and your feelings about them.  It explores what professionals can do to build positive relationships with all children – even the ones who challenge us.  While focusing on school-age children, it is also appropriate for those who work with pre-schoolers. (2010) – DVD (2 hours), PRINT MATERIALS.    (Better Kid Care Series)

5/27/04 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.   Suggests what to do with an angry child, ways to prevent anger and activities to calm angry children and adults.  Discusses anger at different ages of child development. (2004) – VHS VIDEO (75:00), PRINT MATERIALS.  (Better Kid Care Series)

4/14/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on helping children learn thinking skills.  Suggests ways to guide children to explore options and solve problems. (2005) – VHS VIDEO (79:00), PRINT MATERIALS.  (Better Kid Care Series)

2/18/2011 Penn State workshop intended for child workers, teachers and others who work with children.  Focuses on how to bring out nurturing, caring behaviors in children to create a community where children support each other.  Demonstrates how to help children who are loners in a group become leaders. (2011) - DVD (2 hours), PRINT MATERIALS.     (Better Kid Care Series)

Examines how children develop from birth to five years of age and describes how to create mealtime environments that meet your children’s developmental needs.  Helps caregivers establish mealtime routines that offer children opportunities to learn group skills, skills for delaying gratification, language skills, and self-help skills. (2000) – VHS VIDEO (103 min.)  **Print support materials may be found at http://www.cals.uidaho.edu/feeding/**

3/8/00 in-service conducted by Martha Farrell Erickson for Extension professionals.  Focused on attachment theory as a predictor of outcomes through adulthood.  Looked at attachment theory and research as a framework for working with parents of young children. (2000) - THREE VHS VIDEOS (296 minutes total)

3/9/00 in-service for Extension professionals focusing on attachment theory. Day 2 consisted of four workshops, which looked at taking the research into action.  #1. “Fostering attachment through infant feeding practices”. (Handouts only) – #2. “Attachment theory and child care”. (Handouts only) – #3. “Implications of attachment theory for parent education.” (VHS video (68:00), handouts – #4. “What happens when the attachment relationship is disrupted?” (VHS video (104 min.), handouts).  (2000) - TWO VHS VIDEOS (172 min. – total), PRINT MATERIALS.

12/17/2010 Penn state workshop intended for child care workers, teachers and others who work with children.  If you were to make a list of qualities of successful adults it will likely include: confidence, independence, strong social skills, resilience, cooperation, etc.  The foundation for these traits is built on the relationships that infants and toddlers form with the adults in their world. Learn what you can provide for children today to help prepare them to be successful adults tomorrow. (2010) – DVD (2 hours), PRINT MATERIALS.   (Better Kid Care Series)

Uses hand puppets to teach students in grades K-3 how to wash their hands properly.  (1996) - VHS VIDEO  (8 min.)

Part of Time Warner Cable of NE Wisconsin’s “Bridging Hmong American” series aimed at helping the Hmong adjust to life in the U.S.  Explains how to handle leaving children home alone.  Recommends steps to take in case of an emergency, outlines safety precautions for all family members to consider and encourages families to talk them through before leaving family members home alone. (2001) – VHS VIDEO (Hmong Language) (28:00) (Bridging Hmong American Series).

4/26/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Teaches how to help children expand their play: when to step in, when to step out, what questions to ask, how to get them to think AND how great play reduces discipline problems. (2007) – DVD (78:00), PRINT MATERIALS.  (Better Kid Care Series)

10/6/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the current thinking about very active children.  Discusses whether they are hyperactive or is this normal behavior?  Provides strategies for helping active children fit into your program. (2005) – VHS VIDEO (95:00), PRINT MATERIALS.   (Better Kid Care Series)

10/23/03 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Highlights how careful observation over time can give a child care provider a lot of insight into children in their care.  Focuses on learning what to look for, finding solutions to behavior problems and how to look for ways to encourage children’s development. (2003) – VHS VIDEO (71:00), PROGRAM GUIDE.   (Better Kid Care Series)

A short-term, video-based curriculum aimed at young, non-custodial fathers in need of knowledge and skills associated with competent parenting.  Covers a broad range of topics including nutrition, child behavior, stress and hygiene. (2000) – THREE VHS VIDEOS, CASSETTE TAPE, CURRICULUM & TRAINING GUIDE.

A video program supporting the  most current parent-child attachment theory.  Uses diverse family settings to help adults recognize and respond to a child’s cues and clues.  Offers suggestions for the development of secure attachment between a parent/primary care giver and child.  Features children from infancy to five years of age. (2000) – VHS VIDEO (17:00), PRINT MATERIALS.

12/13/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Explains what young children understand about math at each age, why hands-on learning is the best way for children to learn math and demonstrates simple math activities to do with infants, toddlers & preschoolers. (2007) – DVD (87:00), PRINT  MATERIALS.  (Better Kid Care Series)

Tabletop display focusing on “Preparing to Parent”, “Parenting the First Year” and “Parenting the Second and Third Year”, newsletter series distributed throughout Wisconsin by locally developed community partnerships. Display highlights coalitions’ efforts and summarizes research findings regarding benefits of newsletters to parents of infants and toddlers. **Requires large display board (two 27″ side panels, one 28″ center panel, 35″ high) #17635 which may be booked separately**.  (Revised 2007) – 3 PANEL TABLETOP DISPLAY, PRINT MATERIALS, SAMPLE NEWSLETTERS.

Four part series of programs on children’s temperament for parents.  The first tape provides an introduction to nine key temperament traits – sensitivity, intensity, activity level, approach/withdrawal, adaptability, persistence, mood, rhythmicity and distractibility. The remaining three videos describe and demonstrate some challenging temperament combinations and provide strategies for working with parents whose children have those particular traits. (1994) – FOUR VHS VIDEOS (15-17 minutes each).

Demonstrates the importance of not smoking around children to parents, grandparents, educators and others.  Discusses the hazards of secondhand smoke to children, stressing that infants and children are at most risk because of possible damage to developing organs.   (1999) - VHS VIDEO  (12:00)

Audio recording of presentation by Ann Adalist-Estrin which explores the developmental influences on children of prisoners and responds to the needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers with an incarcerated parent.  Print materials include a temperament rating scale to help better understand a child’s reactionary behaviors and moods.  Also includes a list of family coping styles, guide for the developmental structure and parent’s roles with children, and information on working with children coping with separation issues.  (2005) – AUDIO CD-ROM (77:00), DISK WITH PRINTABLE PROGRAM MATERIALS.

10/11/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the importance of helping children recognize other’s feelings.  Demonstrates methods for teaching children how to solve problems with others in non-violent ways. (2007) – DVD (82:00), PRINT MATERIALS.  (Better Kid Care Series)

Depicts several scenes in which school-aged children are left home alone on the farm or in a rural setting. After each scene, the audience brainstorms alternative responses to the situation. Stresses the importance of families developing a plan for when children are home alone. VHS VIDEO, PROGRAM GUIDE.  (1994) - VHS VIDEO  (23 min.)

3/13/08 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents. Focuses on making science activities fun for children and adults while they learn the basics.  Teaches the process of science inquiry for young children and how children’s daily science explorations can be encouraged. DVD,  PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. (2008) - DVD  (74 min.)

9/27/01 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on dealing with common behavior problems in day care.  Topics covered include – New twists on discipline, Finding the roots of behavior problems and Easy solutions for home and center providers. VHS VIDEO, PROGRAM GUIDE.   Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. (2001) - VHS VIDEO  (62 min)

10/21/04 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Examines some of the differences between how adults and children view and feel about things.  Explores a number of issues in working with young children that are often described as problematic.  These include superhero play, sharing, tantrums, biting, sitting quietly, making transitions, picky eaters and others.  Presents each issue from the child’s perspective and the adult’s, then gives solutions. VHS VIDEO, LEADER GUIDE. Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES. (2004) - VHS VIDEO  (67 min.)

5/14/09 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the importance of curiosity as a crucial component of children’s learning   Bruce Perry has described curiosity as the beginning of a “cycle of learning” which leads to exploration, discovery, and eventually mastery of learning as the cycle repeats itself with new curiosities and discoveries. This program discusses how to spark kids’ curiosity by adding interesting, everyday materials to activity areas and how to ask open ended questions to help children keep thinking and exploring. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES. (2009) - DVD  (71 min.)

6/1/00 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the importance of pretend or fantasy play.  Discusses how to help dramatic play happen, what to do when a child is left out, and ages and stages in dramatic play.  VHS VIDEO,  LEADER GUIDE.  Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.  (2000) - VHS VIDEO  (73 min.)

5/9/02 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Focuses on what to expect from two year olds and how they can make it in a group setting.  Suggests ways providers can help toddlers resolve problems with sharing, biting and separation.  Also discusses discipline how-to’s for twos, as well as eating and toilet times. VHS VIDEO, PROGRAM GUIDE (10 pages).  Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. (2002) - VHS VIDEO  (70 min.)

Video of a presentation given by Angela Wiley, Asst. Prof. Applied Family Studies at the University of Illinois on March 26, 2008.  Wiley asserts that in most families, mealtimes are the only time they have face-to-face contact.  She addresses concerns about changes in the American family mealtime in terms of social, nutritional and child development aspects. (2008) - DVD  (66 min.)

4/6/2000 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Suggests ways brain research has found that caregivers should interact with infants.  Focuses on understanding the type of care infants need at different ages; Making feeding, diapering and sleeping more than a routine; and quality interaction with children. VHS VIDEO, LEADER GUIDE. Part of  BETTER KID CARE Series.  (2000) - VHS VIDEO  (70 mn.)

12/12/02 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Focuses on issues involving kindergarten readiness.  Topics include – Learn what children really need (and don’t need) before starting school, Simple things you can do to prepare children for school, Helping parents understand what children need and Starting infants and toddlers on the right track. VHS VIDEO, LEADER GUIDE. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. (2002) - VHS VIDEO  (71 min.)

10/16/08 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on what children of different ages know and understand about time.  Why do children and adults struggle when it’s time to clean up?  Discusses ways to build on children’s understanding of “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow”. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES. (2008) - DVD  (75 min.)

5/4/00 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on two aspects of behavior – what’s going on with the child and what can the parent or child care provider do about it. VHS VIDEO, LEADER GUIDE.  Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.  (2000) - VHS VIDEO  (80 min.)