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Virtual Learning Opportunities for CNPs - Nutrition (CA Dept of Education)Virtual Learning Opportunities for CNPsThe California Department of Education (CDE) Nutrition Services Division (NSD) is pleased to announce US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Team Nutrition (TN) updates to virtual learning opportunities for Child Nutrition Program (CNP) Operators.The following training options are offered in a distance learning format to meet annual training requirements for the new school year.Upcoming TN Virtual Learning OpportunitiesTrack Training Like a Star with the Training Tracker Tool! Webinar Thursday, August 12, 2020, 11 a.m. This live webinar will feature a demonstration on how to use the Professional Standards Training...

Good morning friends!So some quick background. I decided to keep our 4 year old daughter home from her final year of preschool, which would be pre-kindergarten, in the fall 2020. It was a tough family decision, but we felt it was best for us. This is a crazy and scary time for everyone and it’s incredibly hard to make the decision to homeschool your children, send them physically back to the classroom (if that option is available where you are) or start virtual school with your current education system. You need to do what’s right for you and your family....

Join us for this tour from July 14 to Aug 10, 2020!Book Details:Book Title:  The Takeaway Men by Meryl AinCategory:  Adult fiction 18 yrs +,  264 pagesGenre:  Historical FictionPublisher:  SparkpressRelease date:   August 4, 2020Content Rating:  PG-13 + M because there are references to extra-marital affairs. There is no explicit sex in the book.Book Description:With the cloud of the Holocaust still looming over them, twin sisters Bronka and Johanna Lubinski and their parents arrive in the US from a Displaced Persons Camp. In the years after World War II, they experience the difficulties of adjusting to American culture as well as...

Looking for creative ways to keep the kids entertained but learning too? Tons of museums and educational institutions have taken to the interwebs to share premium content that will have the entire family tuning in to learn something new. From outer space and wildlife to imagineering and weather, we’ve got some amazing virtual science resources for your little smarty. photo: The Wild Center via Instagram The Wild Center's Jr. Naturalist Program Head to The Wild Center in Tupper Lake! The virtual visit lets guests "walk" around the interior of the Center, see exhibits and watch videos. The Wild Center Live...

During the break, I’ve been looking through the books in our classroom and admit there is a lack of diversity in the books. Children need to be able to see themselves represented in books, art and media around them. So these are some of the books I’ve found that are as much as possible by BIPOC authors, with beautiful illustrations of children of different skin colours, with different family types, children in wheelchairs and showing the diversity of the world around us so we can all see ourselves. There is a brilliant guide here by Social Justice Books for choosing...