Quality Matters, Monterey County

Opening Doors, a 10-session series designed to strengthen school readiness, support family well-being, and build advocacy for a strong start in education.

🪴 Limited spaces available — don’t wait!
👉 Register today and view the flyer for details.
Link: monterey.k12oms.org/1519-263627

📣 Early Childhood Educators—You’re Invited! Still time to register for the online webinar. Link: monterey.k12oms.org/1519-274643
Join an informative webinar all about the California Early Care & Education Workforce Registry.

Session 2~ Sparking Creativity
Together, we explored how to bring Multiple Intelligences to life through thoughtful and joyful center design.
A consistent plan = confident children.
Inviting centers = productive play blooming everywhere! Learn, imagine, & grow side by side.

📣 Still time to register! CLASS 2nd Edition Educator: Intro to Interactions ✨Join us for a day designed to uplift and empower early care and education professionals in all settings. Session will be in English. Register today: monterey.k12oms.org/1519-263581

SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILIES! 🧸 Parent Power is a FREE, research-based text-messaging service just for parents! Text QM to 70138 📱✨ Get 3 texts a week with fun facts & easy tips to boost your child’s learning. Activities fit into daily routines.
Making learning fast, fun & easy! ✨ 🖍️

Let’s take a moment to reflect on the transformative power of support. Back to school may look different for many of us, yet one thing remains the same: the light we can bring to others. We can inspire those around us through our actions. Wishing you an inspiring school year of light & possibility!

This summer, we journeyed together through 4 incredible sessions & small group support to strengthen safe and welcoming ECE spaces for immigrant families.
We practiced scenarios & explored the Family Preparedness Plan Act and the Caregiver Affidavit. A HUGE heartfelt THANK YOU to Ms. Ruth Barajas!

Join us for a 2-session DRDP-2015 Training
🗓️ Saturday, August 2 & August 9
🕘 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Monterey County Office of Education
🌼 Training offered in Spanish!
📲 Register today and grow with us!
monterey.k12oms.org/1519-263027

🌟 Celebrating Excellence in Early Care & Education! 🌟
In early childhood education, teaching and learning go hand in hand. This incredible team reminds us that when we walk the journey together, every child thrives, and every educator grows. 🌱
Congratulations, CAPLSO Primavera! You inspire us all!

Session 1: Saturday, 6/14, we launched the Personalized Oral Language Learning Project with purpose & passion! We explored why supporting DLLs is essential for equity, identity, and early learning success. Thank you to all educators for planting seeds of language, love, & learning!

🌟 ✨ What a joyful Saturday at the 7th Annual FCC Tour! We celebrated CQI in action—stories of growth, coaching, and dedication to our youngest learners. Appreciation to Gabby Jara for highlighting how early learning transforms lives. Deep gratitude to ALL ECE educators for your love and commitment!

🎨 What a colorful and joyful way to close our year together!
ECE Creative Art & Music PLC: Paint, Cheers, & Celebration gathering! Watching creativity flow as we reflected on the year, shared stories, and celebrated the incredible work you've done for our youngest learners was genuinely inspiring.

🌎✨We kicked off a 5-part series “Reparenting Ourselves While Raising Children” with open hearts and courageous curiosity. #Together, exploring how cultural norms shaped our #childhood emotional landscapes—and how we can rewrite the script as #nurturing, mindful ECE educators.

Strengthening family and ECE Educators' partnerships by empowering and boosting Family Engagement in Early Childhood Education! Family engagement enables high-quality early learning! Thank you, Laura Valdez, Motivando Corazones, for your partnership! #3dayfamilyconnectionseries

🌳✨ Session 2: Family Partnerships: Turning Everyday Moments Into Opportunities Together, uplifting our ECE Community of Professionals with "joyous excellence" on a Friday evening! Thank you, @valdezz_lauraa, Motivando Corazones, for cultivating a love of learning!

🌳✨"We are #all #connected" theme at the Quality Matters: FCC Mentor Network. Educators reflected on the painting by Anja Rozen. A 13-year-old student. She was chosen from 600,000 children worldwide to create a piece of art to show what #peace looks like. youtu.be/4acZrVzYGbY?...

🌟 Congratulations, Monterey Peninsula Unified School District's Early Childhood Education Program, for your commitment to increasing opportunities for young children to access high-quality, inclusive early learning experiences! #ECE #PreK #UPK #ECEChampions

50 fun family spring activities - Today's Parent Shake off the winter blues and try any of these family spring activities that will have you and the kiddos out and about.

Quality Matters is sharing this article from Today's Parents about Spring activities that will have you and the kiddos enjoying the fresh air! Time to PLAY! Children and adults can play TOGETHER! SPARK JOYFUL MOMENTS! 🌟
www.todaysparent.com/family/activ...

This evening, Family Partnerships Series: Turning Everyday Moments Into Opportunities brought together many #ECE Educators to focus on how every interchange during each part of the child's day results in opportunities for interactions that benefit every child!

🛝 🧸Happy Week of the YOUNG CHILD! There is so much that children learn as they sing, cook together, build together, create art, and celebrate with their families. Together, we can ensure all children can access quality early learning experiences! #TastyTuesday #WOYC2025

Visiting the John Fuller Kindergarten Building at Gablian State #Preschool is always a joy! Great appreciation to Mrs. Maldonado, & Ms. Ramirez for making learning meaningful & fun! Storytime came to life as the vibrant book with rhyming text gave the children a peek into nature!

Preschool Isn't Prep—It's Prime Time for Brain Growth Young brains are inherently designed for thinking. Preschool represents the start of formal learning, rather than merely preparing for it.

Preschool Isn't Prep—It's Prime Time for Brain Growth | Psychology Today www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/rais...

Family Partnerships: Turning Everyday Moments Into Opportunities: An in-person series of 3 sessions will focus on how every interchange during each part of the child's day results in opportunities that benefit every child! Register Today: monterey.k12oms.org/eventdetail....

🧠✨The grand finale on brain-based strategies for understanding Adverse Childhood Experiences! Thank you, Dr. Annette Oswald, From The Root, for a hands-on program designed to empower educators to understand how the brain, mind, and body connect to create safe, supportive learning environments.

✨🌱🧠Block Fest 2025
@MCOE_ECE
Together, raising awareness of early math and science learning by offering hands-on block play experiences to families with young children. Parents, ECE educators, and the community joined the “socks & blocks” fun! #QualityTime #ECE #Family

🌟 Every Child California, UPK/ UTK Leadership Symposium 2025. “Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity.” ~ Kay Redfield Jamison

3 Ways to Begin to Develop Preschoolers’ Literacy Skills Developmentally appropriate activities focused on foundational reading skills can help young children have fun while they learn.

3 Ways to Begin to Develop Preschoolers’ Literacy Skills
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✨🎉Welcome 2❤️2✋! Happy New Year! Cheers to another year of growth, learning, and endless imagination!