First Aid CPR
Smart Start of Forsyth County is a proud provider of First Aid, CPR, and AED Training. Be sure to register early, spaces are limited. Participant must attend the entire training session to receive the certificate.
Let Your Garden Grow: Early Educators Conference 2025
EARLY EDUCATORS CONFERENCE RESCHEDULING NOTICE THE EARLY EDUCATORS CONFERENCE 2025: "LET YOUR GARDEN GROW" HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO MARCH 1, 2025. THE EVENT WILL STILL BE HELD AT ATKINS HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE SAME SCHEDULE (DOORS OPEN AT 7:30 AM, SESSIONS BEGIN AT 8:30 AM). ALL REGISTRATIONS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO THE NEW DATE. IF YOU'RE UNABLE TO ATTEND ON MARCH 1, PLEASE CONTACT US TO DISCUSS OPTIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT MONTH.
M.A.L.E. Meeting
This Month: Offering engaging and health moments for fathers and children.
ITS-SIDS
Adults providing care for infants, 12 months or younger, are required to be trained in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction Practices. The Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS) is an approved training that provides an understanding of how to implement safe sleep practices.
What are the Tools?
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Early Childhood Education is Everyone’s Business: A Panel Discussion on the Childcare Crisis
Local and state leaders will explore the impact of today’s childcare crisis and discuss meaningful steps businesses can take to position our workforce and local economy for success. This insightful session is the third in a series of community conversations organized by Leadership Winston-Salem and REACH Women’s Network. We encourage you to join this valuable...
Infant Toddler Curriculum
This training will be an overview of what a developmentally appropriate curriculum looks like for an infant and toddler classroom based on children's interest.
Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR)
Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) rules are designed to assist licensed childcare programs to adequately respond to the needs of children and others in the event of disasters and emergencies.
Community Conversation: Education Policy Luncheon
This exclusive event offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with policymakers and education experts shaping the future of early childhood education in our community. Stay tuned for additional details about the venue and time.
Responding to Emergencies Due to Food Allergies
Participants will learn to recognize signs and symptoms of severe allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis.
Creating Exciting Outdoor Environments
Bringing your classroom centers outdoor to extend your children learning and development of skills such as pretend play When children invent games during outdoor play, they’re using their imagination and the resources around them to create a different reality.
Raising Forsyth 2025
Raising Forsyth, Smart Start of Forsyth County’s annual fundraising event is held each spring to recognize and pay tribute to Early Childcare Professionals in Forsyth County, while raising funds to advance and improve Early Childhood Education.
M.A.L.E. Meeting
This Month: Offering engaging and health moments for fathers and children.
Pathways to Improved Outcomes for Children and Families
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Stress Management and Burnout
Come learn about how employee burnout can affect early childhood educators; it lowers productivity, leads to poor morale and ultimately staff turnover. It can also impact the classroom if it is not properly addressed. Therefore, stress management for early childhood educators is crucial and we will explore ways to identify and assist by sharing techniques and practices for implementation.
Room Arrangement
Come learn about the do’s and dont’s of classroom arrangement in relation to ITERS and ECERS.
Playground Safety
This training addresses playground safety hazards, playground supervision, maintenance and general upkeep of the outdoor learning environment, and age and developmentally appropriate playground materials and equipment.
Self-Care
Self-care is all about taking care of your health and making sure that you have everything you need to thrive as a teacher. Without taking care of yourself, you won’t have the energy to help your students. Because teaching is such an intensive job, educators can greatly benefit from learning about and practicing self-care at work and at home and how to relieve stress even in the workplace.
M.A.L.E. Meeting
This Month: Offering engaging and health moments for fathers and children. DATE FOR THIS EVENT IS TBD
First Aid/CPR
Smart Start of Forsyth County is the proud provider of First Aid, CPR and AED Training. Be sure to register early, spaces are limited. Participants must attend for the entire training session to receive the certificate.
Mother’s Day Dinner
Serve dinner to mothers of children at SSFC
Transitions: Are You Prepared for the Change?
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
ITS SIDS
Adults providing care for infants, 12 months or younger, are required to be trained in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) Risk Reduction Practices. The Infant/Toddler Safe Sleep and SIDS Risk Reduction in Child Care (ITS-SIDS) is an approved training that provides an understanding of how to implement safe sleep practices.
How to Deal with Child Traumatic Stress
Early childhood trauma generally refers to the traumatic experiences that occur in children ages zero - six. Because infants' and young children's reactions may be different from older children's, and because they may not be able to verbalize their reactions to threatening or dangerous events, many people assume that young age protects children from the impact of traumatic experiences. Come Learn about the signs of traumatic stress, its impact on children, treatment options, and how caregivers can help.
Positive Interaction
In this training we will define Positive interactions. Discuss why they are important and how we can develop positive interactions in difficult situations.
M.A.L.E. Meeting
Father and Son engagement while fishing. DATE FOR THIS EVENT IS TBD
We’re Moving, We’re Learning
Infusing classrooms with physical activity—or at least the option of some movement, at student discretion—isn’t just good for kids’ bodies, it’s also a powerful tool for improving learning and focus and reducing classroom management issues. Physical activity that amplifies learning can have a powerful effect on retention and engagement—it’s also fun. Come learn ways to integrate more movement in your lessons.
Evaluate and Plan for Action
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Mindfulness
This ability to focus attention on the present and to maintain that focus is a foundational skill that underlies many other important capacities that we need for health, well-being, and connection with children, families, and others. When adults engage in focusing practices like mindfulness in early childhood settings, it helps to build important mental, social, and emotional skills. We often hear about the important role that a calm and responsive adult, and secure adult-child relationship, plays in helping young children learn and grow.
Positive Interaction
In this training we will define Positive interactions. Discuss why they are important and how we can develop positive interactions in difficult situations.
Stay Healthy, Stay Clean
Participants will receive handwashing, diapering, toileting, and sanitation procedures as they are performed multiple times a day. While an early educator may believe that they already know how to properly wash hands, diaper children, assist with toileting, and clean, this training can help improve or refine their behavior to keep themselves and children healthy. Reviewing proper technique is a good reminder that these processes are beyond cleanliness but can also prevent the spread of infectious disease.
Influencing Policies
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Pathway to Improved Outcomes of Children and Families
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Everyday Actions + Protective Factors = Results (Actions Help Build Protective Factors)
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Family Engagement Activity at a Childcare Site
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Family Engagement Activity
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
Family Engagement Activity
This program is to support parents of young children in Forsyth County by providing them with tools for success and a network for support. Parents and caregivers will gain confidence by building from their experiences to enhance the community. Free for families with children 0-5
