PROMISING STRATEGIES
activities and programs for the wellbeing of our youngest children and their families
The 80+ Minnesota Early Childhood Initiative community coalitions in Greater Minnesota work tirelessly to help our youngest children get the very best start in life. They provide much-needed support for families and caregivers, too. The communities have compiled all of their activities and programs into this handy searchable database, which we call Promising Strategies.
We hope this database will be a source of inspiration and idea-generation for you to help create quality care and education opportunities for the young children in your community! The database is updated semi-annually, so keep checking back for new ideas.
Local Priority Area
- Advocacy/Public Policy
- Community Engagement
- Health/Wellness
- K Transition
- Literacy
- Other Community Awareness
- Quality Childcare
- Social-Emotional Development
- 501c3 Status (4-06)
- Afternoon with Legislators
- Ambassadors-Welcome Express (6-05)
- Attachment calendar
- Babies First 3 Months of Life
- Born Learning-Marshall
- Born Learning-Willmar
- Bullying Prevention (05-06)
- Candidate Forum
- Candidate Forum
- Candidate Forums
- Candidate Forums
- Candidate Q&A
- Coalition Thank You
- Collaboration Office Expansion (6-05)
- Collaboration to Present EC Entertainment(2-05)
- Collaborative Classroom (05-06)
- Community Leader Engagement (02-07)
- Community Tip Line (02-07)
- Coordination of Outreach (9-04)
- County Fair Visit
- Create EC Resources & Opportunities (6-05)
- Customized Ready 4K Posters
- Early Childhood Opportunities Guide
- Early Childhood University (02-07)
- Early Childhood University (02-07)
- EC Professionals Network Group (9-04)
- ECI Commercial Club Welcome Packets
- ECI Construction
- Imagination Library Support
- Infrastructure Visioning (02-07)
- Kindergarten Transition Team (05-06)
- Legislative Meeting
- Legislator Tea Party
- Legislators Contact Information
- Let's Dish and Do Luncheon
- Mobile Unit (9-05)
- OxCart 07
- Preschool Transportation (02-07)
- Program Evaluation (10-06)
- Providing Year Round Opportunities (9-04)
- Quad Cities Community Forum
- Resource Guide
- Round-Up Community Funding (9-04)
- Smoke Free & Safe Playgrounds (10-06)
- Space and Blended Programming
- Training (05-06)
- Transportation (02-07)
- Transportation Survey (10-06)
- Unified County-wide EC Coalition (6-05)
- United for Children Conf.
- Window of Opportunity Media Campaign
- Work Room Project
- "Are Our Children Ready?" Community Forum
- 12-month Calendar of Activities
- 4th of July Parade
- Al Quie Event
- Baby Steps Boutique (9-05)
- Big Top Neighborhood Tent Activities
- Big Top Project
- Bounce House
- Build a Bird Feeder Night
- Building Relationships
- Business After Hours
- Business Breakfast
- Business Cards for Recruitment
- Business Leadership App
- Business Luncheon
- Business Project
- Capital Campaign
- Catalog Ad
- Celebrating our Children
- Champions in Early Childhood
- Child in the Pew Cards
- Children's Fair
- Coalition Community Events on Website
- Coalition Membership in Chamber
- Coalition Website
- Collaboration with Local Organizations
- Community Awareness Totes
- Community Baby Shower
- Community Early Childhood Gym
- Community Family Fair
- Community Music Garden Picnic
- Community Outreach
- Community Outreach Education
- Community Provider's Fair
- Community Resource Packet
- ConnectU Event
- Dads and Kids
- Diaper Changing Tables
- Display Frames
- Donation Cards
- Dr David Walsh
- Early Child Fall Fun Fair
- Early Childhood and Family Fair
- Early Childhood Expo
- Early Childhood Fair
- Early Childhood Mental Health Booklet
- Easter Egg Hunt
- ECI White Elephant Sale
- ENGAGEMENT Ready Committee Promising Practice -Man
- Engaging Businesses
- Expanded Children & Youth Directory
- Fall Block Party
- Fall Family Fun
- Family Event Night
- Family First Day
- Family FUN Festival
- Family Fun Nights
- Family Fun Nights
- Father Involvement
- Fathering Programs
- Fathers Festival
- Fun Family Night
- Good Parenting & Book
- Growing Concerns Parenting Column
- Guys & Kids & Sports
- Guys & Kids & Sports 2
- Heartland Express Child Safety Seats
- Host on Local Cable TV
- Increase Parent EC Knowledge
- Increased Funding
- Increased Parent Information
- Incredible Years Training
- Infant Packets
- Kids' Night Out LOW
- Leadership Lunches
- Lending Toy Library
- Letter to the Editor Campaign
- Loving and Learning Workshop
- Marketing Strategies
- Media Wise Training
- Mental Health Support for Parents
- Michael Paul Gallo Workshop
- Mini Grants
- Moving & Grooving Dance
- Multigenerational Concert
- Music in the Parks
- New Born Channel
- New Parent Gift Bags
- Newspaper Insert
- North Branch EC Coalition
- Online EC Directory
- Parent Participation Points
- Parent Reimbursement
- Parent Survey
- Parenting Classes
- Parenting Counts
- Parenting Speaker
- Parenting Workshop
- Parenting Workshop
- Partnering with Parents
- Perham Early Childhood Initiative
- Perham's Day of Caring
- Post Partum Depression Education
- Postpartum Depression Materials
- Prenatal Home Visiting
- Sand Dig
- Specialized Services Brochure
- Step Ahead Parent Resource Room
- Strategy for Inclusion
- Summer Activities
- Summer Playgroups
- Surveying Employees
- Task Fource on Fathering
- Tot Time at the PACC
- Tour of the Town
- United Way 2-1-1
- United Way Day of Caring
- Violence Prevention
- Warm Line
- Website
- Website and Family Fun Resource Guide
- Weinachtsfest
- Welcome Baby Packets
- Welcome Gift Bag
- Wild Rice Days
- Wonderful Wednesdays
- Written Materials for Parents
- Young Parent Class
- Zoorific Event
- Accessing Dental Care
- Babysitting Clinic
- Beach Bus
- Bullying Presentation
- Car Seat Safety for Parents
- Car Seat Training
- Children's Eye Exam Project
- Community Collaboration to Improve Safety (9-04)
- Community Gym
- Dance Dance Revolution
- Dental & Literacy
- Early Childhood Open Gym Night
- EC Mental Health
- Electronic Portfolios
- Fitness for Life
- Fitness for Life
- Flu Immunization for Providers
- Give Kids a Smile Day
- Healthy Communities Fair
- Infant Massage Workshops
- Initial Meeting to Address Dental Needs
- Kids ID Project
- Literacy & Wellness Fair
- Meade Assessment Screening 1
- Meade Assessment Screening 2
- Mental Health
- Mental Health Workshop
- Movin' I
- Movin' II
- Northwoods Neighborhood
- Pediatric Dental Care
- Playground Equipment
- Pool Day
- Preschool Playground
- Preschool Playtime
- Provide Children's Mental Health Prof
- SIDS Training
- Swings
- Toddler Swings
- Visible Kick Off Project - Children's Community Improvement
- Vision
- Wellness 101
- Bridges to Kindergarten
- Calling All Preschoolers
- Community Survey on 4 Yr Olds
- Comprehensive EC School Readiness Center
- Day Care Provider Training
- Early Childhood Resources for Families in Goodhue County Resource Guide
- Early Childhood Resources for Families in Goodhue County Resource Guide
- Early Childhood Resources for Families in Goodhue County Resource Guide
- Early Childhood Screening
- Early Childhood Screening Parent Ed
- Early Childhood Summit
- Early Head Start
- EC Scholarships
- Equal Access Preschool
- Evaluation Committee Tracking
- Improving Program Access
- Kamp Kindergarten
- Kinder Prep Academy
- Kindergarten Transition
- Kindergarten Transition
- Kindergarten Transition Plan
- Kindergarten Transition Program
- Kindergarten, Here We Come!
- Learning Kits
- Location of Preschool Screening
- Look What I Can Do Screening
- PIQE Program
- Preschool Open House
- Preschool Openings Notification
- Preschool Program Expansion
- Preschool Scholarships
- Preschool Screening Marketing
- Preschool Summer Fun
- Presentation - Transition to Kindergarten: A Dilemma for Educators and Parents
- Read and Run Science Fun
- Ready or Not
- Ready Set Go
- Recognition Celebration
- Scholarships for Preschool
- School Readiness Networking Nights
- School Screening Saturday
- Tools and Tips for Purposeful Play: Getting All Children Ready to Succeed
- Transition Program
- "Bring Books to Life" Family Night
- ABC Child Care Providers Training
- Book A Month Program
- Book Bag Project
- Book Bin
- Book Coupons
- Book Curriculum Packets
- Book Drive
- Book Giveaway
- Bookmobile Library
- Building Language Together
- Daddy Book
- Daily Reader Program
- Dakota Clinic Literacy Project
- Dental Office Literacy Program
- Display Frames
- Dolly Parton Imagination Library
- Exposing Children to Literature
- Family Fun Fair
- Family Ready Event
- Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED)
- Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED)
- Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED)
- Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED)
- Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED) project
- Fire Fighter Book
- Fire Station Reading Day
- First Book
- Give the Gift of Reading
- I Love to Read
- I Love to Read Month
- LIbrary Opening
- Library Storytime
- LIteracy Buddies
- Literacy Coordinators
- Literacy Project
- Literacy Training
- Literacy...Run For It
- Literacy...Run For It!!
- Llama, Llama, Read-A-Rama
- Mary Had a Little Lamb - intergenerational event
- Math Everywhere
- Perham Reads
- Perham Reads 2
- Professional Development - Literacy Training
- Project Read Initiative
- Quad Cities Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED) Event
- Read Along
- Read Aloud to a Young Child
- Read Aloud/Quilts
- Reading at the Fire Station
- Reading on the Green
- Reading on the Runway
- Reading Round-up
- SEEDS Literacy Training
- SEEDS of Literacy Training
- Share a Story Community Literacy Event
- Sponsorship Saturday Library Hours
- Stories on the Go
- Story Hour
- Story Time
- Storytime Visits and Daycare Days
- T-Shirts and Books
- Tuesday Tales
- Visual Phonics
- "Be the Best Parent You Can Be"
- "Did You Know...?" Column
- "I'd Rather Hug'em" Campaign
- Advertising ECI
- Billboard
- CCR&R Flyers
- Celebrating Parenting Workshop
- Changing Stations
- Child Care Providers Appreciation Ad
- Communication Cards and Website
- Community Billboard
- Community Egg Hunt
- Connecting With Families
- Customized ECI Campaign Poster
- Early Childhood Bags
- Early Childhood Family Advocate
- EC Home Visitor
- ECI Child Care Shirts
- ESL Home Visits
- Family Fair
- Home Visiting
- Media Blitz
- Newspaper Advocacy
- One-on-One Visitation
- Outreach and marketing
- Portable Public Awareness Booth
- Public Awareness Campaign on the "Importance of Early Childhood Education"
- Public Relations Campaign: "Why Early Childhood Matters"
- Quality Child Care Campaign
- Radio Ad Jingle
- Radio Show
- REACH
- Rob Grunewald Dinner
- Scavenger Hunt Game
- Social-Emotional Wellbeing Info Fair
- Stepping Up
- Summer Fest Activities
- Sustainability Plan
- Take EC Resources to Families
- Tiny Tot Expo
- Universal Home Visiting
- Video Baby Book
- Week of the Young Child Carnival
- WOYC and Website Promotion
- Ambassador Appreciation Visits
- Behavior Management Workshop
- Brain Development
- Building Language Together
- Bullying Prevention Education
- C-CREC Space and Blended Programming
- Car Seat Training for Providers
- CC-ED - Gather and Grow BJI
- CC-ED Quad Cities-EC Math Science Workshops
- CDA
- Child Care Appreciation Dinner
- Child Care Association
- Child Care Association (05-06)
- Child Care Provider Appreciation
- Child Care Provider Training Needs
- Child Care Visits (6-05)
- Childcare Appreciation Event
- Childcare Enhancement Book
- Cultural Diversity Training & Supplies
- Curriculum in English & Spanish (6-05)
- Day Care Appreciation Week (6-05)
- Daycare Providers Book Bags
- Early Care Presentation
- Early Childhood Appreciations
- ECFE on Wheels
- Equipment & Toys Purchase
- Fabulous Fridays
- Family/Caregiver Education and Support
- ITV Professional Development
- Kindergarten Transition Workshops
- Local Association for Providers
- Making Stories Come Alive
- Music and Child care BJI
- National Provider-Teacher Appreciation
- PLAY-Pizza, Learning and You
- Positive Action Curriculum
- Provider Goodie Bags
- Providers as Partners in Education
- Quality Care Summer Activities
- Sr. Citizen Volunteers (9-04)
- Training Plan (10-06)
- Baby Signs with Infants and Toddlers
- Behavior Management Training
- BINGO
- Book Discussion on Family First
- Community Lending Library
- Community Presentation on Bullying
- Esteem Building Project
- Family Mentoring Project
- Latino Child Care Conference
- Mental Health Workshop
- Michael Paul Gallo ADD Event
- Mixed Blood Theatre
- Play It Forward
- Proud to Be a Parent Night
- Second Step Training
- Tot Time
- Understanding Children’s Mental Health Disorders and the Impact on Learning and Functioning