You want to provide the best early childhood experience for children and their parents. But you don’t have easy access to high-quality training. We provide you with relevant, research-based, and Biblically-sound training and on-demand courses so that you and your staff can confidently care for and teach young children.
Looking Back and Looking Forward
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Hey Reader! Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man. Luke 2:52 Let’s apply this same scripture to ourselves as we close out 2025 and look with anticipation to 2026. First, let’s look back. Maybe you want to answer these questions in your journal? (Or you can download a worksheet that we designed just for this exercise HERE.) In 2025,
And tomorrow we enter a new year, a fresh start, a blank slate. I don’t really make resolutions but I like to make a plan, set some goals, and even dream a little. Let’s answer those same questions for 2026 (There’s a space for this on your download HERE) In 2026,
At ECCN, we’re praying that you can look back on 2025 with gratitude for God’s faithfulness. And that you’re looking forward to His presence and peace in 2026 as He continues to walk with you on this journey. Happy New Year! Cheering you on this week! -Your ECCN team P.S. If you don't want to receive these weekly emails anymore, no hard feelings. Click HERE to be removed from this list. (You'll still receive other emails from us based on past preferences.)
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Early Childhood Christian Network
You want to provide the best early childhood experience for children and their parents. But you don’t have easy access to high-quality training. We provide you with relevant, research-based, and Biblically-sound training and on-demand courses so that you and your staff can confidently care for and teach young children.
Hey Reader! Many of us live in a state of constant exhaustion and overwhelm. Society tells us we need to hustle more and accomplish more and post more and learn more and watch more and know more and do more. Oh, and also…all of that “more” should probably be “better” too, because Sassy Sally over there is doing it better! And Jesus says “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart,...
Hey Reader! Bodies develop from the center out. That means one of the last things that children have really good control over is their fine-motor muscles – fingers, hands and wrists are part of this! Today, we’re giving you a few easy ideas to practice fine motor control with fun and low stress! Remember…this is not something any of the children in our care will master while they’re with us, but we can definitely get them on their way to being fabulous writers and maybe a few seamstresses or...
Hey Reader! Nearly one-third of young children in the U.S. are growing up with more than one language! Have you had these learning and language-development concerns (or maybe heard them from parents): Will this confuse them? Cause delays? Slow down English? The research is clear—and reassuring: bilingualism is a strength. (checkout a couple of articles linked at the bottom for sources and more info) Let’s Clear Up a Few Common Myths Myth: Learning two languages causes confusion or speech...