Early Childhood Collaborative of Southington
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Wheeler’s Southington Behavioral Health Outreach Project is hosting a presentation titled “Caring for the Caregiver: Preventing Burnout and Finding Balance.”
11/18/2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the Southington Public Library
Register for this FREE event at https://loom.ly/o74L4jA
11/18/2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the Southington Public Library
Register for this FREE event at https://loom.ly/o74L4jA
November 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wheeler’s Southington Behavioral Health Outreach Project is hosting a presentation titled “Caring for the Caregiver: Preventing Burnout and Finding Balance.”
11/18/2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the Southington Public Library
Register for this FREE event at https://loom.ly/o74L4jA
11/18/2025 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM at the Southington Public Library
Register for this FREE event at https://loom.ly/o74L4jA
Join us tomorrow 11/12, 9am-12pm for Library Office Hours 🍎 Stop by the Children's Department in the Southington Library & see the ECCS Executive Director. She can answer your questions about raising children here in town. Upcoming ECCS events can be found at https://loom.ly/uhIlYg8
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Join us tomorrow 11/12, 9am-12pm for Library Office Hours 🍎 Stop by the Children's Department in the Southington Library & see the ECCS Executive Director. She can answer your questions about raising children here in town. Upcoming ECCS events can be found at https://loom.ly/uhIlYg8
Thank you to all those who have served! 🇺🇸
Looking for ideas on how to celebrate with young kids? Check out https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/teaching-kids-about-veterans-day-resources-and-ideas.html
Looking for ideas on how to celebrate with young kids? Check out https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/teaching-kids-about-veterans-day-resources-and-ideas.html
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you to all those who have served! 🇺🇸
Looking for ideas on how to celebrate with young kids? Check out https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/teaching-kids-about-veterans-day-resources-and-ideas.html
Looking for ideas on how to celebrate with young kids? Check out https://www.fantasticfunandlearning.com/teaching-kids-about-veterans-day-resources-and-ideas.html
November marks Connecticut’s fifth annual Heating Assistance Awareness Month.
🔌CT Energy Assistance Program (CEAP): Apply online at CT.gov/heatinghelp or through your local CAA at 211ct.org or call 211.
❄️Utility Shutoff Protection: eversource.com/billhelp.
🔌CT Energy Assistance Program (CEAP): Apply online at CT.gov/heatinghelp or through your local CAA at 211ct.org or call 211.
❄️Utility Shutoff Protection: eversource.com/billhelp.
November 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
November marks Connecticut’s fifth annual Heating Assistance Awareness Month.
🔌CT Energy Assistance Program (CEAP): Apply online at CT.gov/heatinghelp or through your local CAA at 211ct.org or call 211.
❄️Utility Shutoff Protection: eversource.com/billhelp.
🔌CT Energy Assistance Program (CEAP): Apply online at CT.gov/heatinghelp or through your local CAA at 211ct.org or call 211.
❄️Utility Shutoff Protection: eversource.com/billhelp.
Today is Parents as Teachers Day and November is Family Literacy Month! 📚 Reading to babies and young children is an important part of a child's development. Learn more about the benefits of reading to babies at https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/reading-babies.html
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Today is Parents as Teachers Day and November is Family Literacy Month! 📚 Reading to babies and young children is an important part of a child's development. Learn more about the benefits of reading to babies at https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/reading-babies.html
Join us tomorrow, Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 9:30 am to 12 pm for the Southington Public Library's Preschool Showcase ☀️
Meet with preschools in the area and the ECCS to learn about different program options. This is a FREE event.
Learn more at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events
Meet with preschools in the area and the ECCS to learn about different program options. This is a FREE event.
Learn more at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events
November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join us tomorrow, Saturday, November 8, 2025, from 9:30 am to 12 pm for the Southington Public Library's Preschool Showcase ☀️
Meet with preschools in the area and the ECCS to learn about different program options. This is a FREE event.
Learn more at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events
Meet with preschools in the area and the ECCS to learn about different program options. This is a FREE event.
Learn more at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events
Save the date! 12/2 is #GivingTuesday ❤ Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change & is a fundamental value anyone can act on. You can help out the ECCS on our mission to make sure that children are healthy & ready to learn by sharing & donating at https://loom.ly/j_T3EBk
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Save the date! 12/2 is #GivingTuesday ❤ Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change & is a fundamental value anyone can act on. You can help out the ECCS on our mission to make sure that children are healthy & ready to learn by sharing & donating at https://loom.ly/j_T3EBk
Today is Stress Awareness Day! 🧘♂️ It is important to recognize that children can often struggle with stress just like adults. It is vital that they are taught good stress management as a skill that will help them throughout their lives. Learn more about childhood stress https://loom.ly/RllOTkY
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today is Stress Awareness Day! 🧘♂️ It is important to recognize that children can often struggle with stress just like adults. It is vital that they are taught good stress management as a skill that will help them throughout their lives. Learn more about childhood stress https://loom.ly/RllOTkY
Today is Election Day! 🇺🇸🗳️
Polls are open until 8 pm. You can bring your children with you, and they can fill in the bubbles, but they can't push your ballot into the voting machine.
You can look up where to vote in Southington at https://loom.ly/W2mXGrg
Polls are open until 8 pm. You can bring your children with you, and they can fill in the bubbles, but they can't push your ballot into the voting machine.
You can look up where to vote in Southington at https://loom.ly/W2mXGrg
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Today is Election Day! 🇺🇸🗳️
Polls are open until 8 pm. You can bring your children with you, and they can fill in the bubbles, but they can't push your ballot into the voting machine.
You can look up where to vote in Southington at https://loom.ly/W2mXGrg
Polls are open until 8 pm. You can bring your children with you, and they can fill in the bubbles, but they can't push your ballot into the voting machine.
You can look up where to vote in Southington at https://loom.ly/W2mXGrg
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at Halloween in the Village last week 🎃 We gave out hundreds of fidget toys and fine motor skill toys to all the trick-or-treaters!
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table at Halloween in the Village last week 🎃 We gave out hundreds of fidget toys and fine motor skill toys to all the trick-or-treaters!
Join us 11/5 from 1pm-2pm for our first Community Table, a collaborative space that serves as a forum where organizations, parents, and stakeholders come together to engage in open dialogue, share insights, and work towards collective community goals.
Register at https://loom.ly/HF-mTX4
Register at https://loom.ly/HF-mTX4
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join us 11/5 from 1pm-2pm for our first Community Table, a collaborative space that serves as a forum where organizations, parents, and stakeholders come together to engage in open dialogue, share insights, and work towards collective community goals.
Register at https://loom.ly/HF-mTX4
Register at https://loom.ly/HF-mTX4
Looking for some festive family-friendly events this holiday season? ❄ Follow us on Facebook to see our event master post that will be updated through the end of the year with holiday events in the area! ⛄
Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/ECCSouthington
Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/ECCSouthington
November 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Looking for some festive family-friendly events this holiday season? ❄ Follow us on Facebook to see our event master post that will be updated through the end of the year with holiday events in the area! ⛄
Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/ECCSouthington
Follow us at https://www.facebook.com/ECCSouthington
Who is ready to Fall Back? 🕑 Daylight savings ends tomorrow; don't forget to set your clocks back one hour and check the batteries in your smoke alarms!
November 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Who is ready to Fall Back? 🕑 Daylight savings ends tomorrow; don't forget to set your clocks back one hour and check the batteries in your smoke alarms!
SNAP benefits & eligibility requirements are changing, and there is much uncertainty surrounding November benefits.
- Check your SNAP eligibility, how to apply, & available state programs at https://loom.ly/cpycDDk
- For local food & financial assistance go to https://loom.ly/jId8cvI
- Check your SNAP eligibility, how to apply, & available state programs at https://loom.ly/cpycDDk
- For local food & financial assistance go to https://loom.ly/jId8cvI
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
SNAP benefits & eligibility requirements are changing, and there is much uncertainty surrounding November benefits.
- Check your SNAP eligibility, how to apply, & available state programs at https://loom.ly/cpycDDk
- For local food & financial assistance go to https://loom.ly/jId8cvI
- Check your SNAP eligibility, how to apply, & available state programs at https://loom.ly/cpycDDk
- For local food & financial assistance go to https://loom.ly/jId8cvI
Happy Halloween! Have a fun and safe night trick-or-treating 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Happy Halloween! Have a fun and safe night trick-or-treating 🎃
The feelings of frustration that occur when your child has difficulty communicating his needs or tying his shoes are the cue that he needs to try to do something in a different way or that what he is doing is not working.
Read this and more at https://loom.ly/8-8nW2s
Read this and more at https://loom.ly/8-8nW2s
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The feelings of frustration that occur when your child has difficulty communicating his needs or tying his shoes are the cue that he needs to try to do something in a different way or that what he is doing is not working.
Read this and more at https://loom.ly/8-8nW2s
Read this and more at https://loom.ly/8-8nW2s
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. According to the CDC, 1 in 175 pregnancies will end in stillbirth in the United States. That is the equivalent of approximately 21,000 babies every year.
October 29, 2025 at 12:30 PM
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. According to the CDC, 1 in 175 pregnancies will end in stillbirth in the United States. That is the equivalent of approximately 21,000 babies every year.
Edibles come in many forms & can be packaged to look like other food/candy items.
If you have edibles in your home, lock them up properly. Children who ingest edibles are at a much higher risk for severe health effects.
Learn more at https://loom.ly/Mxu5dEI
If you have edibles in your home, lock them up properly. Children who ingest edibles are at a much higher risk for severe health effects.
Learn more at https://loom.ly/Mxu5dEI
October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Edibles come in many forms & can be packaged to look like other food/candy items.
If you have edibles in your home, lock them up properly. Children who ingest edibles are at a much higher risk for severe health effects.
Learn more at https://loom.ly/Mxu5dEI
If you have edibles in your home, lock them up properly. Children who ingest edibles are at a much higher risk for severe health effects.
Learn more at https://loom.ly/Mxu5dEI
While family daycares provide an atmosphere that is more personal or family-like, it can be challenging for providers to balance this with the business side of their childcare.
Read more Tips for Tots at https://www.eccpct.com/Resources
Read more Tips for Tots at https://www.eccpct.com/Resources
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
While family daycares provide an atmosphere that is more personal or family-like, it can be challenging for providers to balance this with the business side of their childcare.
Read more Tips for Tots at https://www.eccpct.com/Resources
Read more Tips for Tots at https://www.eccpct.com/Resources
A SMART Goal is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant/Realistic, and Time-bound.
Links to special education resources and the full glossary of terminology is at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/development-concerns.
Links to special education resources and the full glossary of terminology is at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/development-concerns.
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A SMART Goal is a goal that is Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant/Realistic, and Time-bound.
Links to special education resources and the full glossary of terminology is at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/development-concerns.
Links to special education resources and the full glossary of terminology is at http://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/development-concerns.
Water: It’s a Great Choice💧It doesn’t contain added sugars or caffeine.
• Water helps to hydrate your child’s body.
• Drinking tap water with fluoride can help prevent cavities.
• Drinking water between eating can help rinse food from teeth.
Read more Nibbles for Health at https://loom.ly/vkxkUkk
• Water helps to hydrate your child’s body.
• Drinking tap water with fluoride can help prevent cavities.
• Drinking water between eating can help rinse food from teeth.
Read more Nibbles for Health at https://loom.ly/vkxkUkk
October 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Water: It’s a Great Choice💧It doesn’t contain added sugars or caffeine.
• Water helps to hydrate your child’s body.
• Drinking tap water with fluoride can help prevent cavities.
• Drinking water between eating can help rinse food from teeth.
Read more Nibbles for Health at https://loom.ly/vkxkUkk
• Water helps to hydrate your child’s body.
• Drinking tap water with fluoride can help prevent cavities.
• Drinking water between eating can help rinse food from teeth.
Read more Nibbles for Health at https://loom.ly/vkxkUkk
Early voting is open and Election Day is a little more than a week away 🗳️
Sample ballots can be viewed at https://loom.ly/S8gAjKs
Register or update your voter registration at https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do
Not sure where to vote? Go to https://loom.ly/gFaNoFo
Sample ballots can be viewed at https://loom.ly/S8gAjKs
Register or update your voter registration at https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do
Not sure where to vote? Go to https://loom.ly/gFaNoFo
October 25, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Early voting is open and Election Day is a little more than a week away 🗳️
Sample ballots can be viewed at https://loom.ly/S8gAjKs
Register or update your voter registration at https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do
Not sure where to vote? Go to https://loom.ly/gFaNoFo
Sample ballots can be viewed at https://loom.ly/S8gAjKs
Register or update your voter registration at https://voterregistration.ct.gov/OLVR/welcome.do
Not sure where to vote? Go to https://loom.ly/gFaNoFo
Come say "Hi" to us tomorrow night at the Halloween in the Village of Plantsville event from 4 pm to 7:30 pm 👻 Learn more about this and other events we will be attending at https://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events/
October 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Come say "Hi" to us tomorrow night at the Halloween in the Village of Plantsville event from 4 pm to 7:30 pm 👻 Learn more about this and other events we will be attending at https://www.southingtonearlychildhood.org/events/
It is School Bus Safety Week! 🚍 Connecticut state law says that any vehicle must stop 10 feet from the front or rear of a school bus when it is flashing red lights.
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
It is School Bus Safety Week! 🚍 Connecticut state law says that any vehicle must stop 10 feet from the front or rear of a school bus when it is flashing red lights.
It's School Bus Safety Week! 🚍 Here are some rules your child should follow when riding the bus.
October 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's School Bus Safety Week! 🚍 Here are some rules your child should follow when riding the bus.