Patience Hill

Patience Hill
Patience is the Community Outreach Project Manager for the Vroom Partnership at Child Care Aware® of America. Over the last few years, Patience has supported Child Care Resource and Referral agencies with their Vroom outreach to families, child care providers, and community partners.

Recent Posts

Get Ready for Vroom Week 2018!

By Patience Hill on October 31, 2018

 

Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) is preparing to celebrate brain building for children birth to five with their annual Vroom Week November 26 – 30. Vroom is an early learning initiative that empowers parents, families and child care providers to turn everyday moments into brain-building moments with children up to 5 years old. Vroom is based on the latest science and designed to fit into every day routines.

During Vroom Week CCAoA will post daily Vroom tips with suggested activities for parents/families/child care providers to engage in with children for each themed day. Here are the daily themes and a brain-building tip to go with each day. You can use these exact activities or let the theme of the day inspire you to come up with your own game!

Topics: Family & Community Engagement, Brain Building Tips

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Brain-Building Partnership: Apply for this Vroom Opportunity

By Patience Hill on September 12, 2018

In August, Child Care Aware® of America (CCAoA) announced the renewal of our partnership with the Bezos Family Foundation on supporting early care and education professionals as brain builders through Vroom. Now we are accepting applications from State and local CCR&R agencies interested in a nine-month family engagement project through the Vroom Partnership.

As a part of this opportunity, CCAoA will select 10 additional CCR&Rs to be part of a fully-supported training, outreach and promotional initiative to inspire the full potential of brain-building moments with young children based on the strength of their applications. 

Topics: Family & Community Engagement

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Celebrating Child Care and Making Connections at the 2017 ZERO TO THREE Conference

By Patience Hill on December 18, 2017
 

Child Care Aware® of America was proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the recent 2017 ZERO TO THREE conference. The event brought over 3,000 early childhood professionals to San Diego, CA November 29-December 1 for three days of learning, networking, and socializing.

Topics: Business Operations for CCR&Rs, Systems Building, Workforce, Professional Development, News

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Help Build Your Child's Brain on National Opposite Day

By Patience Hill on January 24, 2017

National Opposite Day is observed every year on January 25. Many enjoy using this day to try to confuse others by saying and doing the opposite of what they really mean. Why not use this day to help build your child’s brain? By the age of five, your child’s brain has reached 90 percent of its full size and their patterns for learning have been established. As a parent, you have a wonderful opportunity to play an important role in supporting development during this exciting time. Vroom helps parents by turning everyday moments into brain-building moments.

Topics: Best Practices, Parenting

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