Early childhood team resources
Daycare and Preschool Transitions: A Staff Planning Checklist
Free preschool and daycare transition checklist for staff: cues, supervision roles, routines, and respectful family communication. No signup.
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Daycare centers & early learning
Daycare & Preschool Staff Training
Help early childhood teams respond consistently during arrivals, play, routines, transitions, and family communication.
Designed forDaycare directors, early childhood educators, classroom assistants, and family-engagement staff.
What your team will practice
- Describe a young child’s behavior in developmental context.
- Plan predictable routines and teach manageable alternatives.
- Coordinate a consistent classroom and family support approach.
THE COURSE CURRICULUM
Six focused modules.
Each module includes original teaching, a fictional case, guided practice, an editable tool, a graded reflection, and two exit checks. Finish with a practical organizational action plan.
Six planned learning hours, plus a final action plan. This educational course does not confer licensure or approved state training or continuing-education credit.
TRY A SAMPLE ACTIVITY
Practice a different response.
During a fictional cleanup transition, a three-year-old holds onto a toy and cries. The cleanup cue changed without warning, and the child has not practiced putting the toy away.
Which response addresses the routine and a teachable next step?
This is a fictional practice case. Group training adapts scenarios to your setting.
Learning foundations
These resources inform component concepts. The course structure, cases, and tools are original Rico’s Development materials. Source inclusion does not imply endorsement or certification.
Bring the course to your team.
Share your learner count, setting, and training goals for a custom group quote.