Introducing the ECE Resource Hub Take-Home Strategies

Sharing family-friendly resources is now easier than ever! This blog highlights Take-Home Strategies found on the ECE Resource Hub, as well as provides an overview of the sections of each strategy’s page.

Take-Home Strategies Supporting Core Skills

When educators partner with families to support Core Skills, every child thrives! That’s why the ECE Resource Hub now features brand new Take-Home Strategies that you can share with families. Developed by UVA-CASTL in partnership with the Virginia Department of Education, the ECE Resource Hub is a website that offers free, high-quality educational resources for those caring for children from birth to five.

Take-Home Strategies are organized around six Core Skills that young children are working to develop: Relate, Regulate, Think, Think- Math, Communicate, and Move. Each Core Skill includes individual skills that grow from infancy to preschool, like fine motor skills, phonological awareness, numeracy, and more.

The Hub’s Take-Home Strategies are fast, flexible, and fun!

Each Take-Home Strategy page is divided into four sections:

1. What It’s About: A short and sweet description of the Core Skill so families understand exactly what they’re supporting and why.

2. Activity Choice Board: Interactive flip cards with engaging activity ideas for the whole family. Activities can easily be adjusted based on each child’s abilities, interests, and what’s available at home.

3. Quick Cues: Examples of what families can do and say in the moment to strengthen their child’s skills.

4. Book Recommendations: No ECE Hub resource page is complete without suggestions for engaging, inclusive books to share with young children! There’s a link to an online read-aloud version and suggestion for bringing the story to life at home.

Ready to Share?

Here are a few tips for sharing the Take-Home Strategies with families:

Introduce the Take-Home Strategies to families, offering support as needed.
Encourage families to bookmark the Take-Home Strategies homepage.
Connect with families about the skills they’d like to support and share direct links to those pages.
Challenge families to try one activity from the Activity Choice Board and invite them to share their adaptations.
Follow up with families as they explore the resources and support their development at home.

More Questions for the VKRP Team? VKRP provides support via the online chat feature when you are in the system, via email vkrp@virginia.edu, and via toll free 866-301-8278