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Hi! My name is Randy, and I am 18 months old. My parents are sending me to a childcare center, and I have no idea what is going to happen to me. Follow me in my adventure into the day-to-day life of a toddler navigating a new world outside of the comforts of his home and parents he loves and feels safe with.
How will he react? How will toddler educators respond to him when he has separation anxiety? How will they engage him? What will they say to him when his mom leaves?
About the author
Cathy Turalinski has a B.A. in early childhood education, with 40 years' experience in both academia and front-line work experience in a variety of early-learning environments. She is a proud mother of two amazing humans. She was an educator in licensed childcare and a home daycare provider, an ECE & ECA college instructor, supervisor, manager and interim executive director for a military family resource center. She is a family support consultant and founder and president of Childcare Solutions Inc. It is through this platform that, as an early-childhood specialist and consultant, she has created and facilitated hundreds of professional development workshops for educators and parents on numerous topics related to children from 0-12 yrs. She has been published twice in EDCLAN Journal, a global magazine for educators.
