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Great Start Collaborative

Hillsdale County - August 2025

Great StartCollaborative Hillsdale County - August 2025
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43 Best Summer Books For Kids in 2025 (Great Reading Book List)

Summer picture books for kids are the perfect way to jump into warmer weather and lazy days. Keep your kids reading!

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25 Classic And Creative Card Games For Kids (They Will Love!)

This list of fun and creative card games for kids combines learning, laughter, and connection, all in one simple deck (or box)!

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Exciting Roll the Dice Exercise Game for Kids to Get Moving

Download the roll the dice exercise game and get playing! You'll get the wiggles out and stay healthy even if you're stuck inside.

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15 Tasty Summer Lunches Kids Can Make Themselves

Learn the easiest and most fun lunches kids and teens can make themselves. They're healthy and delicious too!

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Upcoming Events Upcoming Events

Click here to register for Summer PLAY Events
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2025 PLAY Flyer (3).pdf
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Click here to register for Love Yourself, Love Your Baby
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Love Yourself, Love Your Baby round 2 (2).pdf
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Literacy Pop Up Sept 2025.pdf
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Loaves & Fishes Loaves & Fishes

Feonix Mobility Rising Feonix Mobility Rising

Talking is Teaching Talking is Teaching

Preschool Sign Up for 2025/2026 School Year Preschool Sign Up for 2025/2026 School Year

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Welcome Baby Home Visit! Welcome Baby Home Visit!

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Developmental Milestones Developmental Milestones

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CDC’s Developmental Milestones

Is your baby’s or young child’s development on track for his or her age? Young

children grow so fast it can be hard to know what to expect. With the newly updated

FREE Milestone Tracker app from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC), you can learn how children play, learn, speak, act, and move as they grow

and how you can support your child’s development.

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CDC’s FREE app for parents and care providers offers:

• Interactive milestone checklists in English and Spanish for children ages 2 months

through 5 years;

• The ability to adjust the checklist age if your child was born prematurely;

• Photos and videos that illustrate each milestone and make tracking them for your

child easy and fun;

• Your child’s milestone summary to share with others, like your child’s health care

provider;

• Tips and activities that can help your child’s development;

• Information on what to do if you have a concern about your child’s development;

• Reminders for appointments and developmental screening; and

• New milestone countdowns and custom user profiles

Learn more at www.cdc.gov/MilestoneTracker.

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CDC also offers an Information for Families section that includes some additional topics such as:

  • Free tools
  • Books for families
  • Resources to support developmental screeners
  • Helpful resources for parents
  • Resources to help promote your child development

Learn more at www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/parents/index

Little Free Library Little Free Library

Great Start Collaborative Family Coalition Little Free Library Initiative

Did you know that there are many Little Free Libraries in Hillsdale County... 18 of which we monitor.

The Great Start Collaborative Family Coalition members volunteer to help keep our Little Free Libraries stocked with children's books throughout the year.


For more information on Little Free Library please visit https://littlefreelibrary.org/

Mom Meet Up Mom Meet Up

When: Every Friday at 10am
Who: Moms and their little rascals
Where: Hillsdale First Baptist (across from the library)
What: A chance to spill coffee while chatting, and see who can stack the most toy blocks while making new mom friends

Prenatal & Postpartum Exercise Opportunity Prenatal & Postpartum Exercise Opportunity

Don't miss out! Prenatal/Postpartum Birth Ball Exercise Class is every Saturday at 10 am, 9 E Bacon (next to the library). It's FREE! All trimesters up to 2 years postpartum welcome. Join for fun, and maybe some belly laughs, that will also help to strengthen your core. Bring your ball and yoga mat if you have them. Let's have a great time together!

Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center Helping Hands Pregnancy Resource Center

CAA Offerings CAA Offerings

BHSJ Community Health Agency BHSJ Community Health Agency

THC and Pregnancy - Lock It Up 2025!

MDHHS Offerings MDHHS Offerings

CAPA Offerings CAPA Offerings

Free CPR & Heimlich Training for Caregivers | capahillsdale

Would you know what to do if a child stopped breathing or began choking? This free, hands-on training is designed to teach everyday caregivers the lifesaving basics of CPR and the Heimlich maneuver. 18 years & older.

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Karen's House Karen's House

MSU Extension Offerings MSU Extension Offerings

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Child Care Child Care

Looking for child care in Hillsdale County?


Great Start to Quality allows you to search for all licensed programs in Michigan. You can search in the ways that are most important to you, whether it is by area, cost, or specific needs.


https://greatstarttoquality.org/find-programs/

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