Various organizations, states, and nations recognize a number of observances each month. Resources help parents, caregivers, and child care professionals acknowledge and navigate them.

The Pennsylvania Child Care Association has established a new partnership with Alvernia University to offer T.E.A.C.H. bachelor’s degree scholarships.

As part of national Mental Health Awareness Month, the Child Mind Institute has released a list of the best books of 2024 for children that tackle topics relating to mental health.

This month’s Buzzword is COUNT, which means to name numbers in order.

The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books will celebrate the city’s literary community and draw poets, authors, and readers to the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

The University of Pittsburgh’s Theiss Training Center for Trauma and Early Childhood Mental Health will host a three-part online course revolving around trauma in August and September.

Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) announced that Kimberly Rode will be OCDEL’s director of the Bureau of Early Intervention Services and Family Supports.

Using the imagination and pretending to be others - whether fantastical characters from movies or more practical societal roles - is a rite of passage in childhood. 

Inspired by Fred Rogers, former Gov. Tom Wolf declared the 143rd day of the year as “143 Day,” a number that Mr. Rogers used as his special code for “I Love You.”