Curriculum Webbing: Winter Part 1
2025-12-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
This 2-part session focuses on how Curriculum Webbing allows Family Home Child Care Providers to coordinate diverse thoughts and ideas into an organized and manageable plan. Thematic Interests, age and stage appropriate development, and inclusive modifications can be incorporated in curriculum webs as FHCC providers plan engaging activities that support the learning process. Participants will be guided through the basics of curriculum webbing before going into breakout rooms with fellow ECE colleagues to begin to create their very own curriculum web.
Learning Objectives Include:
• The benefit of Curriculum Webbing
• The process of Curriculum Webbing
• Participants will begin to create their own curriculum web
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Webinar: Hively’s Guide to Covered California Open Enrollment - December
2025-12-03 19:00 - 20:00
Need help choosing a health insurance plan?
Join us for our FREE webinar to:

Understand your health insurance options through Covered California
Learn how to select the plan that best fits your family’s needs
Access Hively’s free enrollment assistance services

All three webinars will cover the same material!
When:

Tuesday, November 4
Wednesday, December 3
Thursday, January 8

Time: 7:00 – 8:00 PM PST
Where: ZOOM (join from anywhere!)
REGISTER HERE

Curriculum Webbing: Winter Part 2
2025-12-04 18:30 - 20:30 | CA

Music & Movement at Rincon Library
2025-12-05 09:30 - 11:30 | Rincon Library, 725 Rincon Avenue, Livermore
Enjoy songs and movement activities that help children build motor and social skills, increase independence, and support language development. Hively will be on-site assisting families with enrolling in Covered California and CalFresh, and we’ll also be giving out our usual resources — including diapers, children’s books, and clothing — in partnership with the Livermore Public Library.

Hometown Holiday Celebration Parade
2025-12-06 16:00 - 18:00 | Downtown Pleasanton, Main Street, Pleasanton
This community event is all about connection! While we won’t be distributing resources, we’ll be spreading holiday cheer. Stop by to say hello to Honey and see the Hive on Wheels dressed up for the season.
Parade Map HERE

Valley Family Child Care Association of Alameda County Monthly Membership Meeting
2025-12-09 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 | CA
Valley Family Child Care Association (VFCCA) is a group of professional licensed family home childcare providers in Alameda county. VFCCA was established in 1976 and is a Non-Profit organization that provides educational opportunities, support, networking, and fellowship for licensed family childcare professionals. The goal of VFCCA is to inform and educate its members to help create and encourage the highest quality of childcare.
The members of VFCCA meet once a month and share current information from licensing, as well as information from our local resource and referral agency. Together, all members are invited to share with the group information from workshops and other classes they have attended.”
VFCCA supports, advocates, and provides training and educational opportunities for in-home child care providers and their businesses.
To learn more about the association or to become a member, please feel free to:
– Contact Lisa Zarodney at (925) 337-0614
– Email vfcca2023@gmail.com
– Visit the VFCCA website

Forming Collaborative Relationships with Families
2025-12-09 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
This presentation focuses on building collaborative relationships with families in early childhood settings, with an emphasis on family-centered practices and reflective engagement. In addition, we will discuss strategies to help strengthen parent-child relationships and support family well-being through respectful, inclusive, and empathetic interactions.
Learning Objectives:
1) Participants will discuss the foundations of family-centered and routines-based practice in early childhood education settings.
2) Participants will analyze factors that influence the formation of relationships with and within families.
3) Participants will apply reflective practice principles to support and strengthen parent-child relationships.
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Hively Book Club
2025-12-10 13:00 - 13:30 | CA
Join us for our Book Club! Once a month we will read a new book, and each attendee will receive a copy of the book! Build your children’s book library and the tools to implement them into your child care program or home!
*Please note: All participants are expected to use the educational incentive for the children in their care and/or to build up their early literacy library in their program and/or home.
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POLL: Environmental Supports Part 1
2025-12-10 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
This 2-part session focuses on creating learning environments that reflect and honor children’s home languages and cultures. Participants learn how to use visual cues and print in both home languages and English, and how to design engaging spaces that spark children’s interests and foster meaningful language development.
Learning Objectives:
• Create environments that reflect children’s home language and culture
• Use visual cures and print in home language and English
• Design spaces that engage children’s interests and foster language
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POLL: Environmental Supports Part 2
2025-12-11 18:30 - 19:30 | CA

Hively Combined Listening Session
2025-12-12 13:00 - 14:00 | CA
Tri-Valley child care providers, please join Hively staff for our monthly listening session where we’ll engage in conversation with one another, offer program updates, upcoming training and workshops information, review new and changing regulations, answer any questions that you may have, etc.
REGISTER HERE

Preschool Strategies on How to Support ASD in the Classroom
2025-12-15 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Children on the autism spectrum have incredible strengths and unique ways of experiencing the world. Often, what challenges their ability to learn is not a lack of skill or intelligence, but difficulty regulating their bodies and emotions. This workshop explores the power of observation and how educators can attune to each child’s needs to foster connection, regulation, and learning.
Learning Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to apply techniques to attune to each child’s individual sensory, emotional, and behavioral needs.
2) Participants will be able to plan intentional learning experiences that integrate opportunities for regulation and engagement.
3) Participants will be able to reflect on their own responses and strategies to better support children’s regulation and learning.
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How to Choose Child Care with Hively
2025-12-16 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
Join Hively as we discuss considerations when choosing childcare. When selecting care, we must consider quality, availability, and affordability. Our goal is to empower our families so that they are confident in making an informed childcare choice that meets the family’s needs.
In this session, we will:
1) Learn about the different types of childcare
2) Help families think about what they would like to see in a childcare program
3) Learn about parent rights
4) Learn how to access information about programs
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Hively Virtual Evening Office Hours
2025-12-17 18:30 - 19:30 | CA
Family Home Child Care Providers, Center Based Child Care Providers, and Family, Friend, and Neighbor caregivers are welcome to address child care related questions, assistance with TA related to your Child Care Program/staff, or professional development opportunities, tracking, and earned hours during Hively’s Virtual Evening Office Hours.
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Partnerships for Trauma Recovery Event
2025-12-18 15:00 - 17:00 | Partnerships for Trauma Recovery, 2526 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley
Join us on Wednesday, December 18, for a community outreach event hosted by Partnerships for Trauma Recovery in Berkeley. Our team will be onsite to provide free CalFresh prescreening and Covered California/Medi-Cal enrollment support. Spanish-language assistance will be available.
Stop by to pick up free diapers, wipes, children’s clothing, and books, as well as hygiene kits provided by PTR.
This event is open to the public, and all are welcome!
Read the flyer to learn more.
PTR Flyer

Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy Pop-Up Event
2026-01-07 13:30 - 15:30 | Dr. Herbert Guice Christian Academy, 6925 International Blvd., Oakland
This event is open to the public, but it primarily targets families in the surrounding area, as it’s located across the street from an elementary school and public library. Our goal is to enroll families with CalFresh and Covered California while creating a safe and positive community space to share our resources — including books, diapers, and clothing.
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Instructional Supports: POLL Supporting Dual Language Learners
2026-01-08 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
This session provides an introduction to the instructional strategies used in POLL to support oral language development for dual language learners. Participants learn how to plan language experiences that reflect children’s home languages, cultures, and families, embed vocabulary-building into daily routines and play, and begin using strategies that promote meaningful language interactions throughout the day. Zoom
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Webinar: Hively’s Guide to Covered California Open Enrollment - January
2026-01-08 19:00 - 20:00

Hively Combined Listening Session
2026-01-09 13:00 - 14:00 | CA
Tri-Valley Child Care Providers, please join Hively staff for our monthly listening session where we’ll engage in conversation with one another, offer program updates, upcoming training and workshops information, review new and changing regulations, answer any questions that you may have, etc.
REGISTER NOW

Alameda County WIC - Livermore
2026-01-12 13:00 - 16:00 | Hively’s Livermore Office, 164 N. L Street, Livermore, CA
In partnership with Alameda County Women, Infants & Children (WIC) program, the Hive on Wheels will be at the WIC-Livermore location distributing diapers, wipes, children’s clothing and books. Our team of Ambassadors will be conducting five-minute CalFresh eligibility prescreening as part of our “Fresh in Five” campaign! All are welcome.
Click the link below for the event flyer.
WIC Event Livermore

Cultivating Compassion, Kindness, and Presence in Caregiving Contexts
2026-01-12 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Current research supports the efficacy of self-compassion and mindfulness practices as protective strategies for burnout in caregivers. Techniques that focus on increasing presence and self-kindness can assist with productivity, motivation, and interpersonal connection in the face of job-related and personal stressors. In this experiential training, caregivers will learn and practice essential skills for cultivating compassion and managing stress in both personal and professional contexts.
Objectives:
1) Participants will be able to identify essential components of mindfulness and self-compassion practices and how they can support the cultivation of ease and flexibility in caregiving contexts.
2) Participants will explore key research studies that demonstrate the impact of mindfulness and self-compassion practices for physical and mental wellbeing.
3) Participants will leave with a plan of 3 concrete self-care practices they can use to support caregiving roles.
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San Lorenzo Unified School District FRC Pop-Up
2026-01-14 13:00 - 15:30 | San Lorenzo Unified School District, 20450 Royal Avenue, Hayward, CA
Come join the Hive on Wheels at the San Lorenzo Unified School District FRC for a community food distribution, where you can get help applying for CalFresh benefits and pick up free diapers, wipes, children’s books, clothing, and coats for both children and adults.

Community Care Licensing Information Meeting with the Child Care Advocate
2026-01-14 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Community Care Licensing (CCLD) Essentials: Licensing Updates, Common Citations, and Incidental Medical Service Information
This workshop provides a comprehensive overview of critical information for community care providers, covering recent licensing updates, frequently cited deficiencies, and the ins-and-outs for that you should know regarding Incidental Medical Services. The goal is to equip attendees with the knowledge and resources necessary to maintain compliance, prevent deficiencies, and ensure that children are been provided services according to their needs efficiently. It will serve as a vital resource for community care providers. The emphasis is on fostering a culture of compliance and continuous learning to ensure the health and safety of individuals in care.
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Recordkeeping for Family Child Care Taxes
2026-01-17 09:30 - 11:30 | CA
Join Hively Staff and Fred Kenyon, Kenyon & Associates, for a Recordkeeping for Family Home Child Care Taxes presentation. Handouts will be made available to attendees via email by Kenyon & Associates.
Training Topics Include:

Information on Grants
What is Business Income
How do you Pay Yourself
Providers Family on Payroll – The Benefits
Selection of Business Type
Start Up Expenses
Time-Space Formula and more!

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South Berkeley Farmers Market
2026-01-20 14:00 - 16:30 | South Berkeley Famers Market, Adeline Street & 63rd Street
Come swing by the Hive on Wheels van, where you can get help with CalFresh application assistance and pick up free diapers, wipes, children’s books, clothing, and coats for both children and adults.

Take a Seat and Make a Friend: Social Connections
2026-01-22 18:30 - 20:30 | CA
Join Hively Staff to explore the importance of positive social connections. Families can have many different types of social connections that provide different types of support. No matter the type of connection – it should be positive – someone that is there for you, treats you well, and helps you be the best person you can be! Positive social connections can provide support when you need it, help you deal with stress and illness, are a positive influence, and bring out the best in you.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand the value of helping parents and families connect to others in a variety of ways that reduce their isolation and increase their social supports.
2. Discuss at least three ways that you can encourage parents to make these connections
3. Create some concrete plans to assist parents in developing new friendships and finding new resources of support- in the workplace or the community
The Strengthening Families Protective Framework, Part 2
CCIP ECE Competencies Topic: Family and Community Engagement
Check with your PGA to confirm this training counts as Professional Growth Hours
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Salaam Food Pantry Pop-Up
2026-01-24 09:00 - 12:00 | Salaam Food Pantry, 4080 Bay Street, Suite A, Fremont, CA
The Hive on Wheels will be joining the Salaam Food Pantry for their on-site food distribution. After receiving their food, community members are welcome to stop by the van to receive free diapers, wipes, clothing, and books. Need food assistance? We can also provide on-site CalFresh pre-screenings to see if you qualify for free groceries.

Madrone Terrace Outreach Pop-Up
2026-01-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Madrone Terrace, 16060 E 14th Street, San Leandro, CA, 94578
The Hive on Wheels will be at Madrone Terrace with free diapers and wipes, children’s books and clothing. We will also be conducing onsite, five-minute CalFresh prescreenings, as part of our “Fresh in Five” campaign! This event is open to the public. See you there!

DRDP (2025) for Teachers Early Adoption Training
2026-01-26 18:00 - 21:00 | CA
This 3-hour virtual session is designed for professional development providers, facilitators, teachers, administrators, and coaches who support or assist with the DRDP assessment.
The Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) (2025) assessment tool provides guidelines for teachers to observe, document, and reflect on a child’s knowledge and skills in everyday settings.
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As a result of this training, the participants will be able to:

Describe DRDP revisions.
Identify authentic settings for collecting observations
Discuss available resources that support DRDP implementation

CCIP ECE Competencies Topic:
Observation, Screening, Assessment, and Documentation
Check with your PGA to confirm this training counts as Professional Growth Hours
