Nemcsa Early Head Start Cheboygan County

Nemcsa Early Head Start Cheboygan County No Cost Program for prenatal and children 0-3
Kiddos Learn Through Play
&
Parental Support A home-based program serving Infants, Toddlers and Pregnant Women

04/29/2026

When you and your child are in a group of people — in the car, at the park, or around the dinner table — stop and ask, "I wonder how many people are here?" Help count each person, one at a time. Counting this way helps them understand one-to-one correspondence, the concept of quantity, and the relationship between numbers and objects.

04/27/2026

Do you own a home in Emmet, Charlevoix, or Cheboygan county that needs critical home repairs? Northwest Michigan Habitat for Humanity can help you complete these repairs with up to $60,000 of financial assistance (dependent on funding availability). With no large up front costs and no monthly repayment, home repairs can be affordable! Call 231-348-6926 or email Hailey@northwestmihabitat.org to apply today!

04/16/2026

Please tell others about your family's amazing experience in our Cheboygan County EARLY Head Start program, then encourage them to reach out to Tammy at 989-619-5698 to learn more!

04/10/2026

Safety doesn’t come from getting everything right.
It comes from being consistent, calm, and present.

When adults show up with steadiness, even in imperfect moments, that’s what truly helps children feel secure.

04/10/2026

Take off those shoes!

From Wilder Child

04/10/2026

That monster zucchini isn't a prize. It's the reason your plant stopped producing.

When a vegetable matures its seeds, the plant gets the signal: mission accomplished, stop flowering. Every day you delay picking, you're telling the plant to shut down. Pick daily and the plant keeps flowering, fruiting, and producing all season.

🌱 The ones that respond most:

- Zucchini — pick at six inches. The baseball bat on the vine is why you haven't gotten a new one in ten days

- Green beans — snap them off at pencil thickness. Once the seeds harden inside the pod, the plant stops flowering

- Cucumber — check daily. They go from perfect to oversized in forty-eight hours in warm weather. A yellow swollen cucumber is a seed factory and the vine's signal to quit

- Okra — the tightest window. Three inches is tender. Five inches is woody. Check every day once pods start forming

- Cherry tomato — every ripe one you pick sends a signal through the vine to open new flowers. A cluster of overripe splitting fruit signals the opposite

- Basil — every pinch above a leaf pair turns one stem into two. By midsummer a regularly pinched plant has dozens of stems. An unpinched plant is one tall stalk that flowers and dies

Pick daily. The picking is the trigger 🌿

04/10/2026

Easy DIY kids suncatcher craft that builds fine motor skills, creativity, and focus

This simple suncatcher activity is more than just pretty window art… it’s real learning happening right in your kitchen.

Little hands are:
• Mixing and stirring to build coordination
• Pressing flowers to strengthen fine motor skills
• Making design choices to boost creativity and confidence
• Practicing patience while waiting for it to dry

And the best part? It feels like magic when the sunlight shines through.

Save this for a rainy day, a quiet afternoon, or when you need something that actually keeps your child engaged without a screen.

Follow for more easy kids activities that support real development

04/10/2026

The Cheboygan County Child Advocacy Council and Great Start Collaborative are gearing up for our 3rd Annual Safety Day!

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512 Pine Street
Cheboygan, MI
49721

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+19896195698

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