January RTG Newsletter
Happy New Year!
Dear Ready to Grow Friend,
On behalf of the Ready to Grow team (RTG), I would like to wish you a 2026 filled with health, loved ones, prosperity, and joy! 2025 was an eventful year with both significant ups and downs within our local and state-wide early care and learning community.
RTG has the good fortune to work alongside committed, caring, and thoughtful early educators and program leaders dedicated to high quality early care and learning for all children. What these educators are creating in their programs and throughout St. Joseph County is changing how we live and work and how we relate to each other, the children in our care, and their families. They inspire us every day with their curiosity, persistence, creativity, and openness to learning and growing.
In this season of reflection as we embark on 2026 with renewed vigor and dedication, we are grateful for this community and for all the educators who remind us that light is not the absence of darkness. It’s the act of shining right through it.
The rest of the January Newsletter can be accessed here in English and Spanish.
With gratitude,
Terri and the RTG Team
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FREE EBOOK: The Core Need of Certainty Playbook
Ever wonder why some children resist transitions, try to control everything, or cling to your side? These behaviors are often a child's way of seeking certainty - a core need deeply connected to their sense of safety.
This playbook, found inside the Child Compass course, helps you recognize the cues, understand what's happening in a child's nervous system, and respond with simple, practical strategies like visual schedules, gentle transition warnings, and consistent routines. When children feel certain about their world, they can relax, connect, and thrive.
Download the free book here
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Pro Bono Counseling Project With MHAM
Did you know? MHAM works hard to provide free counseling for the Michiana community with their Pro Bono Counseling Project: https://buff.ly/3t5uKmQ
Short term therapy is a great service for individual, couples and families with acute problems. Once your application is received, it will be reviewed to make sure you're a good candidate for this project.
We're here to help you take the next steps.
mhamichiana.org | 574-393-8809, ext. 3
Pro Bono Counseling Project Application: here.
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