AI Support Hub for Family Child Care
Practical guides, examples, and updates to help you use AI tools in your daily work.
Welcome to Our AI Hub!
This site grew out of the AI trainings I led at the National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) conference — but it’s designed to support far more than just that one session. Whether you were in the room at NAFCC or are arriving here for the first time, the goal is the same: to give family child care providers and the organizations that support them a practical place to learn, experiment, and grow with AI.
Inside you’ll find plain-language guides, examples, and tools that make sense for real daily work — from drafting parent letters to exploring image and video tools, or building your skills in prompting. You don’t need a tech background to start, and you can move at your own pace.
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The AI landscape is changing quickly, and this hub will continue to evolve alongside it. Come back often to see what’s new and to keep finding ways AI can work for you.
Warning! AI evolves daily. Ignore tutorials older than 90 days — sometimes even 30. Always check dates when searching.
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Large Language Models
The major Large Language Models: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity—what they are, when to use them, and how they differ.
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The Keys to Success:
Prompting Skills
How to give AI clear, effective instructions using simple frameworks and examples.
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Text-to-Image
Tools
Create pictures for lessons, flyers, and parent posts. Tips for prompting and editing.
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Handle With Care:
Risks and Ethics
Understand the limits, spot common pitfalls, and learn practical guardrails for using AI safely in family child care.
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Text-to-Video
Tools
Direct your own movies! Generate short clips for social media, story time or training intros and stitch them into simple stories.
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Resources to Take You to the Next Level
Curated explainers, websites, and materials to help you go deeper and take your AI learning beyond the basics.