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LaDonna WerthMS

Extension Educator - Early Childhood - Virtual
Office: 402-336-2760

LaDonna is an experienced Early Childhood Extension Educator serving North Central Nebraska, with over a decade of expertise in developing innovative online classes for early childhood professionals. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Vocational Family and Consumer Science Education and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Nebraska–Kearney. Passionate about enriching the lives of children and families in rural communities, LaDonna delivers research-based programs tailored to their unique needs. Her signature program, Fit and Healthy Kids, offers monthly classes, online conferences, and on-demand sessions that blend technology with education. LaDonna collaborates with ten other state Extension Services and utilizes social media to share the latest research and innovative strategies, inspiring and educating families and early childhood professionals.

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LaDonna's Resources

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Fit and Healthy Kids

Fit and Healthy Kids is a team of Early Childcare experts from across the United States who offer online training opportunities. The programs feature diverse experts sharing evidence-based practices, resources, ideas, and the latest in research.
Fit and Healthy Kids | Nebraska Extension
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Marketing Tools for Early Childhood

The Fit and Healthy Kids team has developed several FREE marketing tools that you can use on your business’s social media accounts. Please share these early childhood messages with your families and colleagues and help us to support positive learning experiences for all children.
FREE Marketing Tools | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Materials for You - Early Childhood

The Fit and Healthy Kids team is committed to providing childcare professionals, teachers and families with resources that can benefit their business, their children and their families. It is our goal to bring you materials that can support you and your families.
Materials for YOU | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Family Engagement - Early Childhood

Family engagement happens in the home, early childhood settings, school, and the community and is a shared responsibility of all. It provides meaningful and effective strategies that impact a child's learning and achievement.
Family Engagement | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Discover and Design

Parents and caregivers will find many lessons that children can Discover & Design as a family or in a group setting. These one-page lessons have everything you need to introduce the activity, gather materials and view step by step instructions. We hope you enjoy working together with the young children in your life.
Discover and Design | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Learning In The Heartland

Bring books to life with virtual field trips and activities. These short exciting field trips help inspire questions, problem-solving, and observation to help children remember concepts longer.
Learning in the Heartland | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Meet LaDonna Werth

Meet our Virtual Extension Educator and her pasion to help childcare providers in rural Nebraska.
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On-Demand Early Childhood classes

We are excited to offer online/on-demand webinar opportunities featuring diverse experts sharing evidence-based practices, resources, ideas, and the latest in research. Our goal is to foster quality early learning experiences for children birth through 8 years old. Early Childhood webinars that fit your time schedule. These webinars are designed with you in mind. They are 2 hours of continuing education webinars for early childhood professionals that you take at your own pace.
24/7 On Demand Webinars | Fit and Healthy Kids
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One Hour Once Month Webinars

Don’t want to travel? Pull up a comfortable chair and join us on the web! These web-based sessions are for Early Childhood Professionals. The webinars are offered once a month from October to March. Watch live or a recording up to a week after the live session. These webinars are accepted in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Georgia, Arizona, Wisconsin and South Dakota.
One Hour, Once a Month Webinars | Fit and Healthy Kids
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Program Impact Stories for 2022

Learn about the impact that Fit and Healthy Kids and other early childhood programing has had in 2022
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Program Impact Stories for 2023

Learn about the impact that Fit and Healthy Kids and other early childhood programing has had in 2023
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Nebraska Extension Publications

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Education and Academics

LaDonna's Curriculum Vitae