In partnership with the United Way for Southeastern Michigan and ECIC, Detroit Public Television (DPTV) has produced 41 one-minute video vignettes that focus on the importance of early childhood learning and encourage parents and caregivers to take advantage of ELC programs in metro Detroit.

Each vignette provides tips on positive ways to interact with children to stimulate their interest in learning and promote healthy development. At the end of each vignette, viewers are invited to contact 211 for more information about early childhood development and ELC programs. The vignettes will appear on DPTV's new channel (56.2) and will be distributed to many outlets - such as hospitals, doctors' offices, Department of Human Services' offices - where parents, caregivers and families would have opportunities to see them.

The vignettes:

1. Labeling and sorting toys
2. Laundry basket classroom
3. Treasure basket
4. Make a shopping list
5. Outdoor play is good
6. Emphasizing sizes and shapes
7. Measuring with shoes
8. Kids help in the kitchen
9. Talking to infants
10. It's all about me
11. It's alive!
12. Just around the corner
13. More crackers
14. Opening the curtains
15. Put kids' names in stories
16. I spy
17. Counting game
18. Open ended material
19. Ingredients for a play space
20. Things to discover outdoors
21. Hide and seek
22. Estimation games
23. Mealtime
24. Child-sized choices
25. Waiting in line
26. Moving with infants
27. Naptime rules
28. Talking with kids
29. Furniture structures
30. Bringing the outdoors in
31. Silent moves
    
32. Getting down on kids' level
33. Reverse copycat
    
34. Traffic light
35. Avoid labeling
36. Benefits of problem solving
37. Find something to wiggle or twist
38. Miniature milestones
39. Nutrition
40. Create activities based on kids' interests
41. Have kids tell their own stories