Vroom Tips are the heart of Vroom Content.


The Full Tip Collection

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Remember when we covered the [Vroom Tips in 
Module 1](https://toolkit.vroom.org/module-1/vroom-tips-are-for-parents-and-caregivers?restored=1 "Module 1: Vroom Tips")? Now might be a good time to review those sections if you need a refresher!

Helpful Hint

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## Each combination of an activity and Brainy Background provides parents and caregivers with an easy way to help their child learn and grow.

If you are approved for an A.L.T. Vroom Content License, you will receive access to our full collection of 1,000+ Vroom Tips exported from our database. This Microsoft Excel document includes all of our tips, including both Vroom Activities and Brainy Backgrounds.   

These tips have been categorized to make it easier for you to sort and search the content. For example, if you run a nutrition program, you might want to focus on Vroom Tips that relate to food, shopping, or mealtime. Our system can help you easily find tips that fit your goals.

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__For each tip, the document includes:__ 

- Title 
- Tip number
- Vroom Activity
- Brainy Background
- Age range
- Tip categories
- Skills being developed through the activity
- Primary Brain Building Basic
- Additional relevant Brain Building Basics
- Other relevant information 

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This module will help you build your Adaptation Plan by asking you to think through key questions about how you want to use Vroom Content. Once you answer these questions, you should be ready to apply for an Adaptation, Localization and Translation (A.L.T.) Vroom Content License. 

Building Your Adaptation Plan

Module 4 Sections

Topic to Keep in Mind

Evaluating Resources

Internal Resources

Vroom Resources Available to You

Previously Translated Content

Languages

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Translated Content

What Vroom Cannot Provide

What Resources Can Vroom Provide? 

Quick Check

Quick Check: What Resources Can Vroom Provide? 

The Vroom Tips collection can be sorted and searched using tags. For example, you can search for tips that are based on activities to do with a child at bedtime by searching the tag “bedtime.”

About Searching and Sorting

Finding the Right Vroom Tips

There are six categories of tags in the database. Each category contains many tags, as you’ll soon learn. 

Keep in Mind

Tags: Supported Skills and Brain Building Basics

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Combining Tags

This content “batching” will also allow you to test your work along the way, get feedback and adjust your approach, if necessary. Content batching can also help break the adaptation process down into manageable blocks of work for you as well as our review and approvals process. 

When you adapt Vroom Content, we recommend breaking up the process into smaller pieces using these tags. Then you can prioritize the content that is most relevant for your audience and program.  

Using Tags as You Adapt

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For your application for an A.L.T. Vroom Content License, you will want to think through who in your organization will take on different parts of the adaptation process and which parts of your organization will be involved.  

Questions to Consider

You will want to consider the following questions:

A Sample Activation Plan

Here is an example of the planning process suggested by Child Care Aware of America:

Understand what is most appropriate for your community or activation in real time

Testing and Evaluation

Leverage Community Insights

High-Level Testing Guidance

Testing Methods

Points 3 &4

Representation matters! Find ways to ensure that the families you are seeking to reach are genuinely reflected in your approach.  

The Big Idea

Once Vroom Tips are adapted, they must be submitted to Vroom for approval.  


Vroom Approval

Remember [this process](https://www.vroom.org/for-professionals/adapting-vroom-content/page-2#:~:text=Steps%20to%20Adapting%20Vroom%20Content)? 

1. Toolkit
2. Application 
3. Application Review 
4. License Approval
5. Content Adaptation and Materials Development 
6. Adaptation and Materials Review 
7. Feedback and Iteration 
8. Approval

Review Process

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Your Responsibilities

All adaptations of Vroom Content and uses of Vroom Trademarks __must be reviewed__ by Vroom prior to use.   

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Before using or distributing adapted content

Here is a sample of the form we will ask you to use as you submit your adapted tips back to Vroom for review and feedback. There may be a few rounds of back-and-forth until an adapted tip is approved. 

Vroom Tip Adaptation Template

If you adapt Vroom Tips, you will need to ensure each one still has all four essential elements. 

Quick Check: Adaptation Review

You are almost done! Before you move on to starting your Vroom Content License application, we’ll look with a little more detail at the critical adaptation parameters. 

Adaptation Guidelines

Adaptation Do's & Don'ts

Keep language simple and accessible. All adapted Vroom Content should be at or below a primary school level. 

Simple Modifications

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General Changes (NSPCC Example)

Example Vroom Tip with minor changes

Example Sample Modifications

Pre-approved Adaptations

Remember, all final versions of content, including visual adaptations, must be submitted to Vroom for final review, approval, and archiving.  These adaptations may be shared with other communities.   