Summer Activities Your Kids Will Love

Summer activities your kids will love 😎🌞🌻

It’s nearly here, are you ready? Whether you love summer like me or dread the heat, it’s time to do some planning and get ready to have those schoolers with you all day! Early childhood programs often take a break from their regular curriculum in summer to focus on different things.  Here are some ideas […]

Allergic food reactions can happen anytime…

A few days ago, a friend told me that she had gone to a sushi restaurant the week before and she didn’t know what she’d eaten that triggered it but her eyes and lips swelled up immediately. The swelling lasted for several days and was painful. “I couldn’t leave the house.” She was really concerned […]

The Power of Mirror Play

  Do you work in the baby room? If so, you are one of the lucky ones! Watching babies unfold and become aware of the world around them is so fun! In the first twelve months of life, children grow and learn exponentially faster than any other time in their life. A big developmental task in […]

Developing a Leadership Vision as Child Care Director

Creating a vision of what you want you childcare center to look like is the first thing you should do when you take over a leadership position. Even if you work for a company that already has a vision for itself, you can take that vision and make it your own by bringing your own […]

Young children have strengths, too!

My daughter is a first grade teacher. One year, there was one little girl in her class who really gave her a run for her money. Constantly interrupting during circle time, putting her nose in other people’s business, being bossy, just generally behaving like a child in need of love and attention. About midway through […]