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How Does Your Garden Grow?
What could be more appealing for young children than an opportunity to play in the dirt, to be creative and to watch things grow? Gardening with young children can be both fun and educational. Whether you are interested in planting … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Joni
Tagged children, gardening, gardens, gardens planiting children, planting, play, preschool
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Expanding Your Family Child Care to a Group Child Care Home
If you have a family childcare, maybe you have considered expanding your program to a group childcare home so you can serve more children. Your first step is to check your local laws and regulations. Each state is very different. … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Joni
Tagged daycare, educational, family daycare, group daycare, licensed, provider, regulations, requirements, training
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Fun With The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Janine The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a wonderful book to read to preschoolers. It has an easy to follow plot with bright and beautiful illustrations. I would like to share some ideas I have for enhancing story time with … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Janine
Tagged activities, book, carle, children, ideas, learning, lesson, play, preschoolers, science, story, story time, very hungry caterpillar
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Caring for Mixed Age Groups
Karina is not unlike many other family child care providers. She opens her home to care for four other children in addition to her own four year old son. She cares for a young infant and his two year sister … Continue reading
Posted in Administration, Joni
Tagged activities, age groups, care, caregivers, child care, childcare, children, family daycare, infants, mixed age, mulitage, providers, teachers, toddlers
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Penguin Theme for Preschool
by Ellen I have been collecting penguins ever since I was about 12 years old. So, when I taught preschool, I made sure to share my love of penguins with a penguin-themed week every winter. Penguins are a lot more … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Ellen, Uncategorized
Tagged activities, art, children, circle time, penguin, penguine theme, preschool, song, thematic, unit
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Tips from a TSS (Therapeutic Staff Support) Working with Children on the Autism Spectrum
~Carly Some of you may be asking what is Therapeutic Staff Support? A TSS provides one- on-one interventions to children of all ages in their home, school, or community setting. The TSS works on specific goals outlined within his or … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Carly, Development, Uncategorized
Tagged autism, autism spectrum, autistic, childcare, children, communication theraputic, goal, intervention, social, spectrum, TSS, verbal
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Make it a Home Made Christmas
`by Janine For children, Christmas is a magical time of year. It means Santa Claus, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and getting toys. However, even young children can understand that it is so much more than simply creating a list … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Janine
Tagged activity, christmas, craft, homemade, make, memory, ornanments, snowflake ornament, snowman
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The Importance of a Facebook Presence for Child Care
The Importance of a Facebook Presence for Child Care Don’t have a Facebook Page for your Child Care program? You are missing out! One of the easiest ways to market your child care program and communicate with current families is … Continue reading
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Tagged business, child care, child care program, childcare, customers, facebook, facebook page, families, market, marketing, website
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