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March is Music in our School Month
by Janine Including music in your program and helping to cultivate a love of music in the children you teach can have lifelong benefits. Preschool music and movement plays an important role in child development. Children who play or sing … Continue reading
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February is Heart Health Month
by Janine February is Heart Health Month. Here are a few activities to use to help make this month more than just Valentine’s. Heart Beats Bring in a good quality stethoscope. Show the children how to use the stethoscope to … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, activity, child care, childcare, children, classroom, daycare, family daycare, February, healthy, heart, heart beat, ideas, preschool, valentine
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Child Care Room Arrangement Tips
Create clear visual boundaries, making it apparent to children where learning areas stop and start. Define child care areas with shelving units, equipment with backs, area rugs, etc. Each learning area should be separate, and its own entity and area. … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, areas, environment, preschool, room, room arrangment
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Gobble! Gobble! Turkey Activities for Child Care
by Janine It’s almost Thanksgiving, and that means it’s time to start making turkeys in your classroom! Here are a few of my favorite Turkey crafts! Name Turkey Have the child trace and cut out their foot on brown construction … Continue reading
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Fun Fall Science Activities
By Janine Fall is a great time to bring the outdoors inside and celebrate nature with your class. Here are a few ideas to get you started… Fun with Leaves: Go on a Leaf Hunt Chart or graph information such … Continue reading
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Tagged acorn, activities, activity, autumn, child care, childcare, children, classroom, corn, fall, family daycare, leaf, leaves, preschool, pumpkin, science
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National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
By Janine Did you know that September is National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month? According to the Center for Disease Control, 17% (or 12.5 million) of children and teens between the ages of 2 and 19, are obese. This rate has … Continue reading
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Tagged activity, caregivers, child care, childcare, children, healthy, movement, moving, obesity, obest
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Welcome Back to School Ideas
by Janine Starting the new school year off on the right foot is very important for both teachers and their students. Some children may be excited and ready to learn while others may be a bit more reserved or even … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, activity, back to school, care, caregivers, children, craft, family daycare, get to know, preschool, welcome
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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
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Tagged activity, christmas, craft, homemade, make, memory, ornanments, snowflake ornament, snowman
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