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The Importance of Early Childhood Educators

We understand the magnitude of investing in kids’ education.  

Have you heard about the development of a child’s brain before age 5? 

Preschool education curriculum is important, and there is so much more! Click the button below to learn more about the significance of childhood development, childhood caregivers, and the importance of Early Childhood Educators. 

"Play is the work of childhood."

Play contributes to so much of our children’s development. When we provide engaging, hands-on opportunities, our kid’s learning is enhanced. We can help to nurture children’s curiosity, development and foster a love for learning! 

Teach Like...

Have you seen these phrases before? Who inspires you from your childhood? 

These characters show us the importance of the relationship and the deep impact an educator can have. 

Patience, trust, kindness, understanding, getting involved…what’s most important to you as an educator? Who will you be for your students?

Beyond ABCs and 123s

This article is from a guest writer, Kimberly Hayes. She shares about providing your child with unique experiences to enhance their learning. This article offers a comprehensive roadmap of eight inventive approaches to enrich your child's educational experience beyond the boundaries of the classroom. 

Sensory Play

Sensory bins can simple & cheap to make-- and they create a great hands-on learning experience for children of all ages! Sensory bins can help develop skills such as fine motor, cooperative and imaginative play, practical life skills of scooping, pouring, dumping—and more! Click below to read on for ideas on what to put in your sensory bin as well as tips to make it a successful play and clean up time!

Tasty Tips

Does your learning center serve meals or the children pack their lunch? We have a great chef that prepares our children (and staff) healthy homecooked meals—breakfast, snack and lunch. We encourage our teachers to sit with the children at meal times and properly role model manners, conversation and healthy habits. Mealtimes are an essential part of their learning day! We can even extend the learning into clean up time. So how do you encourage the children at meal times? What do you discuss? Why do we serve a variety of foods?

Here are some Tasty Tips:

New Year Activities for Kids

New Year New You? Be sure to reflect and celebrate the positives of the past year as you look forward making your resolutions.

And for the kids? Let's have some fun! Read more to see some activity ideas to celebrate New Year (or Noon Year) with your students!

Empowering Educations: Advice to Teachers from teachers

Are you joining the wonderful world of education? Have you been an educator and are in need of a reminder of why you chose the career of Education? Teachers truly play a pivotal role and their dedication, passion, and commitment to fostering a positive learning environment are unparalleled. We hope teachers can find inspiration, practical tips, and a sense of camaraderie. Teaching is not merely a job; it's a calling that demands continuous growth, adaptability, and resilience. Part of our mission is to equip teachers with the tools they need to overcome challenges, enhance their teaching, and create an inclusive, fun and encouraging learning environment.

Click the link for Teacher Tips from some of your fellow teachers in the field today!

It's Time to Clean Up!

Its time to clean up! Does that make you squirm? Do you immediately feel stressed? Transitions and clean up time can be challenging. In fact, think about a time when you were into something whether it be work, exercise, or a hobby. What if someone just came in and shouted from the other side of the room “Stop! Put everything away. Let’s go!”. That would be hard and evoke some feelings, right? Read on to learn some tips and tricks to help your classroom run smoothly.

Positive Talk

When a child gets dropped off to your classroom and is crying do you reassure them with "It's okay", and then immediately try to redirect them? 

How about when a child does something you do not like--do you say "No thank you!!"? These are two well-intended common phrases many teachers use in their classrooms. Read this article for some suggestions on turning these phrases more positive--and why.

Read it again!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Do you know...and can you recite the book without looking? Or maybe you have books that are falling apart from the little hands opening and closing them so many times! When your class asks for the same book to be read over and over how do you feel? 

Pause for a minute, and think about a favorite song, book, or movie of yours--and the feelings it brings when you visit it again and again. 

This article is to remind you that even though there certainly are benefits in variety, there are actually a lot of benefits in reading the same story again and again....and again and again...