If you are a childcare director, chances are you have your degree in the field of education or human services and not business. This means that you are great with…
Managing educator files, schedules, lesson plans, and more all in one place!
You either love paperwork or you don’t. Chances are, you don’t. Directing a daycare, managing staff, having high customer service, and being organized seems all too good to be true….
How to partner with parents of children with Autism
If you are currently an educator or director at a childcare center, chances are you have a diverse group of children in your care, including those with ASD. ASD stands…
Earth Day classroom activities to try
Each year, the world celebrates Earth Day, typically on April 22. As early childhood educators, however, we want to instill an ‘every day is earth day’ mentality in our children….
10 ways to increase family engagement at your childcare center
Community is something that every human craves. We all need a community to empathize with, laugh with, and go through phases of life with. During the daycare and preschool years,…
How to make a good first impression with parents
First impressions are not only important in relationships and friendships, they are “make and break” when it comes to new families enrolling their children in your childcare center. Now, more…
How to teach learning through play
We hear people say all the time, “Play is important. Play is necessary. Let them play.” But sometimes as educators, we feel like we don’t know how to do it…
Try these in your classroom: activities spotlight
All of us in early childhood education are always looking for new and fun ways to enhance our curriculum. It’s so wonderful when we stumble upon a database of activities…
Avoiding fatigue and repetition: activity inspiration
As childcare professionals, sometimes we feel like we are a character in the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray wakes up every morning to the exact same day over and…
Fun dinosaur preschool activities that children LOVE
When teaching certain topics and themes in early childhood education, it’s hard to know where to start. There are themes like dinosaurs, for example, that are so broad and ambiguous…