For every child care center, parent engagement is a key part of the community and family that it makes. Some centers do struggle and some centers excel at getting families…
Creating a Hands-On Learning Curriculum at Your Center [Webinar]
In this webinar, we welcomed Kennen Hutchison, Virologist, Educator, and Science Communicator. Kennen dove into why hands-on projects are important for enhancing learning and sparking creativity in young children. He…
Focusing on Play Before Pencils
On this week’s episode of the Preschool Podcast, we chat with Tania Ferrandino, Occupational Therapist and Senior Professional Learning Producer at Learning Without Tears. Tania dives into the importance of…
Preschool educator evaluations the fun and effective way (with a free template)
What if I told you that staff evaluations can be a fun and collaborative experience? What if you’ve been doing it all wrong this whole time and all you need…
How to Incorporate Yoga & Mindfulness into the Preschool Classroom
In this episode of The Preschool Podcast we connect with Michelle Faber, CEO of Little Yogis. Little Yogis partners with child care centers and schools to bring in the practice…
Loose Parts: The Play Framework You Need to Know! [Webinar]
In this webinar, we welcomed Carla Ward, Early Childhood Educator and Owner of Early Learning Foundations. Carla gave us the 5 Ws of Loose Parts and highlighted the #1 mistake…
Finding the Best Child Care System for Your Center
In this episode of The Preschool Podcast, we connect with “The Systems Queen” Andrea Dickerson on child care systems and how directors and owners can use an organized approach that…
Captain of the Ship: Sailing Your Center To Success! [Webinar]
In this webinar, we welcomed Ron Shuali, M.E.d. And founder of Ronspeak. Ron discussed different ways to create a win-win culture at your child care center and how educators and directors…
Professional development opportunities for early childhood educators
There are learning opportunities abound for early childhood educators, from formal conferences and events to informal opportunities such as reading and mentors. Though you may have thought your school days…
9 Ways to Help Parents Appreciate All Your Hard Work
Things have really changed for childcare in these pandemic times and one of those big changes is that parents aren’t really coming into the center to drop off and pick…