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Does Your Daycare Transport Kids?

March 12, 2013

Tweet Tweet There are many child care providers who don’t transport children at all anymore due the liability today. A daycare provider asks:  “This fall my daughter is starting School and I will be transporting her as well as my dayhome children to the school and back each day. This is a new step for [...]

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Summer Poems, Songs and Finger Plays for Preschoolers

July 23, 2012

Tweet Tweet Celebrate summer in your in-home family daycare or daycare center through fun songs and finger plays with a summer theme. Consider teaching the following summer songs, poems and finger plays in your child care center. They are great activities for circle time in your daycare: Summer Sun [1] The summer sun in the sky Shining, shining [...]

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Daycare Dilemmas Solved How to Get Parents to Take Home Their Child’s Arts and Crafts

April 17, 2012

Tweet Tweet Are you tired of your daycare parents leaving art and craft projects behind or seeing them in the car as they leave?  The children in your daycare have are proud of their work and you are proud of the process. We asked the OwnADaycare Facebook fans how they handle the situation and for [...]

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Field Trip and Activity Permission Slips for Daycare

March 20, 2012

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual policies and procedures. However, all daycare providers must issue standard childcare authorization forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees.  The field trip or activity authorization form, gives the children in your care permission to leave the facility [...]

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Spring and Easter Sensory Bin Ideas for Daycare

February 24, 2012

Tweet Tweet Sensory and dramatic activities help children develop a sense of touch and help enhance their ability perceive their environment accurately. Exposing children to a variety of textures further supports fine motor skill development. Buy or create a sensory table or sensory bin which is any type of container that can be filled with [...]

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More Homemade Art and Craft Supply Recipes for Daycare

February 21, 2012

Tweet Tweet Art supplies for home daycare businesses can be expensive. However you can save some money by making simple craft materials. These are the craft materials that children in your home daycare use over and over in creative arts activities or free play. Here are some recipes for play dough, face paint, silly putty, decoupage [...]

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Marble Painting Creative Arts Lesson Plan for Preschoolers

February 17, 2012

Tweet Tweet Why do children need creative arts activities? According to Sarah Gable in her article “Creativity in Young Children”, “Creativity is more than a product — it’s a process. An interesting painting, a thought-provoking writing, or a unique response, may be examples of creative work, but the decisions people make as they paint, sculpt, [...]

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Homemade Gift Ideas for Your Daycare Kids

November 18, 2011

Tweet Tweet With the holidays approaching, daycare owners are trying to figure out what, if anything, to give their daycare kids and parents. We asked the OwnADaycare on Facebook members, “what are some homemade gift ideas for Christmas for the children in your daycare”? Our members who are also daycare owners responded to provide their best [...]

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Arts and Craft Ideas for Very Young Children in Multi-age Daycare

October 12, 2011

Tweet Tweet Many daycare providers care for groups of multi-age children.  It can be challenging to provide arts and craft activities (creative arts activities) for multi-age groups. We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook fans who are daycare owners if they provide arts and crafts activities for young children between 16 months and 20 months of age [...]

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Fine Motor Preschool Activity: Paint with a Cotton Swab

August 10, 2011

Tweet Tweet When developing curriculum, daycare providers must include age-appropriate activities for young children that develop fine motor skills. This cotton swab painting  activity will support an fine arts unit as well as promote visual motor coordination, bilateral coordination, and hand strength. Fine motor skills are actions that involve the small movement of hands, wrists, [...]

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