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Creative Arts Activity for Preschoolers: Relief Prints

September 6, 2011

Tweet Tweet Children’s creativity blossoms through rich experience in the arts. According to Play Projects and preschool Standards by Gera Jacobs and Kathy Krowley, “Through the arts, children learn to express themselves and discover that they can represent their thoughts and ideas through many different media. The arts help children develop the concept that one [...]

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Guest Blogger Louise Roberts on A Good Provider: We are a Funky Breed

May 11, 2011

Tweet Tweet Over the years I have been a Day Home Provider I have met and are currently friends with many other providers. Of course the good ones, the ones who are genuine, loving and really care about the health, well-being and development of each individual child are the ones I associate with. We are [...]

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Guest Blogger Jessica Eginoire on Fostering Exceptional Relationships in Daycare

April 18, 2011

Tweet Tweet As a child care provider, our first job is to keep the children we care for safe, loved and provided for in our care, I also believe our second job is to keep their parents comfortable, informed and involved. In order to do our first job well, we must be able to do [...]

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Daycare Grants: Starting a Home Daycare & How to Start a Home Daycare Center

November 12, 2010

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What Daycare Providers Want Parents to Know Part 2

August 20, 2010

Tweet Tweet We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook fans who are daycare owners, to reveal information they would love to anonymously convey to parents. This information is helpful not only for parents who send their child to daycare, but also will help new daycare owners create and enforce policies for their daycare business. Advice fell into [...]

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Environmentally Friendly Daycare Playground Environments: Interview with Matt Haugh Part 1

July 7, 2010

Tweet Tweet Increasingly, more family daycare businesses are becoming environmentally safe and responsible.  Child care providers are special taking measures (as an important component of their daycare jobs) to ensure that the environment provides the best in health for children, offer locally-grown or organic food, and celebrate multiculturalism. Matt Haugh directs sales and marketing for [...]

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OwnADaycare.com Website Updated – What Do You Think?

May 4, 2010

Tweet Tweet Last night our programmers worked feverishly to put the final touches on the new OwnADaycare.com – in the next month you will see even more updates and features coming – please, tell us what you think about the new site below – do you have tools/resources you could use? Let us know and [...]

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Preparing for Kindergarten: Interview with Dr. Gloria Rothenberg, Part 2

April 30, 2010

Tweet Tweet Preparing for kindergarten is an important topic for many parents, early childhood educators, and daycare providers.  In our interview with Dr. Gloria Rothenberg, clinical psychologist and school psychologist at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Kindergarten Center in New York, Dr. Rothenberg describes signs of kindergarten readiness in the areas of concept development, physical, social, and [...]

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Presidents’ Day Preschool Reading and Resource List: Free President’s Day Worksheets

January 29, 2010

Tweet Tweet Presidents’ Day is a holiday which honors two presidents of the United States: Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. Presidents’ Day is celebrated in the United States on the third Monday in February. Celebrate Presidents’ Day in your daycare center by reading age appropriate stories that focus on great presidents, the presidency, and President’s [...]

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Valentine’s Day Caterpillar Craft for Preschoolers: Fine Motor Activity

January 25, 2010

Tweet Tweet When developing curriculum, daycare providers must include age-appropriate activities for young children that develop fine motor skills. This Valentine’s Day Caterpillar craft is an activity that will support a Thanksgiving unit as well as promote visual motor coordination, bilateral coordination, and hand strength. Fine motor skills are actions that involve the small movement [...]

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