Own a Daycare Blog » through http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:32:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Teaching Irish-American History in Daycare through St. Patrick’s Day http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/teaching-irish-american-history-in-daycare-through-st-patricks-day http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/teaching-irish-american-history-in-daycare-through-st-patricks-day#comments Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:03:20 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=575 Related posts:]]> Every March daycare teachers and day-care providers have a chance to teach the children in their class a little bit about the culture and history of Ireland and the United States, by celebrating Irish-American History Month. Perhaps the most effective way to do this is by exposing the children to a simple and well-known aspect of Irish-American History; and what better topic to discuss than St. Patrick’s Day.

Teaching daycare concerning Ireland as well as St. Patrick’s Day

Begin your lesson plan with a short setting about Ireland. The simplest way to start is by getting a map of the world or a model of the earth like globe or world map, and showing the children where Ireland is located. Afterwards show them the national flag of Ireland and tell them what the colors on their flag stand for.
Once you’ve given the children the basic facts about Ireland, you may now introduce St. Patrick and why St. Patrick’s Day is being celebrated. Tell them a bit about the popular symbols of St. Patrick’s Day including: the four leaf clover, plus the leprechauns, and blarney stone, or the rainbows, along with the pot of gold. You can also give them a background about the national symbol of Ireland which is no other than the shamrock.

Then, give some details on why the shade of green is so prominent on St. Patrick’s Day. For instance, tell the children that green represents nature and hope. You can also ask them to give examples of green things that can be found in nature.

The following are daycare books about St. Patrick’s Day. Be sure to check them out, as you can use these books as guides or sources of useful information.

• St. Patrick’s Day Countdown written by Salina Yoon. This powerful, multi-coloured board book aids tally the days pending St. Patrick’s Day with the jungle friends.
• Let’s Celebrate St Patrick’s Day written by Peter Roop. This delightful image book discovers the history, or customs, plus the folklore of St. Patrick’s Day along with a craft plus a recipe.
• Jack and the Leprechaun written by Ivan Robertson and Katy Bratun. Jack the mouse spends the daytime trying to grasp a leprechaun even as he visits his cousin in Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day.

There are also a wide variety of simple St. Patrick’s Day activates that you can do with the children in your class. We have outlined some examples below.

Shamrock ice-cream Sandwiches

Pre-mix some honey cookie dough and place it in a Ziploc bag. Then add some lime food colouring and have the children in your class squish the container until the green food coloring is all over the dough. Take out the dough and flatten it with a rolling pin. Cut the dough by means of a shamrock cookie reaper (you can let the children help with this). Bake the shamrock-shaped dough and allow them to cool. Put some frosting or soft ice cream amid the cookies and dish up.

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]]> http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/teaching-irish-american-history-in-daycare-through-st-patricks-day/feed 0 Reducing Liability Insurance Through Daycare Franchises http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/reducing-liability-insurance-through-daycare-franchises http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/reducing-liability-insurance-through-daycare-franchises#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:55:46 +0000 Mary http://www.ownadaycare.com/blog/?p=172 Related posts:]]> Daycare center is perhaps the type of business that is most sensitive to liabilities arising from the fact that their clients are children who are very much prone to accidents and injuries, both physical and emotional. The expenses for damages in cases of negligence or inattentive staff, especially when the injury sustained is of permanent nature, could go sky high. We are aware that parents will tirelessly pursue compensation for any injury their children sustain while in a daycare center.

Studies have shown that accident is the leading cause of death among children between birth and five years of age. Accident is also the leading cause of emergency room cases of non-fatal injuries among children. A big number of children are permanently disabled every year due to accidental injuries. And this kind of accidents do happen to children whether they are at home or in a daycare centers.

Children, by nature, are injury-prone as they are fragile but insistent. When they fall, they keep on standing up and repeat again and again what they were doing that caused the fall. They tend to climb everything within reach and grasp things that caught their fancy. Even if you watch them attentively, a slight distraction on your part could mean an accident resulting to injury.

No parent will admit that it is her child who is at fault because a child is a child. It is always the fault of the person providing care to the child. For this reason, a liability insurance will free the owner of the daycare center from obligations and expenses. It is also for this reason that premium for liability insurance for daycare centers is very high. You really have to shell out a lot of money to buy the protection you need in running your daycare center.

Daycare business franchising is an alternative to spread the cost of home childcare liability coverage over a large number of franchisees, thus reducing the premium paid for by individual businesses. Instead of getting an individual daycare liability insurance for your own home daycare center, the franchise will be getting the insurance coverage for all franchisees, thus getting a hefty discount in the process. The individual franchisees will then pay the franchise their share of the insurance premium.

A daycare business franchise also helps the member daycare centers on such matters as training of personnel to prevent accidents and injuries to the children. They can also provide legal assistance should a member daycare center be involved in costly litigations for damages resulting from accidents and injuries.

Because of exposures to situations where liability may arise such food-borne pathogens and illnesses due to contact with other sick children, a daycare center will be protected from expenses arising out of litigations and payment of damages if it is adequately covered by a liability insurance secured by a franchise.

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