Schedule TourNew Year’s Resolutions are often motivated by the states of being and people we hold nearest and dearest, including our health and our families. As 2015 gains steam, you may be working on adapting choices that you made on January 1 to your real life, trying to balance idealistic principles with the rigors of each …
Strategies to Help Parents and Day Care Teams Work Together
Kidspace Child Enrichment Center is so much more than just a child care center. We actively work toward promoting the growth and success of children and their families. One of the most effective ways to ensure that the services we provide are working for each family is to engage in strong, ongoing communication with parents …
How to Teach Your Kids About Diversity
Children living in today’s United States are exposed to a wide variety of racial and cultural diversity, creating the potential for well-rounded perspectives and an appreciation of all that we both share and have to learn from others. Whether or not your child is asking questions about different cultures depends largely on the diversity of …
Halloween Safety Tips for Parents
Halloween is an exciting holiday, intended to thrill and inspire kids of all ages. Parents are often amazed at the creativity unleashed in their children as they dream up costumes and even voices for the characters they wish to portray. There are many ways to encourage creativity in your kids, including allowing them to help …
Children’s Problem Solving Abilities Enhanced with Music
According to a new study, children who undertake early musical training are able to retain information more readily and develop excellent problem solving skills. The children surveyed played an instrument for at least two years and took private music lessons. …
The Best Profession in the World
Lots of people ask, “how can you do this (teaching) day after day? I’d be in a looney bin if I had your job.” No matter how many times we hear that statement (and we hear it often), we’re always so surprised. Why wouldn’t everyone want to spend their days observing, learning, interacting,teaching, guiding, …
ROBINS – The Great Pumpkin Investigation
As most of you know, over the last few months, the Robins have been conducting an in-depth long term study of pumpkins. Please take a look at all we’ve been learning… It all began in September, just weeks after school started. Miss Dawn brought in some green pumpkins her neighbor had grown. The …
DEVELOPING FINE MOTOR SKILLS
In our last Spotlight post, we focused on emergent writing. This week, we’d like to take a step back and look at the importance of practicing fine motor skills, which refers to any small movements of the hand. We know that before we can even think of helping young children learn to write, we must provide …
ROBINS – C is for CUPCAKE!
It’s fun to learn math concepts, especially when the finished work is a pumpkin cupcake! Next week another recipe with pumpkin. Miss Julie and Miss Crystal …
ROBINS – Banana Parfaits
Next, we cut the bananas. Cutting and peeling help us practice our dexterity and fine motor skills. Then we used a package of vanilla pudding and made it according to the directions. Learning to read recipes and follow directions help us to understand the importance of reading. …
BLUEBIRDS – Leaves and Pumpkins
How fun to be able to use a hammer! Bluebirds drove little spikes into pumpkins with the aid of safety goggles. This is a great way to learn hand dexterity for fine motor skills and balance. …
BLUEBIRDS October 2013
Bluebirds walk to gymnastics with our “friendship rope”. Children group together by twos and not only share conversation, but companionship as well, as we walk down the trail to Naydenov Gymnastics. …