Early childhood education
Bullying in School – How to Handle Being Bullied
From William F McCuin Sr Bullying: Who Started It? The bus driver? The children riding the bus? Parents meeting the bus? Does it matter? Really, as an adult ask yourself that question, and the answer is: it doesn’t matter, because the truest answer is: an adult started it. We teach our children everything good and…
Read MoreThe Gross Motor Learning Center
From Mary Beth Collins You have your preschool classroom all set up with all the learning centers: reading, fine motor, arts, science or discovery and dramatic play. You are not through yet. You still need to have a gross motor learning center. This is where children go to use their large muscles. It is easy…
Read MoreThe Reading Learning Center
From Mary Beth Collins When you are starting a preschool or daycare, you are going to set up different learning centers around your classroom. The learning centers are arts, dramatic play, fine motor, gross motor, discovery/science, reading and computer. What goes into the reading or quiet learning center? This is a place the children can…
Read MoreShould I Put the Price in My Preschool Flyer?
From Mary Beth Collins You are ready to sell your preschool to parents and their children! Do you want to spend hours with each parent trying to convince them that your preschool is the best or the one for them? Do you want to explain every detail of your preschool individually to every family that…
Read More6 Tips to Market Your Preschool or Daycare
From Mary Beth Collins I have been asked by many of my subscribers to give them ideas on how to grow their enrollments. So, I would like to give you a few pointers that can help in this area. I will start with 6 quick tips to grow enrollment that don’t cost anything. 1. Create…
Read MoreImportance of a Tutor
From Mark J Walker It is important to note that the job market is quite tough and tomorrow it is likely to be more difficult. This is so because employers are demanding high quality and educated workforce. A degree nowadays is the minimum requirement. If you have managerial aspirations then you better get a master’s…
Read MoreWhat Part Does Will Power Play in Helping Children to Become Happy, Confident and Successful?
From Jeni Hooper Is self-control important or is it a rather old fashioned concept, which has no place in the modern world? On the one hand talking about will power conjures up images of cold baths and self denial while in contrast we are reminded of the planning and dedication that goes into training to…
Read MorePreschool Licensing Requirements Including Teacher Certification and Student Health Records
From Brenda J Grom If you are the owner or administrator of a licensed preschool you know there are many state regulations that must be met. You will find it’s worth taking the time to be in compliance from the very beginning of the school year rather than trying to catch up after school has…
Read MoreThe Easiest Way To Teach Your Child To Ride A Bike!
From Darrin Mackenney We all remember the pleasure of learning to ride our very first bicycle. I recall it clearly as though it were yesterday. I believe I was around 5 years old and I remember feeling frustrated due to the fact that two of my friends could ride bikes and I was still on…
Read MoreThe Secret to Happy Children – And It’s Not What You Might Think
From Diana Vogel There’s a lot of stress going on in our society today. Even for kids. Stress can come from many sources, not just the obvious ones of health, time and money. More and more we hear about environmental stresses – the amount of “bad” electricity in our homes, the poisons and toxins in…
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