Building big literacy skills

Building big literacy skills

Early literacy skills are SO important for all ages birth and up! Sometimes it can be so hard to know what to do to integrate it into our days, right? This article gives some fantastic tips! A few quick ideas are: ?Singing songs in the car. ? Reading stories at meal...
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Did you know that singing with children helps them build vocabulary? According to our research, singing with children has many benefits! Check them out. ?Math Singing with children builds mathematical and spatial skills. Children who have taken music classes score...

Three Ways to Countdown to Christmas

The holiday season seems to start earlier and earlier. Kids get excited for this time of year, oh, say, around February. As December gets closer and stores start to display their holiday best, the excitement builds. It’s easy to get so caught up in wrapping gifts,...

Boredom Busters

The holidays mean kiddos out of school, great for connecting to the family and challenging, too. Parents often have work commitments and with littles on the loose it can get chaotic and frustrating for all. Here are some ideas to keep them engaged over the holiday...

Dropping-off or Dropping-in

Dropping off children at summer camp or any other childcare out of the routine can be difficult. At Dino Drop-In Childcare we get children new to daycare, every day. Here are some techniques we use to make the transition easier. 1. Enthusiasm: When trying a new...

Play It, Baby!

Play in early childhood helps children explore the limits of the world in a safe, healthy way. Even the youngest children learn critical life skills from play – and repetition. Let’s take the physical world – for instance, gravity. It may just look like flinging hot...