Parent Resources

  • April 27, 2022

    March 2022 National Teacher of the Month

    The Teacher of the Month award is designed to recognize an employee that exemplifies our core values, which are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty and discipline. This month we are pleased to announce that our 2022 March National Teacher of the Month is Ms. Jessica of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of Schaumburg. 

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  • How can parents get their preschooler to open up when the preschooler seems so uninterested in talking? Here are some things to keep in mind and to try.

    April 27, 2022

    Getting a Preschooler to Talk About Their Day

    How can parents get their preschooler to open up when the preschooler seems so uninterested in talking? Here are some things to keep in mind and to try.

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  • Real Talk: Updates & Guidelines on Screen Time

    April 20, 2022

    Real Talk: Updates & Guidelines on Screen Time

    The words “average screen time by age” or “kids screen time” litter the search histories of parents all around the world. All that being said, let’s get real about what screen time means for you as a parent. 

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  • Worldly Weather Reading List

    April 4, 2022

    The Best Worldly Weather Books for Preschoolers

    The Creatively Shine Curriculum theme for April is “Worldly Weather.”  Here is our list of books that support our monthly curriculum theme. 

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  • Worldly Weather: At-Home Activity

    April 4, 2022

    Worldly Weather: At-Home Activity

    Our Creatively Shine Curriculum™ theme this month is “Worldly Weather”. This at-home activity will be sure to bring the rain with your homemade rain sticks. Rain sticks are fun instruments that when you turn them upside down and it will sound like rain! 

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  • February 2022 Teacher of the Month

    March 28, 2022

    February 2022 National Teacher of the Month

    The Teacher of the Month award is designed to recognize an employee that exemplifies our core values, which are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty and discipline. This month we are pleased to announce that our 2022 February National Teacher of the Month is Ms. Tracey of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of Granite Bay. 

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  • The Unexpected Benefits of Reading to Your Kids

    March 15, 2022

    The Unexpected Benefits of Reading to Your Kids

    The statement “you should read to your child” isn’t one many people would contradict. There are lots of obvious reasons that reading to children is a good idea. (We’ve already talked about the magical benefits of reading.) The incredible thing about reading, though, is it can have effects on kids that seem truly magical. 

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  • March 3, 2022

    January 2022 National Teacher of the Month

    The Teacher of the Month award is designed to recognize an employee that exemplifies our core values, which are compassion, humility, integrity, loyalty and discipline. This month we are pleased to announce that our 2022 January National Teacher of the Month is Ms. Tatianna of Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool of Springfield at Cardinal. 

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  • The Magical Benefits of Reading to Your Child

    February 16, 2022

    The Magical Benefits of Reading to Your Child

    If you’ve ever had the privilege of watching what happens when you introduce kids to books, you may wonder if something magical is happening. Amazing things occur in the brain of a child when they are introduced to books and storytelling at a young age. And when we say young, we mean young. As in “read them a book 10 minutes after they are born” young.

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