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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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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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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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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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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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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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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February 10, 2022
Math Is (Not) Scary: The Importance of Math for Preschoolers
We're taking the burden of coming up with a plan off your shoulders. Here are some very basic math skills you can help your kids learn that will set them up for a good relationship with math.
