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What are the signs of a good daycare center or creche?

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  Prioritizing your needs, studying numerous crèches in your area, asking a lot of questions, and being mindful and vigilant are all important factors to consider when selecting a childcare facility for your child. Begin your search as soon as possible. Many crèches, especially for young babies, are fully booked months in advance. Although adding your criteria regarding what is important to you and your child is a fantastic idea, you might want to start with the following factors as a suggestion. Look for a daycare with - ·          Look for a crèche in a convenient area. A location close to your house or workplace would be excellent. ·          A positive reputation backed up by a welcoming and exciting atmosphere. ·          Policies that are clear and well-defined, as well as open communication. ·          ...

Some Germy Places Kids Visit and How Can You Keep Your Kids Protected

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  As Parents, you will always want to keep your kids protected from germs but there is no escaping from germs and bacteria. Most of the times kids fall sick because of these bacteria. In this blog  West Covina, CA  pediatricians have shared some guidelines to protect your kids in germ-infested hotspots.  The Playground – Do you know your neighborhood jungle gym is more germ-infested than a public restroom? Restrooms are disinfected frequently, but playground equipment is rarely cleaned." Germs that are found in mucus that children wipe from their nostrils can live for days. Squirrels and birds can leave feces behind in sandboxes, which can cause stomach problems and skin diseases in young children. Tempted to use a disinfectant wipe to clean the ladders and handles? Don't waste your time. It's virtually impossible to eliminate all bacteria. Instead, instruct your child not to touch her mouth, nose, or eyes while at the park, and to wash her hands with an alcohol-...

Fun Christmas Craft Ideas for Kids

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  Christmas is the time that allows everyone to spend some good time with family and friends. Christmas is all about making fun memories that will last forever. If you have kids at home your Christmas will become more enjoyable. Whatever you and your little ones plan to do the most important thing would be spending quality time together. In this blog post, you will get some ideas shared by the  Covina, CA  playschool teachers about some fun Christmas craft ideas for kids. You just need to grab some glue sticks, paint, and some other regular stuff to get started. Snowflake stamped bags If you are done spending enough time with your preschooler in the kitchen making and decorating cookies, it’s time for you to head to the craft room. There, with your kids, you can put together a quick set of snowflake-covered give bags for gifting your delicious treats. Use snowflake rubber stamps and light blue, dark blue, and white ink to make stamp snowflakes on the front of the ...

Some Winter Specific Medical Conditions and Health Tips for Kids

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Winter is the time when you can take your kids outside, play, explore and have fun. But this is also the time when kids tend to fall sick. So, you need to be very careful and main certain ways to help keep your kids healthy during the winter. So, what are the most common winter-specific medical condition for kids? Here,  Child care  experts have shared the most common health issues, that kids may suffer during the months of winter. Asthma –  Winter months often trigger asthma attacks; so make sure you have refilled their asthma relief medicines before the weather changes. If your kids are already suffering from asthma and it gets worse during the winter months, please start asthma prevention medicine before the winter. You can also consult your pediatrician and keep your asthma management plan ready in case your little ones start coughing or showing other symptoms of an asthma attack.  Chronic coughing – If your kids catch cold and cough easily and that conti...

Effective Ways to Develop Self-Discipline in Kids

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Teaching self-discipline to kids is important as it helps them delay gratification, control temptations, and adjust to the discomforts required to reach their long-term goals. From choosing to turn off the video game to concentrate on the home assignments, or not eating an extra cookie when mom is not seeing to keeping toys in their place, self-discipline is very important to help kids grow as responsible human beings. According to the  Montessori  experts, parents and teachers should give kids the skills that they need to develop self-discipline as well as enough opportunities to practice making wise choices. Provide structure: Create a timetable that your kids will follow every day and eventually will get accustomed to it. If they know what they are expected to do, they will be less likely to get distracted with other activities. For example, a good morning routine helps kids know when they have to eat breakfast and get ready for school. Try to keep your child’s daily ...

How Gardening Helps Children to Have a Healthy Development

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Outdoors is an important place for kids to have a healthy development. Participating in different outdoor activities improves their health and supports their overall development. They learn to explore the world around them by observing, exploring, and interacting with its various natural elements.  Daycare  teachers encourage children to participate in outdoor learning engagements as during this time they may engage in complex imaginative play and much-needed physical activities. As parents, you should provide your kids with opportunities where they can build connections with nature and the outdoor world. You can carefully plan some outdoor activities which can lead children to engage in various meaningful tasks and projects.  You would be surprised to know that a garden can be an interactive playground for kids that can engage all of their senses. It is something where they will be able to touch and feel the fruits of their hard work, appreciate the brightly colored ...

How To Protect Children’s Skin And Hair During Hot And Humid Season

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  During the summer and rainy season in most parts of the US, people experience a humid, warm, and damp climate. Because of this hot and humid climate, caregivers of a  preschool  in  walnut, CA  has observed that preschoolers often suffer from various skin and hair problems. Causes of these problems are mainly due to bacterial, fungal, or viral infection. Since children have delicate skin; they are vulnerable to these problems.   Most of the times children bring these skin and hair infections from school.  Preschool  caregivers in a kindergarten in  Walnut, CA,  say that many parents do not know how to tackle these problems. He has given some practical tips to parents on how to prevent and treat common rashes that affect children the most.   Heat rash is the most common summer skin problem in preschoolers. It causes small red bumps on the skin. It appears most often on the neck, buttocks, and skin folds. Heat rash is caused...

Why You Should Send Your Children To Montessori

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Montessori is the best form of education that we can offer to a child. The excellent education system is still running proudly and successfully from the time of Italian physician cum educator Maria Montessori started her first school in Italy. The Montessori education system emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural, psychological, social development. This method of education is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning, and collaborative play.  The Montessori   education system helps your children develop independence, a sense of empathy and social justice, and a lifelong love of learning.   A Montessori education system helps to bloom your children into their full potential. It helps them to engage in a friendly environment and helps them to be responsible, respectful, and competent. This system allows children to acquire knowledge at their own pace. Forcing children for anything is completely prohibited in this syst...

Ways to Develop Healthy Eating Habits in Kids

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  Are you parents of a fidgety, inattentive child who is a picky eater and never finishes his lunch box in  Preschool ? Then, this is the right time when both parents and teachers collaboratively look for ways to instill lifelong healthy eating habits in the toddler. To make your task easy, here is a list of options you can look through to achieve the objective.   Making healthy foods at home:   Children have a very good observation power and they try to follow what others do. So, the parents need to start with a healthy meal plan at home. Try to prepare food that gives the required nutrients to maintain your health, make you feel good, and provide enough energy. The food needs to be yummy so that it passes through those little adorable lips. Parents can focus on lean beef, poultry, fish, bright-colored vegetables, fruits, dairy items, whole-grain bread, pasta, and cereals.    Preparing a wholesome snack box:   If your child has started...

6 Interesting Color Activities for Preschoolers

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By nature, kids are curious and keen observers. They notice every changes happening around them. During the initial years, they can absorb information like a sponge and have the energy to participate in various activities. These activities can help Daycare kids to enhance their skillset and prepare them to face global challenges. Before you prepare them for any playschool, try to engage them in a range of activities to help them strengthen their cognitive abilities. You can try these coloring activities which will provide them the opportunity to grow into intuitive preschoolers. Fun Coloring Activities for Toddlers: Here you can find some interesting coloring activities to keep your kids on their toes. 1.       Color Scavenger Hunt: Send your little one on a hunt around the house for colorful objects that they can match. What You Need: ·          Colorful objects around the house ·     ...

Various Creative Ways to Break Your Child’s Gadget Addiction

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  In today’s era, everything has gone online, and keeping children away from the screen is a challenge for many parents. Although smart devices are becoming an important tool of learning for children, it is well known that irresponsible use of media can lead to so much harm in kids. If your kids are getting addicted to screens, getting them off this addiction sometimes can be tough and challenging. This addiction does not let them realize how fun it is to go out, explore and play with friends. This not just deprives them of the opportunities to develop their basic skills but also makes them physically weak. Some Easy Ways to Break Your Child's Smartphone Addiction: So, are you wondering how to help your child get rid of their gadget addiction? Here Preschool teachers have shared various ways to break children’s screen addiction. Act as a role model: As your kids grow older, they will start observing and imitating you. So, you need to follow certain rules at home so that you...