We live in an age where children grow up surrounded by technology, with many having smartphones available to them from a young age. Generation Z has always had access to…
9 tips and tricks for lesson planning
It’s Sunday night and you’re exhausted. Lesson plans are due Monday morning at 8 am but it’s the last thing you want to do, and you haven’t even started yet. …
5 reasons for building infant routines in the classroom
When people hear that you’re an infant educator, the general assumption is that you change diapers and watch babies sleep all day. It’s almost infuriating the amount of misled assumptions…
Managing your childcare center’s enrollment forecasting
If you are a childcare director, chances are you have your degree in the field of education or human services and not business. This means that you are great with…
Managing educator files, schedules, lesson plans, and more all in one place!
You either love paperwork or you don’t. Chances are, you don’t. Directing a daycare, managing staff, having high customer service, and being organized seems all too good to be true….
How to partner with parents of children with Autism
If you are currently an educator or director at a childcare center, chances are you have a diverse group of children in your care, including those with ASD. ASD stands…
Earth Day classroom activities to try
Each year, the world celebrates Earth Day, typically on April 22. As early childhood educators, however, we want to instill an ‘every day is earth day’ mentality in our children….
10 ways to increase family engagement at your childcare center
Community is something that every human craves. We all need a community to empathize with, laugh with, and go through phases of life with. During the daycare and preschool years,…
How to make a good first impression with parents
First impressions are not only important in relationships and friendships, they are “make and break” when it comes to new families enrolling their children in your childcare center. Now, more…
How to teach learning through play
We hear people say all the time, “Play is important. Play is necessary. Let them play.” But sometimes as educators, we feel like we don’t know how to do it…