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    Author: Missy Knechel

    Managing your childcare center’s enrollment forecasting blog header
    Posted inManagement Tips

    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…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • May 11, 2022
    • 4 minute read
    Managing educator files, schedules, lesson plans, and more all in one place blog header
    Posted inManagement Tips

    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….

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 26, 2022
    • 5 minute read
    How to partner with parents of children with Autism blog header
    Posted inLeadership

    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…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 25, 2022
    • 7 minute read
    Earth Day classroom activities to try blog header
    Posted inPreschool Activities

    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….

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 18, 2022
    • 4 minute read
    10 ways to increase family engagement at your childcare center blog header
    Posted inManagement Tips

    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,…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 14, 2022
    • 7 minute read
    How to make a good first impression with parents blog header
    Posted inLeadership

    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…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 13, 2022
    • 4 minute read
    How to teach learning through play blog header
    Posted inLeadership

    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…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • April 7, 2022
    • 6 minute read
    Try these in your classroom: activities spotlight blog header
    Posted inPreschool Activities

    Try these in your classroom: activities spotlight

    All of us in early childhood education are always looking for new and fun ways to enhance our curriculum. It’s so wonderful when we stumble upon a database of activities…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • March 29, 2022
    • 4 minute read
    avoiding fatigue and repetition blog header
    Posted inLeadershipPreschool Activities

    Avoiding fatigue and repetition: activity inspiration

    As childcare professionals, sometimes we feel like we are a character in the movie Groundhog Day, where Bill Murray wakes up every morning to the exact same day over and…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • March 16, 2022
    • 5 minute read
    dinosaur activities blog header
    Posted inPreschool Activities

    Fun dinosaur preschool activities that children LOVE

    When teaching certain topics and themes in early childhood education, it’s hard to know where to start. There are themes like dinosaurs, for example, that are so broad and ambiguous…

    • Posted byMissy Knechel
    • February 22, 2022
    • 5 minute read

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