Building Relationships In Preschool

How Preschoolers Form Relationship-Building Skills & How You Can Help the Process Like most parents of young children today, I grew up in a time without computers, the internet, or Facebook. Connecting with friends at that time was more along the lines of knocking...

Let’s Do Lunch!

How To Make Preschool Nutrition A Success At Lunchtime As the school year gets into a rhythm, it is a time to examine new routines and see what needs fine-tuning.  One way that parents help make the bridge from home to school is by preparing lunches for their...

Reading In Preschool

Actively Building a Foundation of Literacy Skills and Reading in Preschool I can vividly remember learning how to read in first grade. I am old enough to have sat in formal reading groups, where we read “Dick and Jane”. I also remember the day that I was moved up a...

Cooking with Kids!

I distinctly remember the first cookbook that was my very own – I received it in the 6th grade from a book order and I could not wait to try out the recipes. They were all very easy and could be done on my own, yet made me feel like a chef in a fancy restaurant. I...

Getting Outside in the Cold

Happy March! During these colder months it can be tricky to get children excited to be outside and active. When snow is freshly falling, children may delight in building snowmen and sledding or making footprints like Peter in The Snowy Day. When the cold snaps arrive,...