Category: Current Events

by Mary Robertson / May 8, 2012

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 13th.  Do you have any Mother’s Day activities planned for your preschool children?  Here are some ideas we thought of for celebrating this special holiday outdoors on the preschool playground. 1. Have a Picnic – Lay out a blanket in the grass for mothers and children to have a picnic […]

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by Mary Robertson / May 1, 2012

April 30th through May 6th is Screen-Free Week and it’s not just school aged children who are getting too much screen time.  On average, preschoolers watch 32 hours of television every week and see 25,000 commercials.  Even infants are getting too much screen time as 19% of infants have televisions in their bedrooms (The Body […]

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by Mary Robertson / April 24, 2012

The week of April 22-28 is the NAEYC-sponsored celebration, The Week of the Young Child.  “The purpose of the Week of the Young Child™ is to focus public attention on the needs of young children and their families and to recognize the early childhood programs and services that meet those needs” (NAEYC).  This year’s theme […]

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