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Celebrating Chinese New Year at Day Care!

Daycare Mom — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 18:31:24 +0000

Chinese New Year begins on February 10, 2013. It’s one of the most important holidays in the Chinese calendar. It lasts for 15 days and is cause for much celebration, and a feeling of renewal. Sharing the concept of Chinese New Year with day care children would open the door for some fun activities!

Many families will clean the house during the celebration, in order to sweep away bad fortune and welcome good luck into the home. Making cleaning a part of a celebration . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Celebrating Chinese New Year at Day Care!

Daycare Back To School Blues

Daycare Dad — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:56:34 +0000

Back to school time comes with a whole mix of emotions for parents and children alike. Even if you don’t have kids that are in school yet, they are bound to be affected by those that are heading back to school. Some kids will love going to school, while other children will be terrified about a change from their usual daycare routine. Parents can have the same range of emotions as they try to deal with their children in different places and always the struggle of them growing up . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Daycare Back To School Blues

Daycare Pool Safety

Daycare Mom — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 20:00:20 +0000

What is it about kids and water? They are deliriously happy playing in the neighborhood pool or a wading pool in the backyard. It seems like such a basic part of childhood, that it’s hard to imagine that an average of 390 children under the age of 15 die annually from drowning, and 75% of those are children under the age of 5 (http://www.poolsafely.gov/drowning-deaths-injuries/). If your daycare provider takes your child to a pool, has a pool in the backyard, or sets up a wading . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Daycare Pool Safety

Is Your Daycare’s Car Designed for Car Seats?

Daycare Dad — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:03:51 +0000

A new article by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety was recently published going into detail about the safety of 2011 vehicles in regards to the LATCH system for child car seat restraints. The results were surprising, and a little disappointing. Even though the standards for child restraint safety have been in place for some time it is amazing the amount of modern day vehicles that do not seem to have child safety and car seat installation in mind.

As parents . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Is Your Daycare’s Car Designed for Car Seats?

Presidents Day Facts About Barack Obama

Daycare Dad — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:20:59 +0000

President’s Day is coming up and this is a great time to take a moment and discuss what a president is to this county and what they do to make America great. We may tend to steer clear of discussing politics with our children, and with the ugliness surrounding our current political climate, it’s no wonder we would rather protect them from it. However, it’s important for our children to know how things work in America. It can also be fun for them to learn about the presidents and . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Presidents Day Facts About Barack Obama

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Daycare

Daycare Dad — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:35:48 +0000

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed on the third Monday each January. King’s birthday is January 15, so the observance falls around the time of his birthday. Many schools observe this holiday and are closed for the day, but many workplaces are not, so there will be lots of kids in daycare that are normally in school. These school age kids will likely learn about Martin Luther King Jr. in school, and there may be some activities in daycare.

Martin Luther King Jr. is probably the most recognizable figure in the . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Daycare

Cleaning Out Toys for Daycare and Tax Deductions

Daycare Dad — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:18:13 +0000

Are you wondering what to do with the piles of new stuff you have for your kids? Are they outgrowing the toys you have been accumulating over the year? Is that tax time just around the corner? Here at Decide on Daycare we can help you with all of those!

It’s that time of year again, when we find ourselves buried under piles of new toys while we look at the piles of old toys to and try to figure out what to do with it all.

First things . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Cleaning Out Toys for Daycare and Tax Deductions

Cyber Monday Deal on Baby Signing Time

Daycare Dad — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:39:45 +0000

One of the most frustrating things to both parents and their children is not being able to communicate properly. It takes children years to learn how to talk. As a parent you don’t have to wait years to learn to communicate with your child. How do you talk to those that can’t? Through sign language of course!

Sign language is something that your baby, even an infant can learn to use. It is comprised of basic motions and movements which are much easier for your baby to learn then a speaking language. . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Cyber Monday Deal on Baby Signing Time

Black Friday Deals for Daycare Parents and Providers

Daycare Dad — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:19:04 +0000

It’s that time of year again. Time to start thinking about what to do with the holidays and what we want to do for those special people around us. As soon as your children are old enough to talk you can start to involve them in this wonderful season of giving. It is very important as a parent to start to teach your children the value of giving and doing special things for those people that we care for.

With the hectic schedule of the holidays its easy to overlook some of . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Black Friday Deals for Daycare Parents and Providers

Halloween at Daycare

Daycare Dad — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:24:52 +0000

Happy Halloween parents and daycare providers! This is usually a very busy day for everyone. It is very fun day for most but it is important to keep a few things in mind to make sure that you enjoy Halloween. With a little parenting advise and foresight we can make sure that this day is great for both the children, their parents and the hard working daycare providers.

Halloween is a fun time for parents, their children as well as their daycare providers. Most childcare providers have a host of fun activities . . . → Continue Reading This Day Care Article: Halloween at Daycare