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Giving Your Kids a Good Start at School When children first start school there is a lot for them to get used to. Some children will adapt more easily than others. Helping children to feel confident and positive about school will give them a good start. There are many things you can do to help…
Encourage Your Child More Than Just Praises “Good Job…You are SO smart, what a pretty little girl you are!” Sounds good, right? Familiar, perhaps, as you praise your child all through the day? Of course, you are doing this from a loving and well-intentioned place. However, praise of this kind can sometimes displace just what our children need the…
Love and Appreciation to Our Teachers! World Teachers’ Day is an opportunity to acknowledge our teachers and say thanks for the significant contributions they make in our classrooms and communities. Celebrated in more than 100 countries worldwide, World Teachers’ Day was established by the UNESCO IN 1994. It is a day on which students, parents…
As Parents, We Should Relate To Ourselves Kindly The work of parenting involves caring for and meeting the needs of another human being 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And like all demanding professions, burnout is a hazard of the job. That’s why parenting magazines and well-intentioned friends recommend taking care of yourself…
Fun Tips to Handle Fussy Eaters Many children are fussy eaters. Fussy eating is normal, but it can be hard to handle. Most of the time fussy eating isn’t about food – it’s often about children wanting to be independent. Here are some ideas that might help if you have fussy eaters in the family. About Fussy Eating and…
Helping Young Kids Develop Good Decision-Making Skills Like adults, children make a range of decisions every day! Young children regularly choose how they will behave, which toys or games they would like to play with, which books they would like to have read to them, or which television shows they would like to watch. As…
Helping Kids Understand Themselves and Others Have you been seeing references to the various DO Programs in your child’s online learning stories and programming? Do you understand what it’s all about? At Day One, we believe in using the skills and talents of our educators to the maximum and that is why we have developed…
At Day One we’re all about growing resilient children – ready for anything that comes their way in the future. But the most important way to do this is by building a super-strong parent-child relationship. A healthy parent-child relationship involves having a strong emotional connection that will result in a stronger more resilient child. How…
At Day One Early Learning Centre, we are passionate about child safety, wherever that may be. This includes time spent on the internet. We came across this excellent article with wonderful guidelines for actions you can take to protect your child while they have access to the internet. We hope you enjoy it!
The friendly team at Day One are always available if you have any early education questions. Here are some additional links we love from advice on common health questions to great recipes for kids and ideas for family activities and days out. 1. Raising Children Network A good resource that has specific information for different age…
