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…
DO Social – What’s It All About?
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…
10 ways to connect with your child every day
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…
Technology Tantrums – yikes!
How to Manage Your Kid’s Tech Tantrums Yikes. We’ve all been there – peace and quiet being broken by the unleashing of the pint sized tech-obsessed tantrum monster. Windows shake, doors slam, empires fall…well, at least that’s what it feels like. Whilst it is somewhat reassuring to know that in this technology obsessed landscape, tech…
Gardening with Children
At Day One ELC we are keen gardeners, with a variety of edible and visual gardens at all our centres. Children can learn new skills, have fun, play and develop self-confidence by spending time in the garden tending plants and growing their own food. Most children enjoy being outdoors and love digging in the soil,…