Natural beauty can be seen everywhere. White fluffy clouds float above the playground, a spiders web flutters in a gentle wind and flowers shoot up in a nearby garden. Today […]
Mark – it Tips
The motor skill required for writing begin when your baby first grasped a rattle.It takes a lot of practice for fine motor control to develop. By the time your child […]
Wonderful ,Wet Water
Today is dress/talk like a pirate day. Many of our friends showed up in pirate attire. Some of the children used a blue tarp in the yard as water and […]
Sensational Sand
You’ve probably noticed – in our yard or at the playground – how much your child likes to dig in the sand. Sand is great fun, but it’s also wonderful […]
Large Motor Development
Running, jumping, climbing, skipping, hopping, throwing, and balancing come naturally to young children. Kids need plenty of opportunities to practice. These large motor activities are an important part of your […]
Consequences
There are three types of consequences: natural, logical, and problem-solving: Natural consequences require no adult planning or control. Natural consequences tend to be the most powerful motivator for children to […]
Everybody Needs a Rock
I have had reading the book “Everybody Needs a Rock ” on our lesson plans for a few days. It just never seemed to work out. Today it did! Everybody […]
The Power of Play
Have you ever heard someone remark about an early childhood program – even ours perhaps – “all the children do there is play”? At a good early childhood programs there […]
Counting Doesn’t Add Up to Math
Sometimes we tend to think to simplistically about mathematics and young children. You hear someone say ” my daughter knows all her numbers. She can count to 20. ” While […]
Parent conferences
The purpose of parent conferences at Bright Beginnings is mainly just continued conversation that we normally have anyway to discuss goals and expectations for the children. Usually I have data […]