“Tips for Helping Your Child During the Pandemic” provides families with suggestions and resources for helping their child cope with stress, changes, and staying at home from National Center for Pyramid Model Innovations. This and more available on their Emergency page: https://challengingbehavior.org/emergency
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Operational Changes Response to COVID-19 Sharing an update on our functional changes as we navigate COVID-19. We carefully evaluated our teachers’ and children’s health needs and made the difficult decision to make a schedule change. A change in response to the CDC, the health department, …
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Throughout the year we diligently apply ourselves to maintaining the required safeguards (to reflect best practice) to ensure your children’s health and safety. We also pride ourselves on providing engaging multi-sensory excellent learning experiences. Thank you for another incredible year.
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As an extension of our holiday theme, we read Gingerbread Man by Karen Schmidt. We extended the story with questions to foster the children’s narrative skills. Additionally, we followed up with decorating gingerbread cookies. Cooking activities can be very messy. However, we have found that …
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Governor Northam announced a plan to improve the quality and availability of early childcare education to low-income families across Virginia. As Chair of the Fairfax Child Care Advisory Council (CCAC), I responded to Governor Ralph Northam and First Lady Pamela Northam’s invitation to join them for …
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Outdoor play is an essential part of childhood. It’s exciting to see children in their natural environment – exploring their surroundings, being curious about their world, and finding excitement in seeing new things. Outdoor play improves physical development. Physical skills are essential for growth, physical coordination, and the movement of …
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October is National Farm to School Month. https://www.actionforhealthykids.org/activity/celebrate-national-farm-to-school-month/ Farm to CACFP Week October 21-25, 2019, is a week dedicated to celebrating CACFP. Here is the website http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/child-and-adult-care-food-program/farm-to-cacfp/. Want to learn more about Farm to CACFP? Watch this webinar or call Bee Thorp at 804-864-7827 or email her …
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