“Most parents do not ask about discipline because they are so far from the mindset that discipline should even exist anymore,” Judy Trickett, a daycare provider based in Ontario, explains of her experience. Judy’s blog “What Do I Know? I’m Just the Babysitter” is a humorous, often sarcastic series of stories based on her daily [...]
By Andrew Sunderland Fredrich Nietzsche famously said that, “without music, life would be a mistake.” The early adoption of music into a child’s life has been linked to improving spatial reasoning, as well as problem-solving, evaluation, and analytic skills. Not to mention the joy and creative expression that music brings into a child’s life. It [...]
How yoga can enhance early childhood education “Yay!” thirteen young children chant as Mai Meret, owner of 123 Kids Yoga, walks into a classroom at Courtleigh Place Child Care Centre. They see her bright, familiar smile and her bagful of yoga mats and they know that today is “yoga day.” “Yoga is good for people [...]
Together Family recently received a letter to the editor regarding the Feature Family article published in our Back-to-School issue. The letter was from an angered reader who disagreed with the Cartwrights’ viewpoint and their depiction of how difficult it is to raise twins. This angered reader is not a parent to twins but her husband [...]
Egalia, a daycare in Stockholm Sweden is being both celebrated and criticized for its genderless approach to education. The teachers refer to the students as “friends” rather than using “boys and girls” to get their collective attention. Colours and the placement of toys and books are strategic and meant to be welcoming to both genders. [...]
I run an at-home daycare with four children plus my own daughter. They’re all between three and five so they are only in school half-days if at all. Recently, it’s been so hard to keep them entertained because it’s been so hot! We can barely spend five minutes outside before they’re all complaining of the [...]
When teaching children to get active and to be healthy, just like with anything else we teach them, parents have to show children how it’s done! “Parents have to lead by example and that’s key,” explains Dr. Frank Pasztor, founder of the Children’s Fitness Centres of Canada. As well as leading by example, parents should [...]
Montessori is not a trademarked name, any school no matter what kind of curriculum they run, can use “Montessori” in their title. So when it comes to the value of the name of your child’s school, it could be a little or a lot. When choosing a school for your child and when trying to [...]
Provincial opposition parties are angered at Premier Dalton McGuinty’s failure to follow through on a promise he made in 2007; to create a website that would provide information on all daycare abuse cases in Ontario. No such website exists as of yet and Liberal Education Minister, Leona Dombrowsky admits this is “unacceptable.” Though abuse information [...]