Based on this article from the Greater Good: The Science of Meaningful Life. We’ve heard about all the benefits that daycare has for children: socialization, a head start for kindergarten, etc. But there are more benefits for moms as well. A study done earlier this year by Chicago-based sociologist Mario Small, indicates that the benefits [...]
Jackman Community Daycare makes cooking a part of their regular routine and can’t even count the ways it helps their students learn With the focus on fighting childhood obesity in North America in the past few years, many pieces of advice have been repeated over and over. One of the most prominent themes when 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 [...]
In the last year Whole Green Kids, owned and operated by Susan Blouin, has been kicked out of kitchen after kitchen for their inability to pay their rent. The catering company, which claimed to provide organic, kosher, halal and allergy-conscious foods to daycares across Toronto and in Ottawa, has now shut its doors after investigations [...]
Jessica starts plans to open an at-home daycare In the holiday issue of Together Magazine, we interviewed six mothers about their childcare selections. We talked to stay at home moms, moms that have made use of licensed daycares and mothers who have started their own daycares. Jessica, a mother of three, was one of [...]
My four-year-old son has been in daycare for one year and he’ll start JK in September. What can I do over the summer to prepare him? To ease the transition, help your child become familiar with the school, says Gail Szautner, board chairperson for the Saskatchewan Early Childhood Association and executive director of Children’s Choice [...]
This summer, should I keep my five-year-old daughter in her daycare or send her to day camp? Both options have benefits. Daycare offers consistency and convenience, and you may have to pay all summer to avoid losing your child’s spot. But many parents send their kids to camp to expose them to a new environment, [...]
My daughter’s favourite daycare teacher is leaving. How can I help her adjust? “Kids thrive on routine, and that includes consistency in staffing,” says James Barker, an early childhood educator and a site director for Kids & Company in Toronto. “When a child is really attached, it can be scary for them. They have no [...]
For our holiday issue of Together Family, I interviewed Pia – a mom of two young children who has been running an at-home daycare for about a year and a half. She loves running the daycare and loves being able to spend so much time with her kids while making some extra money. But, Pia [...]
