Knowing the right foods to give your child during the early childhood period is really important, but with ‘experts’ giving conflicting advice it is often difficult to understand just what is the right thing to do. This is not helped by the endless fads for...
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Brass Ring Learning Center Child Care Imagination Blog
Growing your Child’s Imagination The days of childhood when you were free to let your imagination take you wherever it may lead were special times in our lives. Many children never get to experience this freedom because today every minute of their lives is organized,...
Finger Foods for Young Toddlers…
Finger Foods for Young Toddlers... What are finger foods? Parents really are at a loss as to what to feed their baby as they transform into a young toddlers. Suddenly they are no longer reliant on baby food and bottles. They want more. They need more. They want...
Responding to flu season at our Bethel Park child care and West Mifflin child care center.
Flu Season 2017 -2018 Children attending child care, whether it be a large center or a small center, will get sick. Try as we might we cannot always stop the spread of colds or viruses,unless parents are diligently monitoring their childrens health. The staff at our...
Baby Mobiles
Baby Mobiles and You Have you ever really looked at a baby mobiles hanging over cribs? Those Teddy Bears staring at you are so cute and cuddly. You place this mobile on your infants crib. The baby has got to love it,right? As you enter the room the first time you see...
Helping Children Overcome Their Fears
Helping Children Overcome their Fears Everybody is afraid of something, and adults are often anxious in a new situation. As adults we handle our fears by confronting them, by talking ourselves through them, we seek the help and advice of friends, and many of us pray...
All It Takes Is A Quiet Voice To Change Behavior
I had a mom come in the other day and ask me how is is possible that I could get our Toddler group who are very loud and full of energy, calmed so quickly with out raising my voice. I explained that in my 30 plus years of working with children I learned the secret....
Childcare Franchises
Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of radio ads advertising child care franchises and they all seem to have a few things in common. 1: You don’t need any experience in the childcare field. 2: They say the typical franchisee comes from varied backgrounds such as an...
Cloth Diapers VS Disposable Diapers
To use cloth diapers or to use disposable diapers that is the question! This has become a topic of discussion among new moms. There seems to be a number of personal reasons ranging from financial to ecological concerns. Quality cloth diapers cost about $2.80 a...
Back Away From The Electronics For Young Children
Just say No to Electronics for Young Children (IPod, IPad, Tablets, Gameboys etc…) There are a lot of good reasons for you to just say NO to electronics for young children. The increasing numbers of children who have type II diabetes because they are suffering from...