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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Is it ADD, ADHD, or just a Lack of Discipline in a Child?
Fifty years ago no one had ever heard of ADD or ADHD, when a child was unruly, or was unable to sit quietly and does their school work, they were punished in an attempt to make them conform. These punishments did not always make the child conform because some children...
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,...
Make Dinner Time….. Family Time
Make Dinner Time Family Time Nowadays, with so many parents sharing the workload with busy careers, it has become difficult to make dinner time family time. Parents often feel like they are pulled thin with school activities, sports, playdates, homework, housework,...
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...
Ms. E & the Brass Ring staff
I promised to send pictures. We hope you like them 🙂 We wanted the thank you for all you’ve done and & continue to do for the children. The teachers have been very impressed with A and all she knows. Her K teacher said she sees a huge difference between the...
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....