How To Fit Child Care Into Your Weekly Budget

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There are many families who have small children but cannot afford to take time off work to mind them throughout the day. For single-parent families, this pressure is double if not more. Child care is a great option for parents in this situation because it lets you use professional services to care for kids in a personal way, helping them achieve growth in both rudimentary academic fields and in social situations.

22 November 2019

3 Ways to Assess Communication Skills in the Early Years

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Communication is one of the most important skills any child under 5 needs to learn. Without an ability to communicate well, children won't be able to learn effectively, form relationships with their peers or fulfil all their needs. Of course, since school-like exams aren't appropriate for children of that age, you'll need to look at their actions to assess just how good their communication skills are. Here are three areas you can look at to form your assessment.

22 May 2019

4 important guidelines that a child care centre playground should have

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Playgrounds add excitement and promote socialisation in childcare centres. They also play an important role in keeping your child active and in building up their social skills over time. However, the playground should be safe enough for all kids to use. There are many cases where swings, slides and other playground components can cause harm to innocent children. As a parent, you play an important role in protecting your child by looking out for the following playground guidelines.

10 February 2019

2 benefits of enroling your child into a pre-kindergarten program

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If you need to arrange childcare for your young son or daughter, it may be a good idea to enrol them in a pre-kindergarten program, rather than having them cared for by a childcare service. Carry on reading to learn about some of the benefits of this type of program.  1. It can make your child's days more productive If you hire a childminder to take care of your child at home, their days may be quite fun but are unlikely to be very productive.

17 October 2018

3 Benefits of Day Care for Your Child

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For some families, day care is not optional, as all the adults in the home may need to work and, in turn, may need to send their child to a care facility of some sort. However, if you don't necessarily need someone to care for your child during the day, note some benefits of leaving your child at a day care facility anyway, even for just a few hours every day or every week.

26 March 2018

How to Prepare Your Child for Entering Preschool

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Enrolling your child in preschool can be very beneficial for him or her, as a preschool may teach a child about colours, numbers, letters, and other basics that will make kindergarten much easier on them. In preschool, a child will also learn how to get along with others and will learn how to take direction from someone other than their parents. While preschool offers many benefits, it can be a bit frightening for some children.

20 March 2018

How a day-care's sick child policy can help you determine if it is safe for your child

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Child day care centres solve very serious child care issues for working people who have young families. When you choose a reputable and competent day care, you do not have to keep worrying about the health, emotional well-being and safety of your child when you are at work. On the other hand, careless choices in child day care centres often lead to complaints about bad experiences. One of the ways in which you can judge the level of importance a day care places on the well-being of the children left to them, is looking at their sick child policy.

14 February 2018