As a parent, have you ever felt overwhelmed by the many terms used in early childhood? Daycare, preschool, early childhood education…not to mention adding STEM to the list, it’s important to understand what these actually mean for our children. While daycare may be...
Packing lunch as a parent becomes a daily routine, whether the night before or the day of; however, when you add grocery shopping, meal planning, and your child’s preferred meals, it can become another stressful task in an already busy week. Thanks to a...
A Celebree School of Stafford classroom may look surprisingly chaotic during free play, with one child building a tower, a pair playing dinosaurs, and maybe someone having strong feelings all together in one room. To an adult passing by, it may seem as if the children...
As a parent, sometimes our minds go into overdrive when we hear the famous, “I’m bored!” and feel the need to pull an activity out of thin air. This could be a family outing or even craft time, just absolutely anything you can think of before the phrase makes the...
The first sign I noticed my daughter had begun to make real friends wasn’t through play, but the repetition of names on the drive home after school. Every happy story she told me included a classmate, from their games together to shared activities. Before I introduced...
Has your toddler also discovered the question “why?” and by the time you’re reading this, you’re probably already on the forty-fourth…or maybe even seventy-fifth reply of the day. “Why are the birds singing?” “Why can’t I have ice cream for breakfast?” “Why is Mickey...
