Child Care Insurance Professionals
1492 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Tel: 888.812.9992
Fax: 888.817.3332
Salt Lake City, UT 84115
Tel: 888.812.9992
Fax: 888.817.3332
Temecula Child Care and Preschools: A California Success Story
The opening of Our Kids Child Care and Preschool Center this past week in Temecula, California is a encouraging sign that the Great American Dream is alive and well. Just ask Lavdie (Gloria) Hamzai, Our Kids founder. She is an Albanian immigrant who arrived with her family [...]
Preschool performance is fundraiser for language immersion school
Punana Leo preschoolers sing “Proud Mary” in Hawaiian recently at the Maui Mall as a preview of this weekend’s Ho‘omau concert. Performers include Ipo Rivera (from left), Kamakali‘ulani Kaiulani, Kamalei Kuanoni-Kekona, Lihau Nae‘ole and Tianaleo Sulunga. The 24th annual concert will take place from 9 a.m. to sunset [...]
Wondering how to engage your preschoolers with reading?
Tell them what “Joe” has been up to on Blues Clues. Oft times as early childhood educators, we can borrow what is going on in real life, connect it with images and context your preschoolers have already seen, and create a unique event on your own.
On Tuesday, October [...]
Fun Fridays offer chance to see child care upgrades
In an effort to show off new playground equipment, the Early Childhood Center at Kishwaukee College is hosting open houses geared toward families.
Steve Kimmel, director of the Early Childhood Center, said construction of a new ring road at Kishwaukee College ran through part of the center’s outdoor [...]
Editorial, 3/20: Child care cut means long-term cost
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Child care providers offered powerful testimony last week for adequate funding for child care.
That funding is jeopardized by a bill that would remove the minimum subsidy now set by state law, effectively cutting future [...]
Are you making “green” efforts at your preschool?
Then talk about what you’re doing, and get some press coverage. A Massachusetts preschool is planning to convert to solar power. Aruna’s Place, the preschool located at the intersection of Route 20 and Stone Road in Sudbury, is taking another step toward its goal of reducing its impact [...]
National event takes local focus throughout Wheaton
Standing at the front of his class at Jefferson Preschool in Wheaton, Heath Burshko opens a heavy plastic bag filled with edible treats. A mix of fish-shaped cat chow, dog bones and sprinkle fish food, the 4-year-old digs his small hands toward the bottom of the bag to pull [...]
Medford business owner gives to autism program
To show his appreciation for the school that helped his autistic son, John Braciszewski is donating some of his earnings.
Braciszewski, who owns J Brazz Auto Service Center on Route 70 in Medford, gave 5 percent of his gross profits in April to the Richard L. Rice Elementary School, specifically [...]
From Preschool to Kindergarten, A Flower Has Bloomed
It’s more than just ABCs and 123s in preschool.
My daughter Ashley came home from preschool proudly holding a sunflower sprout. It was a seed planted inside a homemade newspaper pot, generously watered and growing strong, its leaves standing firm and brawny perched on their stem.
Seeing my 4-year-old daughter [...]
El Primer Paso School children learn hospitals are not scary
Saint Clare’s Health System welcomed school children from the El Primer Paso preschool of Dover to an educational tour of its Denville and Dover emergency departments on April 21. Children learned about medical equipment and procedures to become comfortable when visiting a hospital.
Nurses from Saint Clare’s [...]