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October 28, 2024

Five Halloween Activities to Try at Home!

Kate Puzan, Education Specialist While Halloween is typically thought of as a “spooky” and “scary” time of year (especially for young children), it is also an exciting season filled with opportunities to explore and enjoy its sights and symbols using all of the senses. By engaging children in fun, Halloween-related activities, you can help take Read More »

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October 23, 2024

8 Green Flags to Look For on Your Child Care Center Tour

Choosing a child care center for your little ones is an important decision. You want to make sure your child will be somewhere safe, with staff who will truly care for them, in a facility that is clean and stimulating. When your child isn’t in your care, you need to know that they’re still being Read More »

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September 10, 2024

Improved Literacy, Stronger Bonds & Better Sleep: The Benefits of Bedtime Reading

For many children, developing a simple but consistent bedtime routine helps ease them into sleep mode while signaling to their brains that it’s time to wind down. Bedtime routines are often a parent’s secret to fewer tears and a calmer goodnight. A great addition to any bedtime routine is reading. Studies and parenting experts agree Read More »

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August 1, 2024

Daycare vs. Early Childhood Education: What’s the Difference?

If you’ve made the decision to seek outside care for your child, that is the first of several choices you’ll be faced with. When it comes to something as important as who will be caring for your child while you’re at work, you want to feel confident that you’ve weighed all your options. And there Read More »

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July 30, 2024

The Power of Being Present

Jennifer Horner, Director of Education Development When you’re little, early childhood can feel like a time warp; an illusion of time that sometimes seems to stand still. Once you’re older and your concept of time is more fully developed, you look back and realize how delicate and fleeting that time really is. Adults and children Read More »

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May 9, 2019

A reflection on my first year as ‘mom’ – and an open letter to all moms

Contributed by: Toni Berrafato, Program Evaluation Specialist  10 days after my first Mother’s Day, year one of motherhood will come to a close. Over the past year,  I’ve shared with you my first drop-off, my first month as a “working mom”, and my feelings about relying on child care.   As I reflect, I keep coming Read More »

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September 1, 2016

6 Tips for Easing Back into Routine

Happy September! For most (children and adults!), the month of September and the Labor Day holiday comes with a lot of mixed emotions. Excitement for a new chapter, anxiety about change, sadness that “he’s not a baby anymore”, relief for the routine that fall brings, disappointed that summer is coming to an end– the list goes Read More »

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October 16, 2014

How to Help Your Child Read Fluently

Introducing our guest blogger:ABCmouse.com is a partner of Doodle Bugs! Children’s Centers and offers a way for children to interact with technology while learning foundational skills, experimenting with cause and effect, and collaborating with classmates. All Doodle Bugs! preschool and pre-k classroom teachers use ABCmouse.com’s learning activities as an extension of play-based classroom activities and the classroom-linked Read More »

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September 24, 2014

The Fight Against Illness…One Germ at a Time

This isn’t Gotham City, but there is a villain lurking about. That villain is germs! Not only is it cold and flu season, but a fast-spreading virus related to hand-foot-and-mouth disease called enterovirus D68 is hospitalizing kids across the country, including in Buffalo. With children back in school, the spread of germs becomes more prevalent. Read More »

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September 12, 2014

Still Struggling with Back-to-School Routines? It’s Not Too Late to Make It Easier.

For many families, there’s a long list of to-dos for the fall and back-to-school season; from adjusting bed times to mastering the art of lunch packing, new routines are created and introduced. Despite good intentions, families can still struggle with these new transitions weeks after the start of school. According to Christina Fecio, director of Read More »

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