January 10, 2020

5 Things We Learned From Studying Our Infant & Toddler Educational Programs

Contributed by: Toni Berrafato, Director of Evaluation and Learning   This past spring our Program Evaluation and Education Teams combined efforts to complete a study...

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January 2, 2020

Meet Shannon McCarthy: January Employee of the Month

We can’t think of a better teacher to kick off the new year with than Miss Shannon McCarthy. Miss Shannon is an infant teacher at...

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December 12, 2019

Building a Bond

In order for young children to thrive in the classroom, teachers first need to establish a relationship with each child, creating a bond consisting of...

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November 27, 2019

Meet Alysa Thacker: December Employee of the Month

Miss Alysa is currently leading a classroom of 12 babies at our Lakewood Ranch, Florida center. She stepped into this role and we have been...

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November 12, 2019

Could a smile really be the best medicine?

Contributed by Jennifer Horner, Director of Education Smiling: such a simple way to show kindness, but considerably challenging at times depending on your comfort zones....

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October 28, 2019

Meet Lana Gelin: November Employee of the Month

Miss Lana  has been a part of the Doodle Bugs! team for over 10 years and is one of the original teachers from when our...

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October 25, 2019

Bringing Doodle Bugs! Play Home: Push Track

Contributed by: Jennifer Horner, Director of Education We’re so thankful for November! This month is one of our absolute favorites with so many fun Doodle...

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October 8, 2019

Parenting in an Increasingly Digital World

Contributed by: Lauren Wierzbicki, Education Specialist Parenting in the 21st century is hard. We are all trying our best to raise our children with one...

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September 26, 2019

Meet Marissa Marfurt: October Employee of the Month

Recently a fellow teacher was describing Miss Marissa when she exclaimed: “Is there anything she can’t do?!?” The answer: NO. This girl is unstoppable. Marissa...

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September 11, 2019

My Doodle Story: Turning an Interest into a Career

Contributed by Bridget Wolff, Learning and Development Specialist It was my senior year of college, and like every other senior I was pondering exactly what it...

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August 27, 2019

Meet Sheri Bova: September Employee of the Month

Miss Sheri has been a part of the West Amherst Doodle Bugs! team since September 2014 when she started as a  part time Teacher Assistant....

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August 27, 2019

3 Steps to ‘Be the Calm’ Through Back to School Emotions

Contributed by: Jennifer Horner, Director of Education Back to school season is filled with BIG emotions, regardless of age. In early childhood education and the...

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