What Parents Wish Daycare Providers Knew…
Do you feel frustrated with your daycare sometimes? Its natural in any relationship. Here’s what parents wish daycare providers knew.
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How to Dehydrate Greens and Herbs and Make Homemade Green Powder
Preserving the harvest is a great way to get more out of your garden! Sometimes the garden gives a ton of greens and herbs and we can’t use it all right then. Dehydrating herbs and greens is a great way to preserve vital nutrients and flavors for later use. You can dehydrate greens and herbs with very little effort and their uses are limitless.
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What Daycare Providers Wish Parents Knew…
I bet you think daycare is a super easy job and you make tons of money. Childcare is a tough job. Here’s what daycare providers wish parents knew.
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Easy Homemade Rotel (Copycat Rotel Tomatoes Recipe)
HOMEMADE ROTEL RECIPE: Rotel tomatoes are a spicy diced tomato product with green chilies for heat. It’s a great flavor enhancer for dishes like queso, casseroles, and soups. You can make your own Rotel tomatoes recipe with your garden tomatoes this summer and fill your freezer full of flavor for the whole year.Â
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7 Ways to Deal with Stress in Family Childcare
Do you work in a high-stress job? Family childcare is one of the highest burnout jobs there is. Childcare is a very hard job, but one of the most important ones in the world. Taking care of yourself and dealing with stress in family childcare is a high priority for a successful daycare career.
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How to Help a Child with Separation Anxiety
School is starting and many kids are exploring new adventures, it’s a good time to talk about separation anxiety. What is it? Everyone experiences a nervousness when they start something new. A little anxiety is normal. But sometimes children experience a greater anxiety about a new adventure. There are many ways we can help children overcome their fears about doing something they haven’t done before. Helping kids get over separation anxiety is not impossible, it just takes a little effort.
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Fresh Pesto Sauce Recipe (without nuts!)
If you’ve never had pesto sauce, you’re in for a real treat. This is an amazing pesto sauce recipe that can be used as a dip, a topping for bread, a sauce for pasta and so much more! The garden grows an inordinate amount of basil in the summer and this is a great way to use it to make a delicious sauce.
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Music and Movement is FUN!
What’s the big deal about encouraging the kids to sing and dance? Rich environments produce rich brains and every experience we present to the kids we provide care for is another way to enrich their learning. But is music really important to development?
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People Plant Relationships, Can Gardening Change the World?
People-plant relationships, do plants really affect humans? What is the importance of gardening and planting things?
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Is the Oklahoma Stars Program Right for Me?
In 1998, the state implemented the Oklahoma Stars Program for rating quality in child care. One-star was for providers who meet minimum license requirements, one-star plus was working toward a higher quality level, two-star was better quality, and three-star was the best. As a new childcare provider, I thought this was a GREAT idea and was on board immediately to get the highest rating.
