Summer is an exciting time for kids and parents. The outside world becomes a playground. A hike through the woods or a trip to the lake gives everyone some new scenery and a chance to work off their energy. Just about every town has a place with a playground and admission is free. Read more…
If you are sending your child to daycare, you need to make sure that the facility meets your standards. Although each centre offers the parent an allocated set of visiting days, we’d suggest the old tried and tested technique of the surprise visit. This enables us to gauge the standards of such a facility on a regular day, when the staff is not pre-prepared or on extra special behavior. Although, we can expect to run into more than a few restricted zones on such an unannounced visit, we will have a unique insight into your child’s daycare environment. Read more…
It used to be a parent could put their child on the school bus and not worry a lick about what would happen during the day. As the headlines become more horrifying from one day to the next in regard to school-related tragedy, this is no longer the case. Read more…
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 25 million students are in school with an average of 500,000 school buses on the roads. While school buses are statistically one of the safest modes of transportation, more than twice as many children are killed while getting on or off school buses than while riding in them. Preventable School Bus Accident Read more…
What is self esteem? According to Dr Keith Levick (2002), self esteem is our personal belief system that defines our world. It affects every aspect of our lives: how we feel about ourselves and others; how confident we feel; how negative or positive we are. Read more…