by Marilee Hartling | Jun 4, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
The brain of children under age 5 is not yet fully developed. For this reason, young children under the age of 5 have difficulties regulating themselves and their emotions. Young children also lack a sense of time, only knowing what they experience in the...
by Marilee Hartling | May 22, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
According to research, kids who attend preschool have higher reading and math scores and are even found to have better paying jobs as adults. Preschool is an important time in your child’s life where for the first time he is learning to navigate the world...
by Marilee Hartling | May 17, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
Time-outs were originally designed in order to help a child reflect on his or her behavior in an effort to change his or her behavior. However, in recent years, brain imagining has shown that relational pain-like that caused by isolation during punishment, can look...
by Marilee Hartling | May 15, 2019 | Preschool, Toddler
Our theme for the month of April for our Preschool Prep program at ECDA was Spring and “GROWING!” – Growing Insects, Seeds, and Children. The children planted sunflower seeds in wet paper towels and ziploc bags and placed them in the sunlight in our...
by Marilee Hartling | Apr 3, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
While kids don’t share the same kinds of responsibilities that we have as adults, they do have their own share of daily demands to manage. If frustrations pile up, kids can get stressed. Below please find 5 ways to help your child manage worries and anxieties...
by Marilee Hartling | Mar 21, 2019 | Parenting, Preschool, Toddler
Everything’s been coming up GREEN at ECDA this month! The children enrolled in our Preschool Prep program celebrated St. Patrick’s Day, learned about many different green fruits and vegetables, as well as how the color green is made. We made Leprechauns...
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