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Pre-K Reasonable Homework Expectations
It is generally agreed that the younger the child, the less time the child should be expected to devote to homework. A general rule of thumb is that preschool children should be expected to do no more than 10-12 minutes of homework. If your child is spending more than the recommended times during homework nights, then you may want to talk with your child’s teacher about adjusting the workload. Homework packets will be sent home once a week. A packet
Screen Time is Too Much For Children?
An article posted on an Early Childhood Education Blog discusses screen time as learning and working at home during COVID-19 has many of us reaching for electronics to stay entertained and connected. Check out the article located at: https://tinyurl.com/ycv26jj7
CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19)
Dear Families, At Early Steps Learning Center, we are guided by our purpose of looking out for people and always our first priority is the safety of our children, colleagues and community. As we monitor the ongoing developments and safety information related to Coronavirus (COVID-19) we are following guidelines from public health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and our own operational preparedness plan to ensure the center’s continuity and fulfillment of services while working to protect the
December Monthly Blog –
November Overview Last month we had a few exciting events, like the Family Feast before Thanksgiving. Check out these pictures we got of our happy turkeys! Holiday Hours and Events This month we will be adjusting our hours of operation for the holidays. Christmas Eve: 6:30 AM – 3:00 PM Christmas Day: CLOSED New Years Eve: 6:30 AM – 4:00 PM New Years Day: CLOSED But before we take our holiday breaks, we will be celebrating a year of good
November Monthly Blog –
October Overview Now that the month of Halloween is wrapping up, we’d like to share all the fun, festive things we did to celebrate the season! We kicked things off with a Pumpkin Patch field trip, where students visited a local pumpkin patch to check out all the harvest season’s produce like gourds and apples. Friday, Oct 25th we held a carnival to raise funds for the Learning Center. At this event students from each class were tasked with creating
Hiring Event 10-28-19
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October Monthly Blog – Welcome to Fall!
New at ESLC We have just one special event planned at Early Steps Learning Center for this month, and that would be our hiring event on Monday, October 14th from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm! At this event we want to welcome childcare professionals of every experience level our team at Early Steps Learning Center, Richmond Heights and Wickliffe locations. Candidates should come prepared with a copy of their resume. Although that’s the only event for this month, there are
Children’s Christian Club is BACK!
Preschoolers enjoy the return of the Children’s Christian Club! In this past club meeting, students were very attentive as “Zach” the puppet shared a story about God creating water, food, and clothes. We can’t wait for the next Club gathering!
Hiring Event 1-21-19
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Harvest Party Costume Highlights
“Everyone has a colorful life. You just have to get out your crayons.” Benay Nordby “Give crayons. Adults are disturbingly impoverished of these magical dream sticks.” Dr. SunWolf “Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.” Al Hirschfeld