Category: Home Daycare
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Cozy Fall Home Tour 2025 | Warm & Inviting Autumn Decorating Ideas
Welcome to my Cozy Fall Home Tour 2025! 🍂 This season, I’m bringing warmth, comfort, and timeless charm into my home with neutral autumn tones, natural textures, and inviting layers. From the moment you step onto the porch and into the entryway, you’ll find cozy seasonal touches—fall stems, pumpkins, layered textiles, and vintage-inspired details—that create…
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Bring the Farm to Your Preschool Classroom: Fun Farm & Harvest Activities for Toddlers
As early childhood educators, we know that hands-on, thematic learning engages toddlers in meaningful ways while supporting their cognitive, social, and motor development. The farm and harvest season offers a rich opportunity to introduce young learners to concepts like animals, crops, counting, and seasonal changes. By incorporating circle time, sensory play, arts and crafts, and…
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Getting to Know Us: Our “All About Me” Preschool Theme Week
Sonja is excited to start a new school year with five children in her home daycare, introducing the “All About Me” theme. This facilitates identity exploration and connection among young learners. The activities include self-portraits, sensory play, and dramatic play, all designed to foster belonging and engagement in a welcoming environment.
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Home Daycare Interview Tips
If you’re running or just starting your own home daycare, one of the most important steps in welcoming new families is the initial parent interview. It’s your chance to showcase your space, explain your program, and begin building the trust that’s so essential in childcare. In this post, I’m walking you through exactly how I…
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Backyard and Driveway Tour | Outdoor Home Daycare Setup Inspiration
Creating inviting, functional, and safe outdoor play spaces is such a big part of running a successful home daycare — and today, I’m excited to take you behind the scenes of my own setup! From our shaded backyard playground to our creative driveway play space, I’ve worked hard to create environments that inspire learning, creativity,…
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Creating an Enriching Home Daycare Experience: Exploring Weekly and Monthly Themes
Running a home daycare offers a unique opportunity to create a nurturing and stimulating environment for young children. One of the most effective ways to keep children engaged, excited, and learning is by incorporating weekly and monthly themes into your curriculum. These themes provide structure and variety, helping children explore a wide range of topics…
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Canada Day Theme Toddler Activities
Celebrate Canada Day with a Week of Toddler Fun! Canada Day is a fantastic opportunity to introduce your little ones to the vibrant culture and rich history of our great nation. With a week-long celebration filled with engaging and educational activities, you can create lasting memories while fostering your toddler’s creativity, motor skills, and love…
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10 Kids approved Easter Activities
During this time you must be at your wits end trying to figure out what to do with your kids. We are now on to our third week of quarantine (COVD19) and let me tell you I feel your pain. I have put together some of my favourite activities that I have done with my…
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Meal Planning Tips for Home Daycare Providers
I have been running home daycare for over 25 years now and planning meals is not an easy task but a very necessary one for a smooth week and month. I use to have a six week rotation menu that I created and used for years. This works really well especially if you have a…
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Themed Based ChildCare Planning with Free Printable
I have been wanting to share this blog with you for a while. I run a home based child care and have been doing so for 24 years. In our centre we love learning through themes. I also love teaching through themes. Themes are easily adaptable for any age since most home based child care…
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