Tykes’ Blog
Tykes and Tots ELC is part of a larger early child care community. Our blog is a way to be a part of that community online. It is a place where our management and staff can share ideas, provoke thinking, and encourage others. Whether you are a parent, educator, outside professional, or simply someone who was once a child yourself, we invite you to join us and hope you will find something of value in what we have to say.
Examining Benefit vs Waste in an Early Learning Environment?
One thing we all seem to be watching in an early learning environment, after the children, is our budget. Just like every other industry, we want to maximize product output (which for us is learning) and minimize spending. But are we sometimes so focused on one, that...
An Upside-Down Caterpillar and the Importance of Wonder
Written by Diane Mourot “There is a dryer vent that breathes out hot steam that smells like summer. You could curl up below it and have a nap.” Small in the City by Sydney Smith “In Mammaw’s big kitchen, sunlight poured through the windows like a waterfall and...
A Quick Guide to Developmental Domains and Why They are Important for Everyone
I have a philosophy that I try to live my life by. "Everyone should have the right to think freely, to feel freely, to create freely, to move freely, and to believe freely, as long as doing so doesn’t limit someone else from doing so as well." I developed this...
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