friendly neighborhood reminder… it’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Time to acknowledge and appreciate the selfless men and women who care for our children and preparing them to be the responsible, independent thinkers and doers of tomorrow. If you haven’t had a chance to say thank you yet, here is one easy idea to get you started. write a thank you […]
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When our children are very small, they come to us asking to help and we are quick to reply with, “No, too hot; too heavy; too dangerous; too sharp; too fast; you are too little; too slow; too short.” And then we send them out of the kitchen and into the other room to play
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Earth Day is a great opportunity to teach your kids the values of reduce, reuse, and recycle! The three R’s can translate to various do-good activities throughout the day from turning off the faucet while brushing your teeth or saving scrap paper for another purpose. To further inspire you and your family, we’ve round-up three creative
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Remember that time we tried to give something away and it took us three days to realize the link didn’t work? Right…… Per usual, we blame the kids {and vacation}. If you’d like to read the original post, be our guest. Or you could just enter the raffle. Either way, thanks for following along and appreciating
Here is the next installment of the informational video series featuring local experts discussing the importance of quality early childhood experiences for Vermont’s children. In this Growing Bright Futures video, host Cheryl Mitchell talks with Johanna Vaczy about the STARS certification for early education programs. Enjoy! Growing Bright Futures Video series is brought to you by
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We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate Family Friday and the end of the Week of the Young Child than with a freakin’ fantastic family-friendly freebee (see what we did there)! Thanks to the generosity of the folks over at ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain we’re sending one lucky MiniBury family to ECHO for FREE!
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Think, problem solve, create Children develop creativity, social skills and fine motor skills with open-ended art projects where they can make choices, use their imaginations, and create with their hands. On Artsy Thursday celebrate the joy and learning children experience when engaged in creative art making. Use any materials – from crayons to paint, clay
All over Addison County young children spend their days playing hard. Through play, children develop social and emotional skills; problem solving abilities and develop creativity, a sense of wonder and curiosity. Through playing children make choices, solve problems and express feelings, which builds a child up socially and emotionally. We’re honoring children’s “work” today; visual moments of cooperation, kindness,
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The folks behind the Week of the Young Child dubbed today “Taco Tuesday,” but this day is about far more than cheese and salsa! Here at MiniBury we’re looking at how getting kids into the kitchen can connect cooking with math, literacy and science skills, as well as nutritional knowledge and emotional wellbeing. Lauren Honican, the Food
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