If someone asked you about the main characteristics that are important in a childcare center or that set your childcare center apart from others in your area, what would be on that list? If a prospective parent asked you for assurance that your center provided a safe and healthy atmosphere that encouraged children at various developmental levels, what components of your facility and program would … [Read More...] about Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 3
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Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 3
If someone asked you about the main characteristics that are important in a childcare center or that set your childcare center apart from others in your area, what would be on that list? If a prospective parent asked you for assurance that your center provided a safe and healthy atmosphere that encouraged children at various developmental levels, … Continue about Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 3
Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 2
Your childcare center takes care to provide a safe environment that accommodates the many and varied needs of the children for which you provide care. Among the many developmentally appropriate activities you offer, we hope that we’re convincing you to add a simple activity to that growing list. Arguably more influential to a person’s happiness and … Continue about Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 2
Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 1
With so many important aspects of child development to consider in your childcare program, it’s easy to forget about an extremely important ingredient in a healthy person’s life: laughter. That’s right: laughing might seem like an activity that doesn’t warrant a line on your ever-growing to-do list, but this often-undervalued activity has a lot of … Continue about Encouraging Healthy Laughter in Your Childcare Center, Part 1
Dementia-related Signs that Your Loved One May Need Specialized Care
Dementia symptoms can be subtle and difficult to recognize at first. Though most people are familiar with some of the more common symptoms of dementia, such as memory loss and confusion, there are many additional dementia-related markers which friends and family may inadvertently fail to pick up on during day-to-day interactions.If you notice … Continue about Dementia-related Signs that Your Loved One May Need Specialized Care
How Lumber Imports Help Rainforest Conservation Efforts, Part 2
It has been said that a halftruth is often more dangerous than a lie. That’s because a halftruth is able to deceive more people, since it usually has a grain of truth in it. While it is true that there have been some abuses by irresponsible rogue rainforest logging operations, for the last several decades the logging industry has not, by a long … Continue about How Lumber Imports Help Rainforest Conservation Efforts, Part 2
How Lumber Imports Help Rainforest Conservation Efforts, Part 1
Lumber importers who deal in exotic hardwoods have often been unfairly painted with a broad brush by environmentalists. They portray us as uncaring ogres who are all too willing to strip the rainforests bare in selfish pursuit of profits. This caricature of our entire industry is far from the truth. In this two-part article series, we will attempt … Continue about How Lumber Imports Help Rainforest Conservation Efforts, Part 1
First Impressions: What’s More Important Than What You Wear?
No matter how many times we’ve heard truisms like “you can’t judge a book by its cover,” and regardless of how sincerely we say “it’s what’s on the inside that counts,” we all judge one another according to appearance. And you know how long it takes us to form an initial impression of a new acquaintance? 1-2-3. Yep, that’s it. Three seconds. When … Continue about First Impressions: What’s More Important Than What You Wear?
Stay Safe in the Pool with These Electrical Shock Prevention Tips – Part 2
If you own a backyard pool, or if you’re thinking of installing one, pool safety should be your number one priority. A major factor of promoting pool safety involves teaching and enforcing the right kind of behavior around the pool, such as supervising children, not swimming while intoxicated, and taking regular rest breaks. Aside from these … Continue about Stay Safe in the Pool with These Electrical Shock Prevention Tips – Part 2