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Empower your Preschool Teachers to Create Enriching Lesson Plans

08 09 11

My staff members are currently planning for our upcoming preschool year. Our new preschool year begins on Monday August 15, 2011.

 My goal for this preschool year was to plan more one-on-one activities, plan activities that meet the interest of the children and to incorporate more new ideas to the lessons.

I thought I would check in with one of my Lead Teachers as I finished up my monthly food program claim to see how she was doing with her  Lessons. I decided to check with this particular teacher, because she is fairly new to lesson planning and Lesson planning can be quite overwhelming for a new teacher.

Moreover, I decided to check with the teacher, because, I had recently given her a copy of the August/September mailbox magazine. To my surprise, she incorporated many of the ideas that were in the magazine into her lesson.

As I reviewed her lessons and gave her positive feedback, I realized that when you give your teachers, resources that will inspire them to succeed, they will exceed your expectations!

One of the activities that I noticed on the lesson plan was a preschool rock garden. I have a passion for natural living and I think that it is always a great idea to incorporate nature into lessons.

I thought a rock garden was a great idea that the kids will love. So I asked her to tell me about the Rock Garden.  She said, she found the idea in the mailbox book that I gave her.

Here are some examples of what a preschool rock garden will look like:

summer craft

I was so impressed with having a preschool rock garden in our 2-3 year old classroom. Moreover, I was excited that the  teacher utilized the resource that I provided for her to be successful at lesson planning. furthermore, this was a great example of how teachers will succeed when they are given tools that expand their ideas.

I wrote this blog post to inspire you to do all that you can to equip the teachers in your program. After all,  it will only improve your program and improve the quality of your preschool program.

How do you empower and inspire your preschool teachers to succeed in the classroom?

When your teachers succeed…you succeed!

With Your Child Care Business in Mind,

Shiketa

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Child Care Center, Curriculum, Employee Management, Leadership, preschool

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Daycare Vs Preschool

08 02 11

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The Phone Call That I received From a Parent

Recently a parent called my childcare center inquiring about preschool for her four-year old daughter. The first question that she asked me was, ” Is this a Daycare or a Preschool?”

My answer: ” Learning Days is a State Licensed and Missouri Accredited Child Care Center that offers a full-day preschool program.”

The mother was relieved to know that her child was going to be in a program that offered an educational program.

Facebook Discussion

Several years ago, I posted a question on the Child Care Business Owner Facebook Page, asking the Child Care Business Owners if they thought there was a difference in the terms daycare and preschool and I received a flood of comments about this topic. In fact, many of the Child Care Business Owners thought that there was a difference in the having a daycare or a preschool program.

I agreed with many of the responses, however, I feel that we need to know the real definition of both terms for our own information. Furthermore, we also must educate parents on the difference of both terms.

The Definition of Daycare

The Collins online dictionary defines Daycare as: care that is provided during the day for people who cannot look after themselves, such as small children, old people, or people who are ill. Day care is provided by paid workers.

Now reading that definition, it doesn’t sound to bad. In fact, it is a clear description of a childcare provider’s role and that is to care for young children that cannot care for them selves. However, the definition did not include educating young children. Now let’s take a look at the definition of preschool.

The Definition of Preschool

Free Dictionary.com defines preschool as: being the early years of childhood that precede the beginning of elementary school. A school for children who are not old enough to attend kindergarten; a nursery school.

As I searched for the definition of preschool, I discovered that some parents were also in search for the definition of preschool themselves. I thought I would encourage you to view the comments here.

As I reviewed both of the definitions above, I concluded that daycare is simply caring for children and preschool is simply a title for children who have not entered school yet. Moreover, a preschool program focuses on the educational needs of children who are preschool age.

I hope that this blog post has helped you to see the difference and the similarities of daycare and preschool. Feel free to share your thoughts about this blog post.

Have a Great Day!

Shiketa

How to create an in-home Preschool

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Child Care Center, Family Child Care, preschool

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