Some parents have concerns about sending their child to a daycare. Once they've been to our facility in Chesterton, though, those fears quickly go away! That's because they see that the children in our daycare are happy, learning, active, and engaged with each other and their teachers. It's a great place to grow and learn while parents are off doing grown up things. What you might not realize, th…Read More
Going to preschool and kindergarten is an educationally empowering and transformative time in the development of your child. They are entering the world of schooling, something that will foster the ability to learn and grow as a student. As important as it is to develop the fundamentals of math, writing and reading, fostering the inspiration for creativity and creative development is an integral …Read More
Preschool is an exciting and important time for your child to get the fundamental skills that will serve as a foundation for them as they advance into kindergarten and elementary school. Learning occurs in the classroom, but can also be enhanced while at home. In this blog, we’re going to explore some books your child can read outside of the classroom to help enhance their fundamentals of readi…Read More
Starting your child off in school can be difficult for both you as the parent and for your child. Though the new educational environment may be an unnerving experience, the fundamental skills taught in preschool will stay with your child throughout their educational life and will be essential to their development as a student. Growing Kids Learning Center provides quality preschool education for …Read More
Proper nutrition is an essential part of helping your child grow up with good health. Brain foods, known to help boost brain function and provide for healthy brain development, can be a very important addition to helping your child maintain proper health as they get older. Let’s explore some of the brain foods you can provide your child. Avocados- Though avocados may have been an acquired taste…Read More
Education is a very competitive thing that children and adults alike are a part of. With the advances and enhancements that are made in education on a daily basis, it’s no wonder that parents are nervous about whether or not their children are advancing at the right speed. One of the steps that parents and teachers will continue to debate on is whether or not preschool is beneficial. As one of t…Read More
In our last blog post we covered the age range of current preschoolers and how it has developed over time. In our post this week, we want to dive deeper into the traits that your child may possess that can also be a determining factor as to whether or not your child is ready to head to preschool. While these traits are not necessarily the case for all preschoolers, they are ones that we see in stu…Read More
As a parent we sometimes forget the critical components of our child’s education. Depending on what type of parent you are, you’re either all too concerned about what your child is exposed to, or you’re finding out along the way that we you are the one that is in charge of determining it. While these are entire opposite ends of the spectrum, and there are definitely parents in between, we’…Read More
There are plenty of parents who are skeptical about whether or not their children will actually benefit from a preschool education. As educators, we truly do believe that there is no such thing as too early to start learning, or too much education. That being said, preschool will in fact provide your child with quite a bit of knowledge. Here are just a few of the things that your child will be in…Read More
A topic that seems to remain in the air, more often than not, is what the ideal age for a child to be enrolled in daycare is. While age does play a part in eligibility, most of the time it comes down to whether or not the parents are working and what methods of care and assistance are available. While this is the primary reason that we see children being dropped off at daycare, it isn’t the onl…Read More
