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What is teasing?  How can we avoid it?  Is there any way to prevent it from happening all together? As you can imagine, most of these questions are completely dependent on the individual.  What [...]

Children need time to explore outdoors. They need access to a wide variety of materials and to have opportunities to manipulate or “mess about” with them.  We’ve created our sensory garden [...]

Children are naturally motivated to learn until they’re about 7 years old. After this time, they’ll need the ability to motivate themselves. A vital skill to succeed once learned. [...]

By Michelle Rupiper With technology evolving at breath-taking speed, we must prepare children to live in a future world that we can neither predict nor imagine today. Who knows what new advances [...]

Raising children in unsettling and often turbulent times can often seem daunting. It feels as though you can’t turn on the t.v., scroll through social media, or even walk down the aisle of the [...]

​Conscious Discipline – Training Series Conscious Discipline is a method that allows teachers to approach conflict situations with a proactive approach rather than a reactive approach. [...]

Recently I have had many conversations with parents regarding the lack of motivation or sometimes even enthusiasm their children have. The constant dragging of the feet to school, or the high [...]

In an effort to continue to educate ourselves & our families, we have assembled a Parent Library. This library is composed with numerous books regarding subjects like discipline, nutrition, [...]

Knowing how to keep children amused through the school holidays can sometimes be daunting for parents. Especially when there are a million things to check off on that never ending “list”. I think [...]

I came across a helpful article on the Child Development Institute website this morning.  Having open communication is a struggle for most.  Let’s help teach our children positive steps to [...]