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Tips to Prepare your Children for the New School Year

August 31, 2018 by Brandywine Child Care and Preschool Leave a Comment

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Prepare school essentials in advance

It’s August, summer is finally coming to an end and the new school year is right around the corner. Time for  parents and students all over the country to start their back to school preparations. Whether your children look forward to this event or they dread the regimented school days ahead, one thing is for sure – back to school entails another big transition. Help your kids cope with the biggest adjustments and make those first weeks of school easier for them with the following tips:

Start talking about the upcoming school year

Before summer break ends, find opportunities to talk to your child about the upcoming school year. Instead of allowing them to dwell on the post-holiday blues, get them excited about going back to school. Think of the things your child will love about school. It could be spending time  with friends, having time to play with other kids, or about a subject they are interested in? Highlight these topics during your conversation so that they’ll have something to look forward to.

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Celebrate National Picnic Month by Going on a Picnic with the Family

July 29, 2018 by Brandywine Child Care and Preschool Leave a Comment

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Picnics are a great way to spend time with family

Everybody celebrates Independence Day in July. But, what many people don’t know is that we also celebrate National Picnic Month in July, too! Going for a picnic is an excellent time to embrace nature and breathe in fresh air. It is also a great opportunity to bond with friends, family and loved ones. While a picnic is understood as a simple excursion with meals eaten outdoors, there are some interesting facts about the origin of picnic that not many of us are aware of.

  • The word picnic was taken from the French word “pique nique” which refers to an outdoor meal. The first picnics took place in the Middle Ages when the members of the upper class society would “dine out” or eat their meals outdoors during a hunt.
  • The first recorded use of “picnic”, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was in a letter written by Lord Chesterfield to his son in Berlin in 1748. The word picnic here was used in the sense of a social gathering.
  • In the early 1800’s, picnic was already being used to refer to a social meal eaten outdoors.

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5 Reasons Why You Should Teach Kids About the Great Outdoors

June 28, 2018 by Brandywine Child Care and Preschool Leave a Comment

June has been proclaimed as the Great Outdoors Month. This is perfect time to share the glory of nature with your child!

There are plenty of reasons why you should pack your stuff and enjoy the Great Outdoors with your kids.  Here are just a few of them:

1. Manage Your Kid’s Excessive Use of Technology

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The outdoors provide an escape from technology

There are so many distractions these days competing for your child’s attention.  Gadgets, video games, the Internet, you name it, they’re all out there. And you know, once your child gets their hands on any of it, they give it their undivided attention.

There’s nothing wrong with exposing your kids to technology.  But too much of anything can negatively impact your kid, physically, socially and emotionally.

What is alarming though, is how children spend so much less time outside the home and seldom interact with kids their age. (Sometimes, they don’t even talk to their own parents!)  Technology is creating a reclusive generation who’d rather spend time in front of a mobile phone or a computer monitor. Even recess has been reduced or eliminated at many schools, further reducing the time spent outside.

Want to prevent this gloom and doom horizon? You can, if you manage how your kids use technology. Giving them interesting alternatives such as exploring the Great Outdoors tops the list.

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Brandywine Child Care and Preschool

The Claymont Community Center
3301 Green Street
Claymont, DE 19703
(302) 793-0123

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The Claymont Community Center
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Claymont, DE 19703
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Recent Updates

  • Tips to Prepare your Children for the New School Year
  • Celebrate National Picnic Month by Going on a Picnic with the Family
  • 5 Reasons Why You Should Teach Kids About the Great Outdoors

Testimonials

Brandywine Child Care and Preschool has only First Class people working with each student, What make… Read more
Phillip L.
My son absolutely loves it here! He has been going here since last July and it was really nerve rack… Read more
Heather B.
My daughter, Fiona loves this Center. She loves her teacher, Erin and she is fond of her colleagues.… Read more
Godwin O.
My son loves it here. Ms. Erin is a great teacher for the two year old room. She works hard to deter… Read more
Alicia N.
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