Labor Day will be celebrated September 4th this year. The first Labor Day in the United States was celebrated on September 5, 1882 in New York City. In the aftermath of the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the 1894 Pullman Strike, President Grover… Continue reading LABOR DAY
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GRANDPARENT’S DAY
National Grandparents Day originated with Marian McQuade, a housewife in Fayette County, West Virginia. Her primary motivation was to champion the cause of lonely elderly in nursing homes. President Jimmy Carter, in 1978, proclaimed that National Grandparents Day would be celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day. For 2023 Grandparents Day falls… Continue reading GRANDPARENT’S DAY
New Child Care Laws – Introduced 2023
Tax credit for employer provided child care. Establishes a state tax credit for a taxpayer that makes qualified child care expenditures or qualified child care resource and referral expenditures in providing child care to the taxpayer's employees. Provides that the maximum amount of the credit for each taxable year is equal to 50% of the… Continue reading New Child Care Laws – Introduced 2023
Juneteenth
About Juneteenth Juneteenth is the oldest known holiday celebrating the end of slavery. It started on June 19th 1865 when the union soldiers, led by General Granger came to Galveston Texas and announced that the war was over and the slaves were free. General Granger read the Emancipation Proclamation freeing about 250,000 slaves throughout Texas. This was two years later after… Continue reading Juneteenth
Behavioral Expectations in the Preschool Classroom
Anyone who has spent time with three and four - year olds can have limited attention spans. In contrast, four- and five-year-olds can sit and listen to a story or watch a science demonstration that has a hands-on activity for about 10 to 15 minutes. Anything longer and they are fidgeting, and looking around the… Continue reading Behavioral Expectations in the Preschool Classroom
FIRE DRILL SAFETY
All Providers should have a fire drill each month and during annual inspections from the child care office license consultants. Little Angel’s conducts a fire drill each month right before nap time. The goal is to see how quickly the children can evacuate the facility, how well they react to a fire drill and to… Continue reading FIRE DRILL SAFETY
Multi-Age Groups
Unlike child care center teachers, family child care providers often care for children of many ages. Family child care providers may offer services for children as young as six weeks old, and many provide after-school or summer care for older children as well. Caring for a mixed age group often can present a unique set… Continue reading Multi-Age Groups
HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY
In Christianity, Easter or Resurrection Day is preceded by Lent, a period of fasting and penitence in preparation for Resurrection Day, which begins on Ash Wednesday and lasts forty days. The week before Easter, known as Holy Week, is very special in the Christian tradition. The Sunday before Resurrection Day is Palm Sunday, with the… Continue reading HAPPY RESURRECTION DAY
Why We Pray
We pray because God wants us to talk to him. We pray to have a personal relationship with him. Even though God sees and understands our situations better than we do, God still wants to hear from us in our own words. We praise God when we tell him how wonderful he is. We thank God for… Continue reading Why We Pray
What is the PASSOVER
PASSOVER The name of PASSOVER comes from the fact that God “passed over” the houses of the Jews when he was slaying the firstborn of Egypt. In Hebrew, it is known as Pesach (meaning "passing over" or “protection"). During Passover the blood from a lamb was smeared over the door. Passover is the holiday celebrating… Continue reading What is the PASSOVER