EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION BLOG

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On the Importance of Daydreaming

Here at Strong Start, we like to stay up to date on the latest thought and research about education and educational psychology, so we can better assist your children on a day-to-day basis with learning in the most effective ways. A recent article on KQED News entitled Why Daydreaming is

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Preparing To Send Your Infant To Day Care

No matter how much you try to prepare for life with an infant by reading blogs, online forums, articles, books, and listening to everyone’s advice—it’s just not possible. Life with an infant is an experience that is different for every family due to every household’s unique situations. Adjusting to life

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How To Answer Your Toddler’s “Why” Questions

Toddlers are fun, aren’t they? They’ve reached an age where independence, freedom, and curiosity has overcome them. Toddlers are like sponges, ready to soak up every ounce of information they desire, resulting in non-stop energy. For many parents, the toddler age can be exhausting as they are constantly trying their

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Healthy Snacks For Kids

As busy parents juggling the responsibilities of having children with other expectations of being an adult, we don’t always have time to pick the healthiest snacks for our kids. When shopping for groceries, we too often reach for packaged, factory-created snacks because they are convenient, but we fail to recognize

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Teaching for the Future

Strong Start Early Learning Center is an Early Care and Education Center providing high-quality care for children in the Trumbull and Bridgeport area. We support emotional, physical, and cognitive growth for all the children in our care through a curriculum that is centered on early childhood development. Our curriculum uses

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Inquiry Based Learning: The Hypothesis

Welcome back to our blog series on inquiry-based learning. Strong Start Early Care and Education is dedicated to providing an early childhood education that will help your child become an inquisitive-minded child who will be secure in their ability to learn and solve problems. We use an inquiry-based curriculum from

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Dealing with Toddler Negativity

Strong Start Early Care & Education offers child care that incorporates early childhood education based on an inquiry-based curriculum. This curriculum nurtures a child’s natural curiosity. We believe this type of education creates emotionally secure children and this leads in turn to children who can confident children who know they

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Common Myths Surrounding Early Childhood Education Debunked

Today we’re fact checking and debunking some of the biggest misconceptions and myths about children and early childhood education programs. Myth #1: The Achievement Gap Isn’t A Real Problem. It’s completely unreasonable to deny the existence of an obvious achievement gap in education and by doing so, it perpetuates the

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