Family Child Care Business Record-Keeping Advice from Tom Copeland, JD
In our latest Redleaf Press® Author Spotlight, we chatted with the nation’s leading trainer, author, advocate, and expert on family child care business issues, Tom Copeland, JD. Tom is full of...
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Quick and Fun Pi Day (3.14) Activity for Young Children
Happy Pi Day! Pi (π) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159, or 3.14, which matches...
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Creating Wind Chimes: A STEM-Based Activity for Children
Making a wind chime is the perfect springtime activity. Have children search for materials in nature — seashells, sticks, and more — and then help them use those items to create whimsical chimes for...
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10 Things To Do Outside With Kids This Summer
1. Use Water + Sponges to Teach Science and Math Skills Fill one bucket half full of water, and leave a second bucket empty. Show children how submerging a sponge into the first bucket soaks up water....
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Special Training Event with Authors Donna C. Hurley and Sharon Woodward
(Hint: Click the flyer for a better view) If you’re in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area or plan to be on September 16, we invite you to join a special training event at our office! Join Family Child Care...
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Guest Blog: Do You Have a Visit Plan?
If you are a family child care (in-home daycare) provider, you are most likely all too familiar with the pressures felt when it comes to being prepared for and receiving visits from licensors, food...
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An Egg-cellent Science Activity
Set the table for learning! This fun activity from Incredible Edible Science provides a hands-on way to encourage children’s investigative nature and learn about the science process skill of inferring....
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From the Redleaf Kitchen: Have Yourself a Merry Berry Salad
Merry Berry Salad from Cooking Is Cool by Marianne E. Dambra Looking for a fun and festive recipe that is easy to prepare and tastes great? Merry Berry Salad, a recipe from Cooking Is Cool: Heat-Free...
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Three Tips to Advocate for Play
As an early childhood professional, you know the important role that play has in children’s lives. Children’s play is focused, purposeful, and full of learning. As children play, they master motor...
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Mystery Word: An Active Way to Build Cognitive Skills
We have a great learning adventure to share today. The activity, Mystery Word, is pulled from one of our latest releases, Let’s Play, by Jeff A. Johnson and Denita Dinger. (Want to learn more about the...
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Women’s History Month: Inspiring Educators
Women and girls have not always (and still do not in some places) received equal opportunities for education. Yet, somehow females continue to shape the world through what they learn and whom they...
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Find your favorite fall titles
As the air gets chillier, the leaves shift colors, and nighttime creeps up quicker, it’s the perfect time to snuggle up to Redleaf’s newest books. These new titles hit the shelves this month, perfect...
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Strategies for easing separation anxiety in young children–Redleaf Press...
Product #545240 Young children’s behavior can be challenging at times, but handling it doesn’t have to be. Today we’re looking at SEPARATION ANXIETY, excerpted from Behavioral Challenges in Early...
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Screen-free Summer
A Case for Screen-free Play by Linda J. Armstrong We see it everywhere—adults and children connected to screened devices but not to each other. Like me, I’m sure you’ve seen this: A family is at a...
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5 steps to encourage optimistic thinking when reading books with young children
By Laura J. Colker, EdD, and Derry Koralek Laura J. Colker and Derry Koralek’s new book Making Lemonade: Teaching Young Children to Think Optimistically provides practical, hands-on exercises teachers...
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Three Ways to Get Your Whole Family Meditating
It wasn’t too long ago that you had to go to a Zen Center in order to practice meditation. With the help of teachers like Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thich Nhat Hanh, meditation, particularly mindfulness, has...
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Small Motor Task Boxes
By Susan Ehrhardt Small Motor Task Boxes are all the rage. Moreover, these fun little boxes have found their way into my classroom. Let me explain. As young children grow, they develop strength in...
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