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Welcome to the Strong Start Early Learning Center blog! Keeping informed on your child’s growth and education is important, and Strong Start would like to help you keep up with the latest in what’s happening in the education world and beyond. Check back regularly for articles, updates on Strong Start Early Learning Center curriculum, and other news!
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 problem and the myth. If…
A Bedtime Routine Sets the Stage for Good Night
Our day care in Trumbull is called Strong Start Early Care & Education and we believe in doing everything we can to give children just that, a strong start in life and education. We offer programs for preschoolers, toddlers, and infants. During these early years of life, patterns are set that will determine future behavior,…
A Day Care with a Difference
Strong Start Early Care and Education Center is more than a daycare, we are a childhood education center that uses an inquiry-based curriculum. We believe that this curriculum fosters independent thought and problem solving skills that will enable a child to have an edge in the future. We can’t even begin to imagine the world…
The Importance of Nighttime Self-Soothing
It has been said that the most important thing we can teach our children is frustration tolerance. Every adult needs this skill and it is important to learn this skill early, as life will deliver frustrations at regular intervals from the earliest days. One of the earliest chances we have to teach our children this…
More Than Just A Day Care
As parents, we know how important it is to pick the right day care program in Trumbull. Ideally, you’d like your kids to be in a more advanced environment than a neighbor’s basement daycare, and you certainly want to be sure your kids are safe. Like rare flowers, your kids should be in a place…
Attachment and Separation Anxiety
It’s hard to imagine a world where children were purposely separated from their parents in order to avoid them becoming attached. This attachment was seen as coddling, and it was thought that the child would grow up to be weak and a less effective adult. This was the case in Western culture up to and…
Using Inquiry Based Learning in the Snow
At Strong Start Learning Center, we believe that every day is a good day to learn and that every experience can be used to broaden a child’s horizons. We offer quality daycare and pre-k in the Trumbull and Bridgeport areas. While there is snow on the ground, take the chance to have fun and help…
Overcoming Hurdles to Learning
No two children are the same. They all vary in their personalities, interests, and learning styles. Here at Strong Start Early Care & Education, we are focused on many aspects of childcare, from daily needs to an overarching interest and passion for educating young children to give the best, strongest start in life. We believe…
Questions Lead to Learning in Inquiry Based Classrooms
When you are looking for high-quality pre-K in the Trumbull and Bridgeport areas, schedule a tour of Strong Start Day Care to learn about our great learning center. We take children, from infants to pre-K. Our pre-K, as all our classes, uses an inquiry-based curriculum. This is a system of teaching that utilizes a child’s…
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 with an infant is more…
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