child care
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 that many of the foods…
New Year’s Resolutions Your Kids Can Make And Keep
In this latest blog, brought to you by the folks at Strong Start Early Learning Center, we’ll be discussing how you can get your child involved in the now-classic tradition of the new year’s resolution, along with some suggestions to get them started on creating their own ideas. It isn’t just adults that feel the…
What To Look For In A Connecticut Daycare
Finding the right daycare in Connecticut for your child can be overwhelming and exciting at the same time. For starters, you want to find a school where your child will learn, grow, and mature with others. Whether you opt for a childcare center, an in-home daycare, or a family daycare facility, it’s important to do…
Inquiry Based Winter Break Idea 2/2
Strong Start Early Education and Education is a high-quality daycare that provides education that is inquiry based. Our last blog started talking about a project to help your children learn the mechanism of the season through the winter solstice which takes place on December 22. Teaching astronomy with an inquiry-based curriculum can be a…
Is Waiting for Kindergarten Right For Your Child?
When you are looking forward to the momentous day when your child will start kindergarten, you may be experiencing some trepidation as you wonder if your child is truly ready to start their formal schooling. Having mixed feelings is completely normal when sending your baby off to meet their future. Some parents wonder if it…
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…
Teaching Children Emotional Intelligence
Experts recognize that there are other types of intelligence than just the IQ that we’ve become accustomed to. It is becoming increasingly apparent that emotional intelligence also plays a role in a person’s success, both personal and business. The daycare teachers at Strong Start Early Care and Education have elements built into the curriculum that…
Inquiry-Based Learning for Toddlers
Strong Start Early Care and Education Center offers high-quality day care in the Trumbull / Bridgeport area. We use an inquiry-based curriculum. You may well ask how an inquiry-based curriculum is implemented for very young children. We’ve talked, in recent blogs about questions that spur thinking and problem-solving in pre-k children, but what do…
Tantrum Coping Skills
Between the ages of three and five, your toddler blooms into a preschooler. This time with your precious child is full of delights and new challenges. One such challenge is dealing with tantrums. During this phase of development, most children are learning to deal with their emotions. Outings can become a new kind of challenge.…
Why Strong Start Daycare?
Strong Start Early Care and Education is proud to offer high-quality day care in the Trumbull and Bridgeport area. In this blog, we’d like to highlight some of the reasons we think we are a great choice for you and your child. Inquiry-Based Curriculum This curriculum encourages the development of active learners, and that is…
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