Little Critters Childcare

05/28/2026

Give yourself time to stop and smell the flowers 💐

05/22/2026

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05/22/2026

Nature= sensory experience 🌲☀️

05/05/2026

For the dads the maybe leave things to the last minute.

Print at home and paint or colour with your littles. Add a popsicle stick or dollar store frame to make it even more special. ❤️❤️

Simple but special and mom will love it.

03/05/2026

We love slow morning play!

03/04/2026

02/25/2026

With the first day of spring right around the corner, we are putting away our winter books! Looking forward to the warmer weather!

Providing seasonal book themes—such as matching reading material to holidays, weather, or times of the year—offers significant benefits. By aligning books with the atmosphere, these themes make reading a more immersive, sensory experience.

Enhanced Engagement and Immersion: Matching books to the current season (e.g., spooky stories in autumn, cozy romances in winter) makes reading more relevant, exciting, and immersive.

Creation of Traditions: Seasonal reading, such as holiday-themed books, allows families and individuals to establishing cherish traditions.

Emotional Connection and Comfort: Seasonal stories can provide comfort, nostalgia, and a sense of belonging during specific, sometimes stressful, times of the year.

11/19/2025

Don't forget to write your letters to Santa and drop them off in the special mailbox at the Cayuga post office! Santa will write you back!

11/04/2025

Labels can hold children back. When we change our perspective, we begin to see their strengths instead of their struggles.

“Difficult” becomes thoughtful and determined.
“Bossy” becomes a natural leader.
“Dramatic” becomes deeply expressive.

Children grow into the stories we tell about them…let’s make those stories kind and empowering.

10/31/2025

When you’re cold, over it, and on the brink of being cranky on Halloween.

Remember: to be a kid on Halloween is magical.

It’s waking up with butterflies in your stomach because today is the day.

It’s the way ordinary houses suddenly turn into treasure spots—porches glowing orange, doorbells promising candy and smiles.

Its legs that don't get tired, even after blocks and blocks, because the only thing that matters is how full their bucket gets.

It’s streets that feel like they belong to the kids—just for one night.

It’s swapping candy on the floor at the end of the night, proud of every chocolate bar and gummy bear pack collected.
It’s the sugar highs, the giggles, the costumes half-off and half-on, and the way the night always ends too soon.

Because to be a kid on Halloween is magical.
And to witness it through their eyes is the greatest magic of all.

Living FULL, by Danielle Sherman-Lazar