Creative Kids Childcare

It’s spooky season! We love Fall and Halloween here at Creative Kids! Have fun and be safe at all of your fall celebrations!! Happy Halloween! 🎃👻🐈‍⬛

Have a great school year everyone!! 📚✏️🚌

We are enjoying a gorgeous fall day full of sunshine, sensory play and friends! Have an amazing week! 🍂🍁🌞

We’ve had an amazing summer here at Creative Kids, full of playground time, chalking, digging, building and having fun!! We are looking forward to a beautiful fall filled with spooky fun, autumn leaves and fun at school!

One of the many reasons I love running an in-home childcare is the ability to foster and watch children of all ages learning and growing together! Now that it’s fall, the babies get to see our kindegartners and preschoolers get on the school bus and hear about school- and our big kids get to play and help with the babies. I love watching the empathy and kindness that develops in the kids. ❤️

Happy Fall y‘all! 🍁

We want to wish everyone an amazing school year filled with learning and fun! We hope our kiddo transitioning to first grade has the most spectacular year, and we welcome our new littles that we will watch learn and grow here at Creative Kids! Happy 2024-2025 school year!! ❤️🌞🍎

At Creative Kids, we have a lot of Free Play time built into our day for all ages. One of the stages of play development that we foster is Parallel play.

What Is Parallel Play?

Parallel play is when children play side-by-side in the same space but do not interact with one another and instead focus on their own individual activity. This type of play helps children learn how to share space and toys with others, observe how other children talk and play and how adults interact with other children during this time. Parallel play also strengthens children’s problem-solving skills, encourages them to think creatively and independently and exposes them to new vocabulary that’s important for language development.

Play isn’t just a fun way for your child to spend their days — it’s an important part of their development in their first five years. And when they get to play alongside other children, they’ll grow new skills, learn to share toys and space and even make their first friendships! For more info on parallel play, visit:

https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/parallel-play -vs-solitary-time

Happy Monday from Creative Kids!! 🌞 We are having an amazing summer full of outdoor fun and we hope you are too! I wanted to share some visuals for
Summer Safety that I find helpful. Some of the information is common sense but reminders are helpful!! Stay safe and hydrated and have fun in the summer sun!! ☀️

Some great articles to read about consent. Have a safe and happy holiday season!!

Holiday gatherings of family and friends give parents a special chance to teach their daughters an empowering lesson: you don't owe anyone your physical affection. To read more from experts on why this matters, especially for girls, visit https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=21616

To start teaching children -- girls and boys alike -- from a young age about the need to respect others and their personal boundaries, we highly recommend "Let's Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent and Respect" for ages 4 to 7 at https://www.amightygirl.com/body-boundaries

For older children, issues of body autonomy, boundaries, and consent are discussed in the excellent "Consent (for Kids!)" for ages 6 to 10 at https://www.amightygirl.com/consent-for-kids

For more books for young children that establish an early foundation of respect for personal boundaries and bodily autonomy, visit our blog post "Body Smart, Body Safe: Talking with Young Children About Their Bodies" at https://www.amightygirl.com/blog?p=11069

Thanks to Safe kids, thriving families for sharing this image!

Another fun Creative Kids holiday party in the books! We had our annual Secret Santa gift exchange, craft time, holiday dance party and snacks and treats! Happy Holidays from Creative Kids!! Thank you to all of the Creative Kids families that made 2023 special! ❤️

We have been enjoying the beautiful weather today!! Creative Kids added two more pieces of equipment this summer- a climbing dome to climb and hang and a safari jeep to take on wild adventures! We hope you’re having as much fun as we are this summer! 🌞