Rockinghorse Home Day Care

𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙮 𝙏𝙚𝙙𝙙𝙮 our mindfulness bear arrived, just in time for our Teddy Bear's Picnic on Wednesday, July 10th.

He found the perfect spot in our 🌿 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝘾𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 🌿 and is dedicated to supporting our littles.

His flexibility in adapting to various positions will encourage our littles to try new postures in order to find what positions they are more comfortable in when they need some time for mindfulness. His soft texture also creates a tactile sensory connection and who doesn't like a soft, cozy bear.

Meddy Teddy can be purchased from

Thank you for the funding to purchase our Meddy Teddy.




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🌿We love offering our littles opportunities to relax their bodies and find a variety of methods they can use to calm their bodies and minds. 🌱

We find that when we introduce new techniques when they are in a calm state, they can connect new materials to positive vibes rather than introducing materials when they are in an agitated state. 🌿

So today, we added our lavender weighted eye masks (available on Amazon), a newer tool, and included a familiar item, our weighted teddy

🌿Now, the mental association of the calming technique is connected to a positive experience, and the children are more apt to ask specifically for one or both of these materials or a former calming technique they enjoy.🌱

Thanks to for the teddy and other materials in our Peace Place Center.

Supporting Families | Child Development Assessment

Did you know there are no-charge services available for families to support their young child's development if there are possible delays? Early intervention is one key to ensuring children get the best start in life if there are some delays in development or behavioral issues.

As a childcare provider we take seriously the role we play in the health and well-being of every child in our program. While we are not professional child development evaluators, we do spend much time with each individual child therefore, we are in a position to see things that may not be as apparent to others. Thus, if we notice behaviors that give us pause for concern, we may refer families to Help Me Grow of Orange County. (For California families living outside of Orange County, refer to Early Start - CA Dept of Developmental Services (www. dds.ca.gov /services/early-start)

Help Me Grow OC staff are well equipped to assist you and your child to see if a referral for assessment is needed and then guide you to arrange for such an assessment. Services are available at no cost to families.

For more information, please visit Help Me Grow OC http://www.helpmegrowoc.org/

Help Me Grow Orange County Help Me Grow connects children and their families to developmental services to enhance the development, behavior and learning of children birth through eight years. By calling the toll free number 1.866.GROW.025, (1.866.476.9025) or using the online link, parents, caregivers, child care providers, e...

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Laws and regulations re: immunizations and waiver requirements have changed through the years. The current requirements and approved methods for waiver documentation using the CAIR Medical Exemption Website system is included in this post for informational purposes.

We are a 'Learn through Play' program, offering children plenty of opportunities to play, imagine and explore the world around them. With some creative and nature based play activities the children flourish.

Cooking healthy meals with a variety of color, textures and flavors encourages children to explore food. We are always looking for new foods and keeping some favorite kid friendly dishes on our weekly menus. We hope that our Weekly Menus inspire other child care providers and families when it comes to their menu planning.

For additional inspiration of weekly menus go to our Instagram IG

Bon Appetite!!

Next week is National Fire Prevention Week.

|| 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒍𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒆 || Decembers recipe pairs nicely together. Reminiscent of Brady Bunch's "pork chops and applesauce" episode with my twist. . .

Visit my website at www.RockinghorseHomeDayCare for 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 of this and other recipes (desktop version only)

Since we are in 'cold and flu' season, keeping in mind these points will help parents know when their child may be excluded in addition to their programs sick policy. Of course ultimately a provider can ascertain if an individual child should be excluded. .

And while we know keeping sick children home and taking time off of work isn't always easy, bringing sick children to day care inevitably gets other children sick, including provider.

So now is a good time for parents to talk with friends and family who either dont work or work hours that may be able to offer back-up care for your sick child in the event you must go to work.

𝘼𝙏𝙏𝙀𝙉𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙑𝙄𝘿𝙀𝙍𝙎 if you would like to REPOST my original, feel free to do so, as long as you give repost credit and include in comments.