Newton Neighborhood Child Care

2015.

How many teeth did Tyrannosaurus Rex have? Answer: T. rex's had over 60 thick, conical, bone-crunching teeth that were up to 9 inches (23 cm) long. Its jaws were up to 4 feet (1.2 m) long.

Five dinosaur eggs

We excavated some fossils today

This month's theme is dinosaurs, and today we played with shaving cream and buried and dug up hinging monkeys, just like real paleontologists

Remember that each child requires learning offered specifically to their needs. Assessment and modification are essential pieces to all curriculum!

How you exemplify being a role model makes you a great teacher.

Baby-Led Adventures - 5 Reasons Babies Need To Lead Babies are born adventurers. If we give them our full attention and a completely safe, reasonably interesting place in which they are free to move, they’re on t

I Miss You, And That's OK (Toddlers And Separation) In a child’s perfect world, the people he’s closest to would be available 24/7. But separations are a necessary and inevitable part of life. Whether it’s for w

Children will often demonstrate that the interaction with another child is what interests them, not the toy itself. This is evident when there are multiples of a certain object available, yet the children are only interested in the one that has ‘heat.’ Soon after the struggle is over, the toy is usually dropped, becomes ‘cold,’ and no one wants it anymore. Children are best left to work these situations out by themselves while the adults insure that there is no hitting or hurting.

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