This week marked a significant milestone for Best Beginnings as our Board and Staff members gathered to embark on an exciting journey – the development of a comprehensive three-year plan to guide our future endeavors. This provided us with a valuable opportunity to reflect on our organization’s history, delve deeper into our identity, explore the Read More
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Books to Explore Winter Stem
Counting On Snow by Ilima Loomis (Toddler Preschool) In this picture book, practice counting skills with your child through beautiful illustrations of animals in the Arctic winter. Find it at the Library Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre (Toddler Preschool) In this picture book, practice counting skills with your child through beautiful illustrations of Read More
Winter Stem Tips
Awesome Tips for Young Explorers! STEM isn’t all about coding Sure coding is fun, but STEM does not have to be screen based or super technical. STEM is also learning about animals, following a recipe, observing the weather, building with blocks, sorting objects, and other simple things. Of course, if you have a future Read More
Winter STEM
Let’s declare 2024 as a year of curiosity! Young children are naturally curious about the world, so you have tons of chances to work in some learning as you play and discover together. Adding STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) into your day is a great way to follow your child’s curiosity. What does STEM Read More
Fun activities to Celebrate Families
Dramatic play is an essential part of early childhood. Watching children play at being a family reveals what they see, hear, and feel in their day to day life. Playing house is one of the most popular themes for young children. Possible props can be dolls, keys, stuffed animals as pets, and other household items. Read More
Activities to Celebrate Families
Try these fun activities in your home Play House: https://playgroupwa.com.au/ideas/playing-house-child/ Dramatic play is an essential part of early childhood. Watching children play at being a family reveals what they see, hear, and feel in their day-to-day life. Playing house is one of the most popular themes for young children. Possible props can be dolls, Read More
Books to Celebrate Families
‘Ohana Means Family by Ilima Loomis (All Ages) This cumulative tale, told in the style of “The House the Jack Built”, takes you through the process of how a family, or ‘ohana, farms taro for poi to prepare for a traditional luau celebration. Find it at the Library The More You Give by Read More
Tips for Celebrating Families
Here are six tips to celebrate families Look through family photos together – make sure to point at and name everyone as you talk about them Help your child draw a picture of your family. Alternatively, you could work on any kind of craft project and give it to a family member. Write a letter/postcard Read More
Celebrating Families
Ever heard the saying that parents are their child’s first teacher? Your family, whether it’s made up of two or twenty members, is the best place for your young child to learn about the world. If you add siblings, cousins, grandparents, aunties, uncles, best friends, foster siblings, and step family, then there are even more Read More
Activities Using Books to Build Empathy
Books build empathy by sharing stories that can be used for conversations about feelings and offer perspective taking. Book-based Dramatic Play Using stuffed animals or other toys, role play a story your child knows well. Start with the story the way it is in the book, but then create new stories with your child. Introduce Read More