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Year-End Tax Statement Information | KinderCare

KinderCare will be providing you with your year-end statement electronically when it becomes available early next year. See below for frequently asked questions and more information.

How can I get a copy of my Year-End Statement?

KinderCare will be providing you with your year-end statement electronically when it becomes available in early 2020. This statement is intended to provide you with a tool to assist with your income tax return preparation. If you are a currently enrolled family, year-end statements will now be provided to you electronically. If you are requesting a year-end-statement for previous years, please contact your Center Director. If you are a formerly enrolled family, year-end statements will also be provided to you electronically. However, in the event that we no longer have your current email address, please contact your Center Director for a statement. If your center is no longer open for business, please contact Customer Care by phone at 1-888-525-2780 so we may assist you.

If the Year-End Statement provided by KinderCare Learning Centers is not sufficient in the event of an audit, what should I use as proof of payment made to KinderCare Learning Centers?

The best representation of what you have paid in child care expenses are copies of your cancelled checks, your bank or debit/credit statement, online payments and/or money order receipts, which we would suggest keeping for future reference.

My child transferred to a new center mid-year. I have payment records for the current center where we are enrolled, but it does not include payment records for the previous center. How can I get payment records for the previous center?

You may request a copy of payments made to the previous center by contacting the Center Director at that location. If you are unable to obtain a copy of your payment records from the Center Director, you may request your payment records by contacting Customer Care by phone at 1-888-525-2780.  

There is a discrepancy on my Year-End Statement. How do I correct this?

Please see your Center Director who can print a copy of your ledger card, review your account with you, and assist you in clarifying any discrepancies.

The center where we were previously enrolled has closed. How do I get my Year-End Statement?

You may request your Year-End Statement for a closed center by by contacting Customer Care by phone at 1-888-525-2780. 

I need the EIN/Tax ID number for my center. How can I obtain this information?

Families can access the EIN in their Family Connection account by going to Account History and pulling a Flexible Account Reimbursement Statement. If you have additional questions, please contact Customer Care by phone at 1-888-525-2780 so that we may assist you.

I’ve started making payments online with Family Connection. How can I get a statement listing all payments?

Within Family Connection, the best way to access year-to-date payments is to use the Account History tab and print a FSA report. This report includes all payments made during the period requested in the parameters of your report.

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Here’s a Powerful Parenting Mantra: Before You Correct, Connect

When your child misbehaves, how do you react? Do you get angry and criticize? Do you immediately think about punishment? There’s a better way that will make everyone feel a lot better and also yields better results: Before you make a correction, make a connection.

Extensive research shows that we cannot influence our children—in other words, change their behavior—unless we first have a strong emotional connection with them. That’s why, when faced with unwanted behavior, it’s often better to focus on the relationship with the child rather than the misdeed at hand.

So next time your child, say, hurls a cup of juice across the room, take a breath, and get into connection mode. Here’s how.

1. Stop doing whatever you are doing and give your child your full focused attention. Really listen to whatever it is the he is saying. This keeps bad behavior from escalating.

2. Validate your child’s feelings and give him some language to talk about them. This can be hard if he’s just done something that really pushes your buttons, but there’s a reason to start with your child’s feelings: Children will only be able to really listen to you after they feel listened to. Take the juice-hurling example. A parent might say something like, Wow, that was a really big throw, you must be SUPER mad. Like an elephant-tearing-down-a-tree mad. Am I right?                                                           

3. When your child has calmed a bit, then it’s your turn to share your feelings, which are every bit as valid. When I see the juice all over the floor I feel discouraged because I want our house to be a comfortable place for our family. If I have to mop the floor, I have to stay up later and I’m really feeling tired.

4. After a cooling off period, focus on solutions with your child—and remember your sense of humor! This mess is super huge, maybe we need the ShopVac. Or What would you like for your cleaning up music? “Frozen” or “Uptown Funk”?

5. Instead of imposing consequences, ask curiosity questions. Asking genuine questions about what happened (and listening to the answers) helps children thoughtfully explore the results of their choices. How do you feel about what happened? How can you do it differently in the future?

6. Give hugs. As silly as this sounds, there are times when all of us need nothing more than a hug.

7. Spend special time with your child when they are not misbehaving. What would create a greater connection for your child than to spend one on one time with him or her?

Of course, the need for correction is a must in families, but it’s minor, really, in comparison to creating real connections, which can last a lifetime. The quality of the relationship we create with our children will profoundly influence the outcome of our biggest job ever—helping them become autonomous, wonderful people in the world.

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What is a family kindergarten?

Family Kindergarten is not a private preschool organized by the family. Officially, this is a group of an ordinary municipal kindergarten, functioning at home or in a separate specially rented room. The possibility of creating family preschool groups is enshrined in the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science dated August 30, 2013 No. 1014 “ON APPROVAL OF THE ORGANIZATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE BASIC GENERAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS – EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS OF PRESCHOOL EDUCATION” (clause 13): family preschool groups may have a general developmental orientation or provide supervision and care for children without implementing an educational program for preschool education, groups may include both pupils of the same age and pupils of different ages.

One of the parents is appointed as an educator, only he brings up not other people’s children, but his own (sometimes other people’s children are added to the group if there are few own preschoolers). At the same time, children can attend classes and other activities in the kindergarten, of which the group is a structural unit. The parent-educator is paid a salary, there is a teaching experience. And the preschool institution provides him with methodological and advisory assistance, and also controls the activities – the organization of the regimen of children, conditions, training sessions. Keeping a child in a family group costs the budget more than in a regular group – because the group is usually small, but additional staff positions are allocated for it – the rate of the educator, as well as in most cases part of the rates of other staff (nurse, cook, social pedagogue and etc.).

There is no single document regulating the operation of this form of childcare organization. Such family education groups began to form at preschool educational institutions (DOE) as a variable form of preschool education in certain regions, their organization and activities were regulated by local regulations (see Letter of the Department of State Policy in the field of general education dated September 27, 2012 No. 08-406 About the Organization of family preschool groups as structural units in preschool educational institution » ). Accordingly, approaches to the creation of such groups in different regions are different (from the number and age of children in the group to the requirements for accommodation, food for children, qualifications of the parent-educator, etc.). In some regions, such groups are considered as measures to support large families ( Saratov ), in some – as a measure of the fullest coverage of children with preschool education, i.e. to create a group, the family does not have to be large ( Samara ). In some regions, any former teacher or educator ( Syktyvkar ) can become a family group teacher except for the mother of preschoolers. Somewhere the organization of nutrition for children is entrusted to the parent-educator, and he is paid compensation for food ( Moscow ), somewhere the family group is provided with food by the preschool institution to which this group is attached ( Gukovo, Rostov Region ), or it is provided the possibility of cooking at the place of operation of the group from the raw set of products provided by the preschool educational institution ( Purovsky district of YaNAO ). In some regions, the requirements for the premises in which the family group operates are so strict that it is impossible to fulfill them in an apartment ( St. Petersburg ), so family groups are organized in the premises of the kindergarten. In St. Petersburg, there were even cases when the mother-educator of the family group worked in the general group, , practically fulfilling the duties of an assistant educator .

By the beginning of this year, the number of family kindergartens in the regions amounted to more than 20.7 thousand with a total number of children of about 240 thousand people. On November 17, 2014, the Committee on Family, Women and Children held a round table on the topic: “Legal guarantees for the development of family kindergartens and other variable forms of preschool education” , where representatives of the regions and leaders of various forms of preschool education organizations shared their experience. For example, special programs for the development of family kindergartens have been adopted in the Nizhny Novgorod and Ivanovo regions. In particular, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, it is planned to build individual residential buildings, some of which are used for a family kindergarten, and the other for the family of a teacher who, after working for 10 years, gets the right to register the entire house as a property.

During the discussion at the round table, a number of measures were proposed for the development of variable forms of preschool education, including the mitigation of sanitary requirements. As a result of the meeting, recommendations will be drawn up for state authorities and local self-government bodies. Perhaps their implementation will facilitate the creation of family groups of preschool education. However, in any case, parents who decide to create such groups at home should be prepared for the fact that the children’s institution, of which their group will become a structural unit, will have to control the conditions in which their children are brought up.

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First steps…

Opening your own home kindergarten is a great idea not only for parents, but also for individual entrepreneurs who plan to try their hand at a new business area.

What are the benefits of opening a home kindergarten:

1. Your own child is supervised, you have the opportunity to find caregivers and a good company of children for him, you are sure that he receives quality food.
2. This is an in-demand activity.
3. You will have the opportunity to prove yourself as an entrepreneur, director, manager, educator, learn time management, and therefore grow professionally.
4. Formally, in order to open a home kindergarten or family group, you only need a work permit and conclusion of contracts with parents.

Organizing child care is not an easy task, requiring a lot of effort and imagination. Therefore, it will be especially pleasant when your undertaking will be fully realized and will benefit not only you, but also your little visitors!

Currently, preschool institutions can be divided into those that provide educational services, and those whose function is to look after and care for children. Family kindergartens received official status.

The advantage of care groups is that this activity is not subject to licensing, since it is not accompanied by final certification and the issuance of documents on education and (or) qualifications. In this case, the owner of a home kindergarten is registered as an individual entrepreneur, buys a cash register, and keeps accounts.

The rights of private institutions have been greatly expanded. If earlier they could not receive children for more than 5 hours, now they can work at least around the clock.

Care and supervision groups can be organized both in separate buildings and in attached buildings, as well as in apartments.

It is possible to organize round-the-clock groups in which parents take their children only for the weekend.

But it should be remembered that the kindergarten is responsible for the life and health of children, so the security system must be thought out to the smallest detail.

It is necessary to equip the apartment with a fire alarm, establish a system for recording and storing medical records, train staff in first aid, etc.

The following requirements are additionally imposed on short-stay groups, family preschool groups and other similar organizations, regardless of organizational and legal forms and forms of ownership:

• The area of ​​a group room should be at least 2.5 square meters per child in nursery groups, at least two square meters per child in preschool groups, excluding furniture and its placement. The bedroom area should be at least 1.8 square meters per child in nursery groups, at least two square meters per child in preschool groups, excluding the distance from the outer walls when arranging beds.

• A family kindergarten does not have to have a special playground. You can walk in the park or in any other convenient place.

• As for the nutrition of children, it must be balanced, the products must be fresh, and when preparing dishes, the principle of “sparing nutrition” must be observed, that is, cooking, stewing, baking. Every day, the menu should include: milk, sour-milk drinks, sour cream, meat, potatoes, vegetables, fruits, juices, bread, cereals, butter and vegetable oil, sugar, salt. Other products (cottage cheese, fish, cheese, eggs and others) – 2-3 times a week.

SanPiN 2.4.1.3147-13 “Sanitary and epidemiological requirements for preschool groups located in residential premises of the housing stock”

Where to start?

First stage – state registration

Individual entrepreneurs are registered with the tax authorities.

Second stage – search for premises

Premises can be bought, built or leased. Family groups can also be located in the living quarters of the housing stock. But no matter what type of property you choose, the premises must comply with the requirements of SanPiN.

Third stage – equipping

You will need toys, stationery, teaching aids, children’s furniture and equipment for developing activities and free games.

THE Top 10 Daycares in Coral Springs, FL

Daycares in Coral Springs, FL

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Kids Academy Learning Center
Quality, accredited preschool serving children from 6 weeks to 5 years of age.
Creative Curriculum. Excellent VPK program scoring 95% for the School Readiness Rate. Spanishprogram, smart board.
Offers enrichment classes in ballet, soccer, music, cooking and karate.
Campus is immaculate, well maintained, and state of the art. Must see!…

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Kiddie Academy of Coral Springs is an early childhood educational facility in Florida that provides care and learning programs to children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. The company is licensed by the state toadmit a maximum capacity of 154 children. Kiddie Academy utilizes the Life Essentials® Curriculum to teach fundamental skills children will need for formal schooling….

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Sweet and Smart Montessori School is an educational facility that serves the community of Coral Springs FL. It offers an enriching environment and uses child-centered curriculum that foster self-confidence andsense of freedom among children. The school provides balanced learning by integrating recreational activities with academics….

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We offer FREE VPK!
Infant-Toddler- Preschool-Afterschool Programs Available!

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JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER offers child care and early education programs for preschoolers and pre-kindergarten kids. They also provide after-school programs and summer camps for grades one to five elementarystudents. JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER also offers a preschool program for kids with special needs….

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Second Home Preschool is a day care facility on 6301 W Sample Rd, Coral Springs, FL that provides a warm and nurturing environment for their students. Their child care center is open on regular school days andis licensed by the state of Florida to provide child care services to nearby communities….

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Camp Lindenmere in Coral Springs, FL is a summer camp for children that provides a safe, clean, interactive, fun and exciting environment where your child can learn while having fun. The center is accredited bythe American Camp Association and provide a variety of age appropriate activities such as sports, arts, music, swimming, and special event….

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Discovery Preschool Center, Inc. is a childcare and learning facility established in 1985 to serve the children living in Coral Springs, Florida. It provides a fun, safe and healthy place where children canlearn, play, explore and discover. It also provides age-appropriate learning materials and activities that enhance and stimulate the children’s creativity, imagination, curiosity and desire to learn….

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Young Achievers Preschool serves children and their families of the Coral Springs community. Located in the state of Florida, it has been offering early education programs since 1993. It strives to preparechildren for future academic success. It accommodates a maximum capacity of seventy-six children….

Stat Learn Inc

6447 Nw 55th St, Coral Springs, FL 33067

Costimate: $106/day

Description:

Stat Learn Inc offers center-based and full-time child care and early education services designed for young children. Located at 6447 Northwest 55th St, the company serves families living in the Coral Springs,FL area. Stat Learn Inc has served the community since they opened in 2001….

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Nurturing Hands Childcare, L.L.C. is a childcare provider that offers full-time child care and early education programs designed for young children. Located in Coral Springs FL, the center provides a supportiveatmosphere for children where independence, self-discipline, and caring for others are encouraged. This childcare has served the community since its opening in 2010….

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After School Programs in Coral Springs, FL creates a responsive and sensitive environment to help kindergarten and preschool children grow. They emphasize strengthening social development, group dynamics,sharing, and family relationships from Mondays to Fridays. They foster the cognitive, physical, social, and emotional development while promoting the kids’ lifelong love of learning….

Start Fresh Today

5980 Nw 56th Cir, Coral Springs, FL 33067

Costimate: $106/day

Description:

Start Fresh Today is a childcare provider that serves the community of Coral Springs FL. It offers a nurturing environment and provides age-appropriate programs that enhance children’s emotional, social,physical, and mental skills. The center promotes balanced learning by integrating play-based and child-centered activities with academics….

Fara Amoroso

5413 Nw 106th Dr, Coral Springs, FL 33076

Costimate: $139/day

Description:

Fara Amoroso has been providing childcare services since 2007. She runs a home-based childcare facility located at 5413 NW 106th Drive, Coral Springs, Florida. She can accommodate up to 10 children and providethem with a safe, secure and nurturing environment. Fara Amoroso also provides children with educational activities that help them develop physically, socially, emotionally and mentally….

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My Little Diva Accessories offers center-based and full-time child care and early education services designed for young children. Located at 7857 W Sample Rd Ste 142, the company serves families living in theCoral Springs, FL area. My Little Diva Accessories operates from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M….

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Infant Care Coach, LLC is a facility in Coral Springs, FL that teaches skills that the families will need to care for their infants. They base their classes on the latest recommendations and evidence-basedinformation from the organization, the American Academy of Pediatrics. Their goal is to teach individuals the skills that they need to care for their infants….

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Sisters Quality Childcare is a child care center that serves the community of Coral Springs FL. It offers a nurturing environment and provides age-appropriate activities that enhance children’s social,emotional, mental, and physical development. The center promotes good values to make sure that children will be responsible members of the society….

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French Woods offers summer camp programs in the performing arts, theater, dance, music, circus, magic, rock and roll,visual arts, film and video, sports, tennis, fitness, water sports, skate board, andhorseback riding. We cater to children from 7-17 years old. Younger campers have more guidance and supervision, while older campers are able to take on some responsibility and have a chance to work in the areas of their interest….

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Community After School, Inc. has been providing quality childcare services since 2002 in Coral Springs, Florida. The facility can accommodate up to 162 children, and it is open Mondays through Fridays, from7:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Community After School, Inc. offers full-time childcare services, part-time care, before and after-school care and early childhood education programs. It offers a stimulating environment and provides educational activities that nurture the development of physical, social, emotional and academic skills….

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Seton Ridge Children’s Center in Coral Springs, Florida seeks to provide a nurturing, high quality, safe and fun learning environment that is fit for the child’s overall growth and development. It is a ChildCare provider that can accommodate up to 170 children. …

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FAQs for finding daycares in Coral Springs

In 2022 what type of daycare can I find near me in Coral Springs, FL?

There are a variety of daycares in Coral Springs, FL providing full time and part-time care. Some daycares are facility-based and some are in-home daycares operated out of a person’s home. They can also vary in the degree of education and curriculum they offer. Additionally, some daycares offer bilingual programs for parents that want to immerse their children in multiple languages.

How can I find a daycare near me in Coral Springs, FL?

If you are looking for daycare options near you, start several months in advance of when you need care for your child. Care.com has 423 in Coral Springs, FL as of November 2022 and you can filter daycares by distance from Coral Springs or your zip code. From there, you can then compare daycare rates, parent reviews, view their specific services, see their hours of operation and contact them through the website for further information or to request an appointment.

What questions should I ask a daycare provider before signing up?

As you visit daycare facilities in Coral Springs, FL, you should ask the providers what their hours are so you can be prepared to adjust your schedule for drop-off and pick-up. Ask what items you are responsible for bringing for your child and what items you may be required to provide that will be shared among other children or the daycare staff. Also, make sure to check directly with the business for information about their local licensing and credentials in Coral Springs, FL.

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Childcare in Coral Springs, FL | Daycare Near Me | Kiddie AcademyFind the best daycare and preschool in Coral Springs for you at Kiddie Academy of Coral Springs | Kiddie Academy

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Every day your child’s imagination grows and their curiosity gathers momentum—Kiddie Academy of Coral Springs empowers and celebrates all of it.

Our Life Essentials^® learning approach and curriculum encourages children to explore and progress in their own way, and at their own pace. At Kiddie Academy of Coral Springs, your child will grow socially, physically, emotionally and intellectually. Our highly trained teachers are there every step of the way to guide, nurture and cultivate your child’s development.

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Our approach to early education is to capture the momentum of curiosity and involve parents in every minute of it. That includes you.

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Guided by our well-rounded philosophy and curriculum, our highly trained teachers help develop what’s unique in every child—nurturing imagination, fostering creativity and preparing them for school and for life.

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Nothing matters more than your child’s health, safety and security. That’s why every Kiddie Academy follows our strict health and disinfection guidelines called Health Essentials, has a restricted-entry system and a thoroughly vetted staff trained in first aid, CPR and emergency drills.

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“I don’t have a lot of personnel contact but my son in law and attending grandson have nothing but high praise for the schoo. ”


Tim E., Coral Springs

“Awesome care! My son went from 15 months to pre-K and my daughter from 4 months to pre-K! Wonderful staff and management!! ”


Shannon M., Coral Springs

“It’s a great place of learning for little ones. Our daughter has been attending since 6 months, and they are like extended her extended family. They have a great interactive curriculum. ”


Sherise L., Coral Springs

“I love everything, the communication, the Security, the education provided ”


Yalena O. , Coral Springs

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Shantell A., Coral Springs

“The teachers and staff are amazing. Loving and caring the way it should be. ”


Emmi A., Coral Springs

“The VPK program is run very well! My son is having so much fun and learning. I was very concerned that he wouldn’t be ready for kindergarten due to behavioral concerns but his teachers have built such positive relationships and guidance with him. He is doing so very well and loves coming to class everyday.… ”


Tatiana T. , Coral Springs

“I truly love how everyone knows your child by their first name within the first 1 they start attending and know the parent’s face as well. Everyone is also very warm and inviting, which makes it easier to leave my child in their care all day. I’m very thankful for the professionalism and care each… ”


Victoria J., Coral Springs

“My son learns daily with a Montessori foundation. The teachers are patient with him. ”


Jacqueline S., Coral Springs

“The staff are beyond amazing! They take incredible care of my son and treat him with love while still pushing him to achieve new goals! Grateful for them all! ”


Monica V. , Coral Springs

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90,000 varieties and magical properties, sea stone, where there are, whose horoscope

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• The origin of the gem
• varieties of a sea polyp
• preferences of jewelers
• Use in medicine
• Magic gift

Coral is a precious stone that is not a mineral at all, as it has an organic nature. Among precious materials, there are only 2 such gems – these are pearls and coral stone.

The origin of the gem

This is a calcareous skeleton of a marine polyp shaped like a branch. There are many coral reefs in the seas, but few people know that this organic material can form in the whole island.

Fossilized coral is opaque and very dull, and the material is often cracked. The smoothness and brilliance that can be observed in finished jewelry, it acquires in the process of the work of the master.

Sea polyp habitats are warm waters. Most of them are in the Caribbean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Fossils are mined in the countries of Central America and the Mediterranean. In addition, coral mining occurs in Italy, Japan and Australia. The depth of habitat of marine polyps is different. Some can be reached by swimming (with scuba), while others require special equipment.

The main substances that make up the fossil are calcium and aragonite. Because of this, marine coral is very fragile. It is sensitive to heat and hot water. Under no circumstances should the jewel be exposed to acids. Even with proper care, petrified coral will fade and crack over time.

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The name of coral comes from ancient Greece and is translated as “stone of oracles”. And in ancient Rus’, it was believed that the jewel is part of the dragon’s body, so it was called “draconite”.

Before the nature of marine polyps was revealed in the 18th century, they were perceived as something between a plant, an animal and a stone.

Marine Polyp Varieties

Almost all corals are different. Their characteristics depend on the place in which they live. Marine polyps can not only be of different shapes and colors, but even differ in composition. There are more than 2,000 species of this organic material in the world. The color scheme is represented by 300 different shades. There are corals of white, blue and other delicate colors, and there are also very gloomy brown or black stones. The rarest are blue and black fossils.

Not all varieties of coral are used for jewelry. In their work, jewelers use only 16 types of fossils. The most expensive is red coral, which is called noble.

Inexpensive varieties of material include ornamental fossils in white, dark red, and flesh pink.

An important role is played by the place of extraction. The highest quality and most expensive are Japanese and African sea stones. Seastones of African origin have branched but straight trunks. Japanese jewelry has a unique pink color.

Coral reefs from Sicily are characterized by a strongly curved trunk and are a gem of average price and quality. Algerian, Spanish and Hawaiian are poor quality sponge corals. The reason for this is the many marine microorganisms that live in its branches.

Jeweler’s Preferences

Among the variety of marine polyps, there are several types that are used more often than others, for example, red marine polyps. In addition, there are those that are hard to find, such fossils are unique and expensive. The following are examples of such fossils.

Place of production of red coral: Mediterranean (Algeria, Morocco, Italy), Red Sea, Japanese and Malaysian coasts.

The jewel has dozens of shades, each of which has a special name. The most common types are:

• angel skin – a pale pink stone, sometimes giving off a silvery glow;
• salmon – red-orange material;
• Sardinian stone – “true” scarlet coral;
• bovine blood is the rarest type of red fossil with a brown tint.

The popularity and high price of red sea stones has led to many fakes. However, it is not difficult to check the jewelry for authenticity. It is enough to dip it into milk. Natural stone will become lighter, perhaps even pink.

The name “acori” was given to blue (blue) coral, which is one of the rarest. Of course, it cannot be compared with a black stone, but the fact that blue coral lives only at the very depths of the Pacific Ocean makes it desirable for many jewelers. The same can be said about yellow coral – its uniqueness leads to a high price of the product.

Not all corals have a calcium skeleton. So, black coral is completely vegetative. For its unique nature and low prevalence, it was called royal.

Although not among the most expensive, white coral is often used in jewelry. For example, in the Sea of ​​Japan, in addition to pink ones, you can find high-quality snow-white fossils. Their tops are a valuable material and allow you to create inexpensive, but spectacular decorations.

Medical applications

The healing properties of coral stone are recognized by both folk and traditional medicine. Its healing effect is due to a large number of biologically active substances.

In traditional medicine, coral powder is used to treat diseases of the endocrine system, musculoskeletal system, diseases of the skin, heart, blood vessels and blood pathologies, such as anemia. Calcium, which is part of marine polyps, is absorbed by the human body much better than other types of building material of human bones. Since this is a gift from the deep sea, it fills the body with iodine, which ensures high efficiency in the treatment of thyroid diseases. The coral mineral is also used in dentistry; dental implants are made on its basis.

Alternative medicine ascribes more extensive properties to the marine polyp. It is believed that it promotes wound healing, relieves depression, insomnia and nervous tics. With constant wear, a coral bracelet improves vision, memory and blood circulation. The fossil contributes to the perception of new information, so these decorations are suitable for students and schoolchildren.

It is recommended to wear coral beads for throat diseases, both for treatment and prevention. The fossil normalizes appetite, which is important for obese patients.

It has been observed that in people with chronic diseases, the jewelry becomes stained in a short period (several months).

Lithotherapists claim that for each disease a certain type of marine polyp is needed. So, with pathologies of the nervous system or sleep disturbance, pink coral will help. But in case of diseases of the cardiovascular system or anemia, it is necessary to wear red stone jewelry.

The magical gift of the sea

The magical properties of coral are aimed at protecting their owner. First of all, he protects a person while traveling. The amulet shows the strongest effect on water. In ancient times, it was believed that this “son of the sea” could pacify the elements, preventing storms and storms.

In addition to protecting against natural phenomena, some types of jewelry, such as green coral, can protect against illness, accidents and even damage. Therefore, in ancient Greece, such amulets were often purchased for children.

In India, people still believe that the magical properties of the stone give wisdom, develop intuition and the gift of foresight. In addition, it can be used to cleanse your own mind of bad thoughts.

Talisman allows you to establish family life, but you need to know what colors to choose. Jewelry and talismans with pink corals are considered the most effective. They have the gift to revive feelings and passion between spouses, and also smooth out conflicts.

It is worth noting that a white coral bracelet is suitable for women, but for men it is better to choose red jewelry.

The opinion of astrologers

In order for the talisman not to cause harm, it must be in harmony with the sign of the zodiac. Since the coral has a marine nature, it is best suited for representatives of the water element, whose zodiac sign is Pisces, Cancer or Scorpio. These signs can be worn in any form of coral, but it is worth remembering that Cancer is patronized by a pink stone, Scorpio – red, and Pisces – brown.

According to the horoscope, the only sign of the zodiac that does not fit the sea amulet is Virgo. The rest of the representatives of the stellar circle are not prohibited from wearing coral.

Those to whom the amulet is suitable should know how it works. So, for Aries, a fossil of any color will become a protector from diseases and cataclysms. But for Taurus, who have a creative nature, the talisman will become a source of inspiration. In addition, it helps to strengthen the marriage bond. Aquarians should choose jewelry made of pink corals, this will bring success in love.

Gemini can use it as a shield from the evil eye, damage and just unfriendly people. With the help of coral amulets, Lions can improve their health, but wearing the gift of the sea on the body is not recommended all the time.

Libra coral helps to establish business and friendships. Sagittarius – get rid of stress and nervous tension. Capricorns are advised to wear such amulets very carefully. They do not clash with coral like the Virgo, but they rarely find harmony. Therefore, it is better for people born under the sign of Capricorn to choose other stones. If you already have a sea talisman, you can wear it only during the growing moon and in a good mood.

Man and coral reefs: today and tomorrow

In recent decades, coral reefs have been massively degraded and dying. Together with them, a huge number of various marine animals disappear. The rate of degradation and death of corals is so high that marine biologists predict the possibility of their complete disappearance in the next 30-40 years. Why is this happening?

Upper slope of a coral reef. In the foreground is a parrot fish (Scarus frenatus). Parrotfish also eat algae on the reef. Recently, fish of this group have been massively used for food in many Asian countries.

School of white-throated surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon). Surgeons are herbivorous and actively eat algae on the reef.

Mobula (Mobula thurstoni) swimming along the slope of a coral reef. Often found near reefs, where it feeds on zooplankton and small schooling fish. Included in the number of commercial fish.

School of blue-green damselfish (Chromis viridis) on a reef slope above branched acropora corals (Acropora sp. ). Swallowfish eat the larvae of crustaceans that parasitize corals.

The state of coral reefs in some countries of Southeast Asia (according to the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network) at the end of the 20th century.

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Coral reefs are fantastically beautiful and the most “densely populated” ecosystems of the oceans. The biomass of benthic invertebrates and fish in them is estimated at hundreds of grams per square meter of seabed. The total number of species on coral reefs can reach one million or even more.

The reef ecosystem owes such a vibrant life to unicellular algae (symbiont algae) living in corals, whose photosynthetic activity does not stop throughout the year.

A large amount of organic matter synthesized by symbiont algae (primary production) creates the energy basis for the formation of extremely diverse and dense coral reef communities.

Coral mucus washed off the reef serves as a substrate for the intensive development of bacterial plankton, which, in turn, forms a bacterial-organic suspension that serves as food for zooplankton and benthic invertebrates, and further along the food chain – for fish. Thus, coral reefs increase the productivity of the surrounding marine areas.

Calcium carbonate, intensively secreted by stony corals, foraminifers, and calcareous algae, is used to build the coral reef frame. Therefore, coral communities make a significant contribution to maintaining the carbonate balance of sea water, releasing up to 2 billion tons of calcium carbonate from it per year.

Wave-resistant reef ridges protect the shores of tropical countries from the destructive action of sea waves, preventing coastal erosion.

Local fishing in the reef zone is the most important source of food for the population of coastal countries (for example, the countries of Oceania). It has been carried out for thousands of years in such areas with gentle, non-destroying reef methods. Hook tackle, traps, nets outside the reef zone were used. Back in the 80s of the last century, reef fish resources were estimated at 9% of the total world marine fish stocks. Now these stocks are severely undermined due to the intensification of fishing.

In recent years, areas bordering reefs have been considered very promising for mariculture – the cultivation of useful algae, echinoderms, molluscs, crustaceans and fish.

Coral reefs are excellent “natural laboratories” for studying various aspects of metabolism in the reef community – specific biologically active compounds have been found in them, which have excellent prospects for medicinal use. It should be noted that the industrial production of these compounds is planned to be carried out not from reef hydrobionts, but by genetic engineering methods.

Finally, it is difficult to overestimate the role of coral reefs in the development of tourism – an important source of income for coastal countries.

Coral reefs are found in the tropical waters of the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans, where the temperature usually does not fall below 18 ^o C, although they withstand both a short-term cooling of the water to 16 ^o C, and a short-term warming up to 35 ^o C ( what happens, for example, in the Persian Gulf). Because symbiotic algae require light for photosynthesis, reef-building corals prefer clear waters. But even there they are not found deeper than 75–80 m. Usually, reef-forming corals live at depths of no more than 40–60 m, and in muddy waters with a large amount of suspended matter, no deeper than 10 m (some areas of the Tonkin and Siam Gulfs of the South China seas).

In the shallow waters of tropical seas, corals create reefs that stagger the imagination with their size. So, the length of the Great Barrier Reef is about 2500 km; its width in the northern part is 2 km, in the southern – 152 km.

In the early 1980s, the total area occupied by coral reefs was estimated at about 600,000 km ² . But by 2000, it had already decreased to about 250 thousand km ² , which is only 0.07% of the area of ​​the World Ocean, but 25% of all marine fish species are concentrated on it.

The first corals on Earth, tabulates, appeared in the Ordovician period of the Paleozoic era, about 450 million years ago. Together with stromatoporid sponges, they formed the basis of reef structures. At the end of the Silurian (~ 416 million years ago) and in the Devonian (~ 416 – 359 million years ago), more evolutionarily developed rugosa corals (four-beam corals) and reef structures with an area of ​​hundreds of square kilometers appeared. This was the heyday of reef formation processes. In the middle of the Triassic (~ 246 – 229 million years ago), the first corals containing symbiont algae (zoo-xanthellae) formed, and about 50 million years ago (Cenozoic era, Eocene), modern families of madrepore corals * arose. At the same time, modern families of reef fish began to form and some modern genera arose, but it will take at least 35-40 million years before the appearance of most modern genera of reef fish.

Throughout the history of their existence, corals have repeatedly experienced periods of decline and mass death – the climate has changed, the level of the World Ocean has repeatedly risen and fallen. The last strong lowering of the ocean level occurred during the Wurm (Valdai) glaciation 25-16 thousand years ago – then it dropped 140 m below the modern one. Approximately 16 thousand years ago, due to the melting of glaciers, the ocean level began to rise, which reached the present level about 6 thousand years ago.

But neither the changing climate, nor the lowering or rising of the ocean level in previous geological epochs led to the complete and final death of reef-forming corals – they adapted to new conditions. A balanced reef ecosystem has great restoration potential. This is clearly seen in the reef revival after a series of strong typhoons in Oceania in the last century, when scattered fragments of coral colonies began to grow steadily immediately after the passage of the typhoon, quickly consolidating detrital material.

Global climate change today is accompanied by frequent extreme events. In particular, in 1997-1998 there was an anomalous increase in the temperature of the surface waters of the tropical zone of the World Ocean, which led to the mass death of corals in the vast waters of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Then, in the coastal regions of Bahrain, the Maldives, Sri Lanka, Singapore and near Tanzania, up to 95% of all corals in shallow reef zones died. In other coastal zones of the tropical belt, from 20 to 70% of corals underwent the same fate. In the early 2000s, the tragedy repeated itself twice, affecting especially the central and southern parts of the Pacific Ocean, and by the middle of the 2000s, according to scientists, a little less than half of the previously existing reefs remained on Earth.

But not in all reef areas the situation is so catastrophic. For example, in the Maldives, the coral cover was completely restored due to the rapid growth of acroporids (acropor corals), whose growth reaches 20–25 cm per year. The fact is that the Maldivian reefs represent fairly balanced ecosystems, the negative human impact on which is not yet very great. A different picture is observed in the region of Bahrain and Sri Lanka, where the reefs were under very strong anthropogenic pressure, were significantly destabilized and rapidly degraded after exposure to abnormally high temperatures.

Thus, not sharp climatic fluctuations, but a high level of anthropogenic pressure leads to fatal consequences for this ecosystem. The growing negative human impact is especially noticeable on reefs located in areas with a high population density, primarily in the Indo-Australian archipelago, where more than 30% of the coral reefs of the entire World Ocean are concentrated. It is for this reason that in the worst-case scenario, by 2030, the existence of the Great Barrier Reef, located in this region, may be in jeopardy.

Discharges from industrial production and wastewater from settlements, the entry of oil products into the water during offshore oil production, the appearance of fertilizers in the water due to intensive agricultural activities – all these are elements of the most severe anthropogenic pressure on coral ecosystems.

Widespread deforestation in the tropical zone has led to a massive washout of soil during rains, which reduces the transparency of sea water. Increasing water turbidity, coupled with fertilizers, does not give corals a chance to survive in competition with the rapidly breeding harmful algae that inhabit the surface of the corals. So the growth of corals is suppressed, and they degrade.

Intensive fishing has led to the fact that their numbers have decreased ten times relative to the normal values ​​for the reef. From 40 to 70% of all fish (by biomass) on the reef are herbivores. A sharp decrease in their density provokes an active growth of algae, which destabilizes the reef ecosystem. As a result, corals degrade and die, and this whole process can occur within one year.

Of particular concern was the past, but now illegal, fishing with explosives, which destroyed the coral cover of the reef.

Due to the decline in the stocks of traditional species of commercial fish, the ever-growing population in reef areas began to use new groups of reef fish for food: surgeon fish, angel fish, wrasse, parrot fish . ..

The industrial cultivation of large groupers and wrasses (for example, Napoleon fish) that has entered into practice has not reduced the volume of their fishing on reefs, since wild-caught fish is several times more expensive than mariculture. Both its capture and live delivery to restaurants in Asian countries is a very profitable business.

In recent decades, the situation has been aggravated by the uncontrolled catching of reef fish for the aquarium trade (see also “Science and Life” No. 2, 2009). The order for catching aquarium fish is formed by companies from developed countries. It is they who promote marine aquarism among amateurs and constantly expand the markets for wild reef fish. The sprawling network of local firms that has emerged involves the coastal population in “aquarium fishing”. Trade in marine hydrobionts is a super profitable business. Often, local fishermen receive less than 1% of the final cost of the goods for the catch, the rest goes to merchants.

In order to catch large volumes of fish, they began to use means of rapid immobilization, among which was sodium cyanide. Now the use of this poison is prohibited, but the damage done to the reefs over the decades is enormous. However, the immobilization of fish during their catch is not a thing of the past – cyanide was replaced with reversible poisons, an overdose of which also leads to the death of fish. Another barbaric way of fishing is the “muro-ami” method, in which the fish are driven into the net with poles and stones, destroying the corals.

It should be noted that less than 100 out of more than 4,000 species of reef fish are bred under artificial conditions, which is explained by the complexity of their larval development. Therefore, the vast majority of fish for marine aquariums is caught in nature. The same applies to invertebrates. For example, the share of farmed stony corals in the aquarium trade does not even reach 1%.

The scale of the detrimental impact of food and aquarium fish and invertebrate fishery on reefs is clearly visible from the data of the World Organization for Monitoring Coral Systems – Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, given for the end of the 20th century (see table).

Early Childhood Education History: Theorists & Theories

The history of early childhood education dates back to the 1500s, and it has certainly come a very long way over the years. However, children were being educated long before that. Even the Greek Philosopher Plato had some pretty groundbreaking ideas about how children should be educated.

Early childhood education has a very long and rich history with invaluable contributions from some of the greatest theorists in child development and education. In fact, several are now household words. All of the contributions from these famous early childhood education theorists had value and still do today. In fact, they helped shaped the educational system as we know it.

Early Childhood Theorists

There are so many early childhood theorists, it’s difficult to narrow the scope to just a handful. By the same token, attempting to review each and every one would be a colossal undertaking and, quite frankly, too much to digest in one sitting.

We’ll hit some of the highlights here to see how these men and women shaped education.

1782-1852 – Friedrich Froebel

It is Froebel who is credited with founding kindergarten which was based on his belief that young children need their own space for learning separate from adults – save for the teacher and aides. According to Froebel, “Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood, for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child’s soul.” Simply put, he believed play was absolutely vital in the learning process, especially for young children.

1870–1952 – Maria Montessori

Montessori believed that early childhood learning required a two-prong approach: Educate the child’s senses first, then educate the child’s intellect. Her approach was to view the children as sources of knowledge with the teacher or educator acting as a social engineer. Her hands-on approach to instruction with the learning environment being deemed as vital as the knowledge itself has transformed academic success for many children who did not respond well to traditional classroom methods.

1896-1934 – Lev Vygotsky

Vygotsky believed that social interaction is an important vehicle for child development on linguistic, social, and cognitive levels. He introduced the concept of a teacher as more of a learning facilitator where the child learns by working with someone more capable than the child (typically a teacher or parent). The teacher helps the child with tasks that are just beyond or just within the capability of the child. He also believed that grouping children of mixed ages in a learning environment supports their skill and knowledge acquisition.

1896-1980 – Jean Piaget

Piaget’s theory of learning incorporated his Stages of Development:

• Birth to about 2 years old – Sensorimotor
• About the time the child begins talking to around 7 years old – Preoperational
• About the time the child enters 1st grade until early adolescence – Concrete
• Adolescence – Formal Operations

He believed that children learn by interacting with their environment actively and directly. He believed that a child’s learning also goes through several stages: assimilation, accommodation, and equilibration. This is how they process new information and make it useable to them.

1902-1994 – Erik Erikson

Erikson’s psychosocial theory (among others) has been a foundational concept in early childhood education for years. He emphasized that parents and educators are each integral in supporting and encouraging the success a child has in life at every psychosocial stage of development. By providing the support that is appropriate for the stage, it results in a positive learning experience. He also believed that older children’s social emotional development goes hand in hand with the development and subsequent success of early childhood curriculum.

There are many other great minds that helped shape our educational system and lend a deeper understanding of early learning in children. It is well worth exploring this further when developing a personal teaching style.

Father of Early Childhood Education

The true roots of early childhood education are not entirely clear. There are several names that are noted when discussing the father, or founder, of early childhood education. The truth is many great minds have laid stones for that path. However, there are a few that rise to the top.

Martin Luther is often given credit for having one of the earliest ideas of educating children. In the 1500s most people were illiterate. Luther believed in universal education, emphasizing that it strengthens the person, the family, and the community. His belief that children should be taught to read on their own was so that they would have independent access to the holy scriptures in the Bible.

Jean Rousseau is another who is credited with being a founder of early childhood education – and he did provide some substantial contributions. Many of Rousseau’s educational principles are still used in today’s classrooms. His viewpoint was that education should be child-centered and provide unlimited experiences that are sensory-driven and practical. His belief that measuring, singing, drawing, and speaking should be incorporated into education is the reason that they are present in schools today.

Friedrich Froebel is another who is given a great deal of credit for his contributions to early childhood education and child care. He is believed to be the founder of kindergarten but his beliefs in how young children should be educated also impact today’s classroom. Because of those theories, young children are taught through play in addition to more conventional methods, providing positive experiences for learning.

Theories of Early Childhood Education

There are many different theories of early childhood education. These theories have led to styles of education that are still seen in the classroom today. Several have become highly specialized teaching methods and even have their own accrediting bodies to prevent scams and keep schools from teaching the method improperly or not operating fully within the method.

These are some of the more popular methods that have been embraced by educators and are widely known by not only teachers and those involved in education, but also by parents and other laypersons. At the very least, many of the terms or names are recognizable.

Self-Directed Learning – Montessori | Maria Montessori

In the Montessori classroom, the focus is on the child interacting with the materials and the teacher is more of a facilitator as opposed to most traditional classrooms where the focus is on the child interacting with the teacher. Children learn by the experience of observing and doing various activities and tasks, including life skills like gardening, zipping, and cutting. Instead of being taught, they are led by the teacher to materials and activities that are suited for the child. In the classroom, children are free to move about, select activities, and pursue things that interest them at their own pace.

Classroom as the “Third Teacher” – Reggio Emilia | Loris Malaguzzi

This highly creative learning environment focuses on the child’s interests and encourages intellectual development through creative outlets like painting, dramatic play, drawing, sculpting, working in clay, and conversing. The classroom is carefully designed with an emphasis on the look and feel which enhances the child’s learning experience and is often called the “third teacher.” The objective is to create a classroom that is stimulating, joyful, beautiful, and inviting. Teachers use photographs, videos, and notes to document the children’s activities, remarks, and discussions. Learning is made visible this way and it gives parents greater insight into what their children are learning. Children learn that their work is valuable and important while teachers form stronger bonds with their students and get to know them better.

Plan-Do-Review Process – High/Scope | Dave Weikart and Connie Kamii

The High/Scope program operates on a play-based premise with learning geared to the child’s current developmental stage. It is intended to promote positive experiences in learning and constructive processes that aim to broaden and grow emerging social and intellectual skills. High/Scope classrooms are made up of several learning centers that include math, building, music, science, dramatic play, writing, reading, art, and motor development. The educational style is the “plan-do-review” model. Each day the children discuss with the teacher how they will plan their day. They then follow their plan and, at the end of the day, review what they did with their teacher.

Hands-On Exploration – Waldorf | Rudolf Steiner

The Waldorf program is designed to educate with a whole-child approach (“head, heart, and hands”). Children are allowed to be children in this program because of its overarching philosophy that all phases of child development take time and there is time for them. It also asserts that the formal education of a child should not begin until after their 7th birthday. The learning in the program is hands-on and achieved by exploring many different avenues including singing, cooking, dress-up, storytelling, puppet shows, art projects, and play. Each group of children has the same teacher from preschool, up through eighth grade. The learning focus is on self-discovery and sensory exploration with an aim to instill a sense of responsibility and compassion in the children.

Learning by Doing – Bank Street | John Dewey

This developmental approach is based on Dewey’s theory of “learning by doing.” The focus is the child’s growth physically, emotionally, socially, and mentally. Social skills are important, and it is definitely an area of interest in this program. In these preschools, the child actively learns by using experience to gain knowledge. The teacher operates in a facilitator capacity and the child sets the learning pace. The lessons taught are all hands-on activities like dramatic play, clay, puzzles, and building blocks.

How has ECE Changed Over the Years?

There was a time when early childhood education was more relaxed and informal. The children played and learned in an environment with little academic pressure and virtually no competition. Over the years, as education has become more formalized, these things have been introduced into the classroom.

Children are entering school as young as three or four years old. Often, they are required to sit quietly and learn via various exercises that are often typically only considered to be appropriate for older children.

As academic success has become more of a priority the push has been for better grades, earlier milestones, and more challenging metrics. However, many of the “old” programs that just let kids be kids, encouraging play as a teacher, and allowing for more creative, hands-on learning are a welcome sight.

Today is the best time to enter into education as a career. Whether you are seeking your bachelor’s degree in early childhood education or your Master of Arts in Teaching, your time is now.

Are you interested in learning more about Early Childhood Education degree programs at Monroe College? Talk with us and request more information or apply today!

5 Theories of Child Development

Experts in medicine and science have marveled for decades over the ways in which children develop as well as the best route for healthy development.  This fascinating area of study continues to yield many questions:

• What affects child development?
• At which ages is development most susceptible to external effects?
• What can be done to maximize child growth and minimize detriments to it?

Of course, this is just a sampling of what researchers wonder about when they consider the processes of child development. But because there are so many factors that influence the development of a child and so many questions about what influences child development, many different theories about this subject have been postulated over the years. Genetic and environmental factors can encourage healthy development as well as cause developmental delays. There has been a great deal of research done by national institutes that can help us understand child development and the factor’s that contribute to this during a child’s life.  

However, some theories of child development are more widely known, accepted, and used to describe how children learn and grow than others. Five of these theories are explored in detail below.

Related Resource: 5 Great TED Talks About Child Development

Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Theory

Erik Erikson was an important figure in the fields of psychoanalytic and psychological development. He was also famously known for coining the popular phrase “identity crisis”. His work on child development has been studied and considered since 1959.

Central to much of his work was his theory on psychosocial development (which, unlike Freud’s theory of development, focuses on social development and not sexual development). As it became known, Erikson’s Psychosocial Developmental Theory produced a framework for organizing human growth, through all stages of life, into eight distinct stages:

• Stage 1: Trust vs. Mistrust
• Stage 2: Autonomy vs. Shame and Doubt
• Stage 3: Initiative vs. Guilt
• Stage 4: Industry vs. Inferiority
• Stage 5: Identity vs. Role Confusion
• Stage 6: Intimacy vs. Isolation
• Stage 7: Generativity vs. Stagnation
• Stage 8: Integrity vs. Despair

Key to the outcomes of the child stages as well as those afterward are the principles of social interaction and experience.

Each of these stages correspond with a different period of human development. For example, Trust vs. Mistrust coincides with infancy, a period in which babies learn who and what to trust and who and what not to trust. Erikson believed that babies who receive good care during this stage will learn to trust others and that this trust would carry over into future relationships, allowing for healthy child development. 

But, babies whose needs are not met by their caregivers may have feelings of mistrust and suspicion in future relationships.  

By contrast, the eighth stage of Erikson’s psychosocial theory of development, Integrity vs. Despair, coincides with the final years of the lifespan. Unlike in the first stage in which humans learn to trust or not trust others, this stage is marked by reflection on what we accomplished over the course of our lives. If we can look back with pride on living a good and decent life, we will develop feelings of integrity. However, if a retrospective of our accomplishments garners regret, we might live out the rest of our days feeling unfulfilling, bitter, and in despair.

Erikson’s theory was an important turning point in our understanding of human development. Some theories posited that adulthood and late adulthood are relatively meaningless from a development standpoint, at least when compared to all that changes during infancy, childhood, and early adulthood.

But Erikson was adamant that developmental milestones occur across the lifespan. His theory is reflective of that and is accepted as a more realistic view of human development, emotional growth, and social change.

Related Resource: 10 Great Books for Child Psychologists

Bowlby’s Attachment Theory

John Bowlby was another groundbreaking psychologist and theorist in matters of development. He also crafted one of the earliest known child development theories which still sees prominent use and citation today.

In Bowlby’s Attachment Theory, he asserted that much of child development is based on the innate need of children to form attachments. These attachments may involve any number of people, places, or things and ultimately have a substantial effect on the developmental patterns a person experiences throughout their life.

Bowlby was a psychoanalyst like Freud, and as such, he placed a lot of importance on early childhood and how experiences during that period of life could determine whether or not a child would grow up to have significant mental health problems.

His theory is strongly rooted in evolutionary psychology – he believed that humans, like any other animal, are biologically predisposed to form attachments to others as a survival mechanism. He believed that children have a two-and-a-half-year window (which he called the “critical period”) to form strong attachments to others and a five-year window during which children are “sensitive” to forming attachments.

Bowlby believed that children that do not form attachments during the critical period or sensitive period are likely to not form strong attachments at all. What’s more, he posited that infants who experience consistent interruptions in their attachment experiences with their primary caregivers will potentially have significant emotional, social, and cognitive deficits as adults.

In other words, this theory suggests that infants form a working model of understanding themselves, other people, and the world in general based on the relationship they have with their caregiver, be that their mother, father, or someone else. His groundbreaking work on child development seems to be more popular than ever. 

Freud’s Psychosexual Developmental Theory

According to Encyclopedia Britannica, Sigmund Freud “may justly be called the most influential intellectual legislator of his age.” While creating the modern field of psychoanalysis, Freud also went on to make many other significant contributions to the sciences including the assertion of his Psychosexual Developmental Theory which tackles the stages of child development. 

Freud’s theory of psychosexual development was one of the most important psychological theories of the 20th century. Freud explained that child experiences, experienced at different ages in childhood, directly dictate personality and behavior patterns in the later adult. He explained that childhood experiences are intensely linked to healthy development for children. According to Freud, childhood development follows five distinct stages:

• Oral Stage
• Anal Stage
• Phallic Stage
• Latent Stage
• Genital Stage

Like Erikson’s theory described earlier, Freud’s stages correspond with specific developmental stages in the lifespan. For example, the oral stage corresponds with infancy (birth to one year of age) and is identified by the child’s oral-fixated behaviors. Babies explore the world with their mouths, including breast or bottle feeding.

According to Freud, these stages of a child’s development are centered around sexual development. So, babies in the oral stage gain a lot of satisfaction from putting items in their mouths – their fingers, toys, and the like. That’s because he believed that the libido at this stage is centered in the mouth.

Where personality development comes in is when people get stuck in a stage. So, people with an oral fixation in adulthood gain satisfaction from oral stimulation through any number of activities. They might be chronic smokers, suck their thumbs, or bite their fingernails. These behaviors often manifest when the person is under stress.

If it isn’t obvious, the focus of the libido moves around according to the stage of development. It moves from the mouth to the anus, then to the phallic stage when children begin to explore their autoerotic desires. This is followed by a latency period in which there is little motivation to engage in sexual thoughts or activities. Freud’s theory concludes with the genital stage, which he believed occurs from puberty through adulthood during which people explore sexual activities with others.

Another layer to Freud’s theory is the development of the id, ego, and superego. Freud believed that the id was instinctual and primitive. It is something we are born with and the mechanism that controls our sexual drives. The id is often unrealistic and impulsive.

The ego develops during the first few years of life and represents reality. For this reason, the id and ego are often at odds – the id wants what it wants and it wants it now, regardless of how realistic or unrealistic it might be. The ego, then, is the go-between that balances the id’s impulses and the demands of the real world. Freud believed that the ego was responsible for decision-making and reason.

The superego develops during the phallic stage and is the source of morality. Our morals, according to Freud, are learned from our parents or other caregivers. Since the superego is meant to control the id and ego, it helps tamp down the id’s desires while also helping the ego recognize morals-based goals rather than constantly striving for perfection. 

Likewise, the superego can be thought of as our conscience. It’s what makes us feel guilty when we do something wrong and what rewards us with feelings of pride or joy when we do something right. Freud’s work and theories around a child’s development are respected and studied across the world. 

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Bandura’s Social Learning Theory

Albert Bandura’s Social Learning Theory is commonly relied upon today across many industries and professions. This theory states that while much child learning and child development does come from direct experience, much also comes from modeling and simple observations of people around you.

Additionally, Bandura posited that the modeling we do of others isn’t limited to behaviors, but also includes attitudes and emotional reactions in various situations. Therefore, this theory takes into account both cognitive and environmental factors in determining how children learn and learn to behave.

Modeling is a simple enough process. Children note how their parents and other important figures in their lives behave, and children encode that information. Later on, children might imitate the behavior that has been modeled. So, if a child sees their parent strike the family dog for barking, the child might encode that behavior, think it’s okay to hit others when they are mad, and exhibit a similar behavior in the future.

Bandura built his theory on the foundation of classical and operant conditioning. For example, if a child exhibits a behavior that they encoded from a model, and that behavior is met with a reward, the child is more likely to exhibit that behavior in the future. A caregiver that claps and baby talks to an infant that begins to crawl is reinforcing that behavior with positive rewards.

On the other hand, if a child engages in a behavior that is met with a consequence (e.g., a parent yelling at them for striking the dog), they will be less likely to continue that behavior because it was met with a punishment.

Where Bandura broke from strict behaviorist approaches is in his position that the environment was just one determinant for how we learn and behave. Instead, Bandura posited that our intrinsic motivations and even our current mental state have much to do with our ability to learn and how we behave. 

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Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory

Piaget’s Cognitive Developmental Theory states that children, quite simply, think differently than adults. While this may seem obvious to some, this was a revolutionary theory that went on to provide the foundations for several other theories to come. Piaget’s theory on a child’s development being tied to their developmental milestones has gone on to be one of the top theories in the world. 

Essentially, this theory divided the child life into four separate categories, or stages, each of which carries its own important qualities and vulnerabilities:

• Sensorimotor stage: Birth to two years
• Preoperational stage: 2 to 7 years
• Concrete operational stage: 7 to 11 years
• Formal operational stage: ages 12 and up

According to Piaget, each of these stages was marked by a specific developmental goal. Object permanence (the ability to understand that an object that is out of sight still exists) is the goal of the sensorimotor stage. Meanwhile, the goal of the preoperational stage is symbolic thought, or the ability to think using symbols and images.

The third stage – concrete operational – the goal is for children to develop logical thought. This is characterized by the ability to solve problems in a more adult-like, logical fashion. However, children in this stage might still struggle with abstract thought and only be able to solve problems that have concrete meaning.

It isn’t until the formal operational stage that the ability to undertake abstract thought begins to develop. Likewise, Piaget believed that the formal operational stage marked the beginning of one’s ability to use logic to test hypotheses.

Which Theory of Child Development is Right?

These theories of child development are all very different from one another and take different avenues for explaining how we learn, behave, and develop. Children begin life with genetic factors that may affect their cognitive development and emotional development. Whether or not their guardians are the ones who passed on these genes, their roles as guardians may carry more weight than they ever could have realized. As children start to see, hear, understand, and interact, they also respond to the emotional factors around them. While all of these theories are based around developmental milestones, the main areas of early childhood, and factors that we can likely all relate to, we may all have a different belief system. 

And while it might be tempting to ask which one is right, that isn’t a question that can be answered – each theory has, in its own right, many useful applications for studying human behavior. One theory might be better suited to a specific situation than another. Multiple theories might be used simultaneously to explain how children develop as well.

The study of child development is a vastly important one that helps us to understand the greater process of human development. Just like in any other scientific discipline, theories like these are some of the critical pillars of psychology and the study of child development.

Related Resource: 5 Differences Between Clinical and Developmental Psychology

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December 2021

Department of Theory and Methods of Primary and Preschool Education

Work plan of the Department of Theory and Methods of Primary and Preschool Education for 2022-2023

The goal of the Department of Theory and Methods of Primary and Preschool Education is to provide educational institutions in the region with qualified and competitive personnel with professional competencies in the field of preschool and primary education.

The Department of TimNiDO is a graduate in the following areas of training:

03.44.05 – Pedagogical education with two training profiles: “Primary education and Foreign language”; “Primary Education and Preschool Education”; “Preschool Education and Primary Education”.

03/44/01 – Pedagogical education, profile Primary education.

03/44/01 – Pedagogical education, profile Preschool education.

44.04.01 – Pedagogical education, training profile “Innovative Primary School”.

Currently, work is underway to train specialists in the field of preschool and primary education in various forms: full-time, part-time, in the system of advanced training and retraining of personnel, pedagogical support for innovative processes in the regional system of preschool and primary education in the context of education modernization.

The priority areas of activity of the department are:

– creation of conditions to meet the needs of students in raising the level of professional knowledge;

– training of highly qualified specialists with deep theoretical and necessary practical knowledge;

– methodological support of the educational process and the practical application of modern educational technologies;

– meeting the needs of educational institutions in advanced training and retraining of their personnel;

– scientific and methodological support of innovative processes in the regional system of preschool and primary education in the context of education modernization;

– dissemination of scientific, pedagogical and cultural knowledge among the population.

Developed scientific topics:

– Traditions and innovations in education.

– Monitoring the formation of universal educational activities in the context of the introduction of the Federal State Educational Standard in an educational organization.

– Implementation of a meta-subject approach to the organization of a modern lesson.

– An activity approach to organizing classes with preschoolers and younger students.

The department is the organizer of annual international and all-Russian scientific and methodological conferences on the problems of modern organization of education in preschool, primary, secondary and higher educational institutions, has experimental sites for developing education and for the formation of health-saving competencies among students of a pedagogical university based on a humane-personal approach to children .

The most important direction of the work of the scientific team is the activation and strengthening of international cooperation with scientists and teachers of the University of Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France in the aspect of training future primary school teachers. International cooperation allows teachers of the department to exchange advanced pedagogical experience, to be published in leading foreign publications.

The department actively operates a regional innovation platform “Improving work with highly motivated and gifted students. Measures to support gifted children and youth: experience of practical implementation”, in which leading teachers of the department and faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology take part. Teachers of schools in the region, namely, the cities of Naberezhnye Chelny, Nizhnekamsk, Yelabuga, Almetyevsk, Leninogorsk, Zainsk, etc., receive scientific and methodological support for capable students in the process of cooperation; learn to build an individual development trajectory; develop educational programs and control and measuring materials for the diagnosis of UUD of schoolchildren. In addition, work is underway on the program “Rural Teacher in the Conditions of Modern Educational Space”, the purpose of which is to organize a resource/consultation center for teachers in rural schools.

Thus, while maintaining the previously established educational, methodological and research traditions, the modern educational, scientific and innovative policy of the Department of TiMNiDO is to ensure the training of specialists, scientific and scientific and pedagogical personnel at the level of world qualification requirements, the effective use of educational, scientific, technical and innovative potential .

Advanced training and professional retraining courses

The profession of a teacher is one of the most massive and most responsible. In his hands is the responsibility for the formation of personal and meta-subject results of education in accordance with the requirements of federal state educational standards. In a society with dynamically changing socio-economic relations, universal informatization and computerization, teachers need to constantly learn, develop, and improve themselves. The professional standard requires teachers to attend refresher courses every three years. The system of continuous education is a condition for improving the general and professional competencies of a teacher, ensuring the quality of training of students.

Modern information and communication technologies make it possible to optimize this process and take advanced training courses remotely.

If you do not know where to take advanced training courses for teachers in the shortest possible time with maximum savings in time and material resources on the topics you need and get a certificate of an all-Russian sample, go to the website of the Center for Additional Professional Education “Extern”!

We invite teachers to remote training courses for teachers.

Benefits

The Extern Center offers services for organizing advanced training courses for elementary and other categories of teachers. The content and educational and methodological support of distance teacher training courses are developed by leading scientists and distinguished specialists in the field of psychology, pedagogy and methodology of St. Petersburg. Therefore, students of advanced training courses 2019/2020 for teachers, only the latest results of psychological and pedagogical research, innovative psychological methods and scientific and practical developments of the teaching staff of central universities, authors of modern programs and textbooks, experts in the field of education are offered.

Students who have been trained in advanced training courses for teachers and remotely on the basis of the Extern Center note their important advantages:

• the content and topics of advanced training courses for teachers are updated annually in accordance with new trends in modern education, the Center’s specialists adjust and develop programs on relevant topics;
• thematic areas and materials of distance professional development courses for teachers comply with the updated regulatory framework for preschool, primary, secondary, additional education, SVE;
• in the event that a teacher has new duties in our company, there is an opportunity to urgently complete advanced training courses for teachers and bring the level of their knowledge, skills and abilities in line with their work functions;
• we offer a flexible schedule of the educational process, allowing you to improve your professional level in absentia, without interrupting work;
• refresher courses for teachers are organized, in addition, they do not require spending money and long hours on travel to and from the place of training, they save the health of teachers;
• technical capabilities allow teachers of any region of the Russian Federation to take advanced training courses for teachers on the basis of organizing an individual educational route;
• course materials are available 24/7, etc.

Professional development programs for teachers involve feedback, implementation and verification of practical work, individual assignments, a large amount of independent work of the student, which is checked and evaluated by teachers. The Center’s specialists provide consultations during the training period, under their guidance, students perform the final attestation work.

Based on the results of training based on distance advanced training courses for teachers developed by leading experts of St. Petersburg, students receive a state-issued numbered electronic certificate indicating the subject matter and complexity of the course taken.

The thematic field of our courses includes a wide range of topics:

• inclusive technologies;
• designing a health-preserving educational space;
• research and project activities of students;
• use of active teaching methods;
• technologies for preparing for the OGE and the Unified State Examination;
• implementation of interdisciplinary connections;
• monitoring of subject, meta-subject and personal achievements of students;
• career guidance;
• first aid
• problems of socialization, etc.
  

THE Top 10 Daycares in Navarre, FL

Daycares in Navarre, FL

Curious Apples

2716 Highway 87, Navarre, FL 32566

Costimate: $200/wk

Description:

Curious Apples is an early development center that provides an accessible and reliable child care solution for children living in the Navarre community near 2716 Highway 87. Their child center strictly complieswith child care regulations set by the state of Florida….

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Childcare Network #151 is located in Navarre, FL. They offer high rich learning curriculum that maximizes your child’s learning potential. They offer infant, toddler and preschool programs that will build yourchild’s educational foundation. They cater to 6 weeks old infants to 12 years old children. It is open on weekdays from 6:00a.m. to 6:00p.m….

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Start To Finish LLC is an early development and child enrichment center conveniently located at 2053 Sweet St, Navarre, FL licensed by the state of Florida. Their care center provides various child caresolutions that caters to the individual interests of their students….

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Bundle of Life Protective Childcare Home in Navarre FL commits to the families in offering developmentally appropriate guidance and care. They cultivate the kids’ cognitive, social, physical, emotional,educational, and linguistic development. They provide state-licensed and holistic programs to preschool students for them to reach their full potentials that will lead to future success….

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Dancing Diapers Daycare offers a safe, secure and fun place for children. This childcare facility caters to the children’s growth and developmental needs in a warm and friendly environment. It also provideseducational activities that nurture the development of physical, social and cognitive skills….

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FAQs for finding daycares in Navarre

In 2023 what type of daycare can I find near me in Navarre, FL?

There are a variety of daycares in Navarre, FL providing full time and part-time care. Some daycares are facility-based and some are in-home daycares operated out of a person’s home. They can also vary in the degree of education and curriculum they offer. Additionally, some daycares offer bilingual programs for parents that want to immerse their children in multiple languages.

How can I find a daycare near me in Navarre, FL?

If you are looking for daycare options near you, start several months in advance of when you need care for your child. Care.com has 152 in Navarre, FL as of January 2023 and you can filter daycares by distance from Navarre or your zip code. From there, you can then compare daycare rates, parent reviews, view their specific services, see their hours of operation and contact them through the website for further information or to request an appointment.

What questions should I ask a daycare provider before signing up?

As you visit daycare facilities in Navarre, FL, you should ask the providers what their hours are so you can be prepared to adjust your schedule for drop-off and pick-up. Ask what items you are responsible for bringing for your child and what items you may be required to provide that will be shared among other children or the daycare staff. Also, make sure to check directly with the business for information about their local licensing and credentials in Navarre, FL.

Child Care Centers and Preschools in Navarre FL

Child development centers in Navarre vary in size as well as in scope. While some offer progressive curriculums and the latest advancements for preschools, others are more intimate daycare centers that take a more relaxed approach to childcare.
Whatever your priorities, finding the right daycare center for your child is important. We’ve made the seemingly overwhelming task easier by collecting basic information such as size, location, and licensing information for child development centers in Navarre into a single location.
Simply click on the links below to learn more about Navarre childcare centers that are dedicated to providing families with safe, quality childcare.
You can also read reviews about various childcare providers to learn more about which is the right choice for your family. We always welcome comments and corrections, to better the browsing experience on our site.

You may also want to check out 26 family child care providers and group home daycare in Navarre Home Daycare.

Childcare Network 151 – Granada

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-1703

Our mission at Childcare Network is to provide children with the highest quality early care and education, to serve as a supportive network and resource for families, strengthening the communities that we serve, and to work interactively with other r …

Nanny’s New Beginnings Childcare

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 939-7825

At Little Learners Academy of Navarre, LLC your child’s safety and education are our top priority. We are committed to giving every child in our care the opportunity to learn in a fun and safe environment.

Navarre Montessori Academy

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 710-3879

We have updated the name to Navarre Montessori Academy, we are looking forward to serving school-age children in the future

Curious Apples

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-4663

Curious Apples is the newest day care facility in Navarre Our mission at Curious Apples is to provide an enriching, educational, preschool experience. We know that high quality preschool sets the foundation for future education. Strong neural connect …

Navarre United Methodist Preschool

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 939-6720

Our preschool exists as an outreach ministry of Navarre United Methodist Church to the children and the parents of the congregation and the surrounding community. We value and celebrate each child with unconditional love, care and support. We welcome …

Pullum YMCA Child Care

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-0049

– licensed before-school and after-school childcare at the Y, serving elementary and middle schools in our area – summer day camp (ages 5-12) and Leaders in Training Program (ages 13-15) – Voluntary Pre-kindergarten (VPK) licensed school-year progra . ..

Duck Duck Kids

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 939-4645

Duck Duck Kids is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 33 children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Grow With Us Learning Academy

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 930-1030

Grow With Us Learning Academy is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 126 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Santa Rosa District School – Holley-Navarre Intermediate

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-6020

Santa Rosa District School – Holley-Navarre Intermediate is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 159 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Santa Rosa District School – Holley-Navarre Primary

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-6130

Santa Rosa District School – Holley-Navarre Primary is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 165 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Santa Rosa District School – West Navarre Intermediate

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-6060

Santa Rosa District School – West Navarre Intermediate is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 105 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

Santa Rosa District School – West Navarre Primary

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 936-6000

Santa Rosa District School – West Navarre Primary is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 183 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

SRCS-East Bay K-8

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 934-4095

SRCS-East Bay K-8 is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.

First Baptist Church of Navarre Preschool

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 803-3264

First Baptist Church of Navarre Preschool is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 58 children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Holley By The Sea Youth Program

Navarre, FL 32566 | (850) 939-1693

Holley By The Sea Youth Program is a Child Care Facility in Navarre FL, with a maximum capacity of 29 children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

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articles and useful information about Spain

Date:
06/17/2014

Author: ABC of Spain

Education in Spain: Kindergartens, Playrooms, Toddler Libraries and Kindergartens

The world’s most regulated education system in Spain includes only compulsory stages from the age of six or more. Education programs for young children, especially those under three years of age, are so different that one can safely talk about, say, 17 different systems and even about illegal and pseudo-entrepreneurial initiatives that have gone far from any official norms and rules from a pedagogical point of view. To this mess in kindergartens or nurseries, we can also add a crisis that affects the number of enrollments: if the parents are unemployed, the child may well grow up at home, especially if the price of a place in kindergarten rises every year. nine0005

In Spain, 432,000 children were enrolled in the first year of early childhood education (0-3 years) last school year, a decrease of 2.1% on the previous year. This is explained not only by the decline in the birth rate, but also by the cost, which is often too expensive.

Thus, in Spanish public kindergartens there were 12.5 children per teacher, and in private – 12.8 children. In percentage terms, 53% of children of this age are in public primary schools, 17% in mixed schools and 30% in private schools. nine0005

Private establishments with more convenient schedules have become serious opponents of city administrations in some regions. In some cases, the administration itself contributes to this confrontation. For example, in the Madrid area, some non-public schools position themselves as more economical than public schools, as they return the amount on the school check issued to those who choose this training center. This is because private gardens have been eligible for subsidies from the regional government since 2002. In this regard, according to research conducted by trade unions, almost half of the parents who applied, refuse places in public preschool centers. And this is due to the cost, which is at least 234 euros per month for one child. nine0005

This school year, 31,000 checks have been donated to kindergartens in Madrid (worth 100-160 euros per month), which is a significant amount when compared to the 800 available subsidies for school transport. In the Basque Country or Cantabria, on the contrary, public institutions are trying to take over this sector of preschool education.

An increase in the fee for enrolling in municipal kindergartens also affects the choice. In Lleida, for example, the municipal training centers raised the cost by 50%. In Catalonia, the number of places in kindergartens decreased by 11% in one year alone, and in private schools decreased by 9%.

The economic crisis is also playing its part: unemployment and the halving of subsidies from the government over the past few years. Because of this, many illegal kindergartens have sprung up. According to Vic University research, illegal establishments exist in 10 out of 17 areas. And pseudo-firms such as “mother for a day” are also emerging, which are regulated by their own laws due to the lack of a regulatory framework, while the Ministry of Health and Social Services struggle to adjust the education schedule for all families. nine0005

In September last year, it was reported from Valencia that 240 cases had been filed in the past year, alleging the opening of unlicensed kindergartens. In a competitive market, training centers sue each other. According to the established rules, in the gardens it is mandatory to have showers and changing rooms, an open courtyard with an area of ​​at least 75 square meters. meters and minimum class sizes, while dozens of schools have exhausted the four years required for this without correcting the violations. nine0005

This is one example of childcare confusion in Spain, but it is not the only one. The regulatory framework in the field of regulation is also very different. The confusion began with Spain’s current law on education (LOE), according to which, since 2006, the autonomous communities themselves had to determine the minimum requirements for educational centers and programs for the care and education of children from birth to three years. The text of the current education reform (LOMCE) does not refer to this first stage of education. Sources in the ministry explain that powers have been transferred to autonomies and there are no general principles that would unite all education projects, and there are no claims from the government that such principles do not exist. nine0005

“The problem is that the law gives so much freedom to autonomous regions that they can do both better and worse,” complains psychologist Alicia Alonso, “And there is a huge difference in legal regulation between autonomous regions.” Alonso, who trains primary school teachers, praised, for example, the experience of the Balearic Islands: “Everything was taken into account. Even the plan of the courtyard, divided into zones where shadow and light fall.

Alfredo Oyuelos, professor and specialist in didactics and school organization at the State University of Navarra, complains about legislative uncertainty. “There are universally recognized permanent places of leisure, attention and care in which there are no curricula,” the professor laments. nine0005

“I counted as many as 22 names for elementary schools: kindergarten, library for toddlers, home friends, mothers for a day, kindergarden …”, jokes the professor. “There are no coincidences at all in anything. Even in the number of students in the class. In Madrid, a minimum of 1.5 square meters is required per child, while in Palma it is 2.5 meters. What’s happening? Are the kids bigger in one place than in the other?” asks Oyuelos, who is also the coordinator of word circles in children’s schools in Pamplona. “There is no stage of universal compulsory education. You just need to determine the general minimum of space and the training of teachers, ”the Andalusian government notes. nine0005

Against the backdrop of these vicissitudes, the 2008 Educa3 education plan was born, according to which 300,000 places were created within three years for children of this age to study in Spain. The Eduka3 plan provides for:

– for public schools, enrollment at the beginning of only two out of every 10 children for whom parents paid according to income level;

– non-mixing of children of different ages;

– Teachers must have appropriate higher education diplomas in pre-school education or vocational secondary education in the same field. However, many non-public schools have support staff and unqualified teachers. nine0005

Denmark, Germany, Norway and Sweden require similar training for early childhood education teachers for all ages. In Northern Europe, government leaders are convinced that the best social investments are made in early childhood, as this ensures comprehensive preparation and individual success in academic achievement. According to Asunción González del Hierro and Cinta Rodriguez of the Autonomous University of Madrid, teachers without proper training tend to be “less involved in children’s play, and children in such a situation seem to be more indifferent, often crying, and as a result, trust is not established.” nine0005

In addition, these researchers believe that it is very important that the staff is stable, which is not so common in private schools without professional teachers. Such children end up having more difficulty adjusting to school, have a more limited vocabulary, relate less well to their peers, tend to be more aggressive, and do not form trusting relationships with their mothers.

Daycares in Johnston, IA | KinderCare

KinderCare has partnered with Johnston families for more than 50 years to provide award-winning early education programs and high-quality childcare in Johnston, IA.

Whether you are looking for a preschool in Johnston, a trusted part-time or full-time daycare provider, or educational before- or after-school programs, KinderCare offers fun and learning at an affordable price.

1. Johnston KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 214-1036

   8601 Thomas Ave
   Johnston
   IA
   50131

   Distance from address: 2.07 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

2. Grimes KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 644-5282

   1101 NE Gateway Dr.
   Grimes
   IA
   50111

   Distance from address: 4.52 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

3. Oralabor KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 963-9095

   225 SW Oralabor Road
   Ankeny
   IA
   50023

   Distance from address: 5.29 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

4. Westlakes KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 221-0718

   6670 University Ave
   West Des Moines
   IA
   50266

   Distance from address: 7. 29 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

5. Ankeny KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 964-0688

   3055 N. Ankeny Blvd
   Ankeny
   IA
   50021

   Distance from address: 7.63 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

6. Hickman KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 987-5755

   15200 Hickman Rd
   Clive
   IA
   50325

   Distance from address: 7. 85 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

7. Country Club KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 222-9685

   7210 Vista Dr
   West Des Moines
   IA
   50266

   Distance from address: 8.10 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

8. West Des Moines KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 267-1951

   865 S 51st Street
   West Des Moines
   IA
   50265

   Distance from address: 8. 86 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

9. Pleasant Hill KinderCare

   Phone:
   (515) 262-3838

   1425 Copper Creek Dr
   Pleasant Hill
   IA
   50327

   Distance from address: 10.22 miles

   Ages: 6 weeks to 12 years
   Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

   Tuition & Openings

10. Waukee KinderCare

    Phone:
    (971) 303-6413

    1155 SE Kettlestone Blvd
    Waukee
    IA
    50263

    Distance from address: 10. 46 miles

    Ages: 6 weeks to 5 years
    Open: 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, M-F

    Tuition & Openings

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Zagorodny TV channel opens a successful season

“Look, I’m almost crying, I want to go to the country”, perhaps the song of Pyotr Nalich is the best illustration of the feeling that arises in the early spring in the soul of any city dweller, tired of the roar of cars and office hustle. Summer residents expect a warm season no less than all motorcyclists, cyclists, yachtsmen and roller skaters combined. How to entertain yourself in the country and how to surprise neighbors, friends and family members during the summer season? The answers to these and many other questions will be given by the unique Zagorodny TV channel, created for practical assistance to those who are tired of the city and who want to be closer to nature. The main spring announcements of the channel are in a special reportage from Tricolor TV Magazine.

On the Zagorodny TV channel, domestic and foreign experts will share the most intimate secrets of country success

The time of the same type of country houses is long gone. A modern dacha is, first of all, room for creative imagination. The term “landscape design” is no longer a fad of the rich. The dacha of the 2014 model is quite democratic. But this is no longer “six acres”, sown with monotonous potatoes. A modern summer resident is both a pragmatist and an esthete to the marrow of his bones . He understands colors, knows how to lay paths, distinguishes glued laminated timber from ordinary logs, “Norwegian felling” from “Canadian style”, and is quite capable of installing a satellite dish or building a fountain with his own hands. At the same time, he remains an extremely inquisitive person and always listens to the advice of professionals.

That is why the Zagorodny TV channel, produced by the First TVCh television company, becomes an indispensable assistant in the country. Practical advice from experts in the exclusive projects of the TV channel, no doubt, will appeal to all lovers of quality life outside the city. What plants grow next to each other? How to correctly choose a pleasing to the eye and functional fence? How to design a landscape around a house near a lake or in a natural pine forest? To build the estate of your dreams on the site, you need to know and be able to do too much. What needs to be done so that the repair or construction is not delayed for a long time?

This spring, domestic and foreign experts will share the most intimate secrets of country success on the Zagorodny TV channel.

Humble American Grower (USA, 2012)

The Hidcote Garden, created by Lawrence Waterbury Johnston, has become a real masterpiece of landscape design.

Thanks to the passion of Major Lawrence Waterbury Johnston, an American by birth and a gardener by vocation, the Hidcote Garden appeared – one of the most beautiful and original in England. Johnston devoted forty-one years of his life to the garden, creating a garden that influenced the further development of horticulture.

The basis of the Hidcote Garden are elegant green “rooms” with different themes, each of which has its own unique style and atmosphere: “White Garden”, “Garden with a Stream”, “Theatre Glade”, “Maple Park”, “Pillar Garden”. “. The “rooms” are interconnected by alleys and decorated with topiary cutting of trees and shrubs. Some of them have ponds and fountains lined with flower beds.

The range of plants used by Johnston is truly enormous. He obtained rare and exotic species by sponsoring and participating in trips around the world . Johnston visited the Alps, Kenya, South Africa, exchanged plants with Australian and Japanese gardeners. Thanks to Johnston, forty new types of plants began to grow in Great Britain.

Hidkot has become a real masterpiece of landscape design. The film, which you can watch on the Zagorodny TV channel, will help you feel like a real artist in your field!

New season “We shoot in the country” (Russia, 2011-2013)

In the new season “We shoot in the country” you will learn how to build, grow crops, cook deliciously, and most importantly – do not get bored in the country

The project “Removing in the country” is based on real events from the life of ordinary owners of suburban areas. During the program, the viewers of the Zagorodny TV channel film their life in the dacha on a video camera. Valuable first-hand advice on arranging a country house, interesting recipes for preparations for the winter, individual characteristics of growing crops in different regions of Russia, how to build, grow crops, cook deliciously, and most importantly – do not get bored – all this and much more in the new season ” We are filming in the country!

“Brian’s House 2.

On the Rocks” (Canada, 2012)

Brian and Sarah adhere to the principle “It’s better to show once than tell a hundred times”

The long-awaited continuation of the project “Brian’s House” starts in April! Last season, Brian, a professional lawyer who traded his tie for a belt with tools, and his desk with business papers for a power saw, built the cottage of his dreams with his wife Sarah. However, in the new season, Brian will have another child, and in a country house , which he built for his family in the first part of the TV show, the big family gets a little crowded. Therefore, Brian decides to build a summer house in which he could take a break from city life – a house on the rocks.

As before, from the foundation to the door bell, Sarah and Brian do everything themselves. The show is filled with valuable building, electrical and decor tips. The humor with which the action is presented made the show popular all over the world.

The Mad Gardener (Germany, 2009)

“Mad Gardener” – a program about the most unusual plants that you can grow

Furious Roland, a former motorcycle racer, has always lived the dream of freedom. One day he got on his moped and left to create his paradise on earth in the literal sense of the word. He made himself a house in an old container, set up a greenhouse on the bus, and planted a garden around it.

The Mad Gardener is a program about easy-to-implement tips that provide viewers with an alternative to classic gardening clichés. The Crazy Gardener is ‘s most extreme garden show ever. This is a program about the most unusual plants that you can grow.

Watch interesting and informative programs about country life on Zagorodny TV channel

Situational marketing, delighted customer. What trends are the future

Internet advertising and marketing in 2017 do not tolerate clumsiness and intrusiveness: falling out of favor or permanently banned from the audience is easy and simple. How should brands behave in the face of advertising glut? What technologies should marketers master in the near future? How to sell native ads on social networks? The “Marketing” section of the conference “ Business Internet ” invited many eminent speakers – some of the best in their field. Hurry up to buy a ticket to find out if HYIP has KPI, how video advertising will develop, how to build a successful brand strategy on the Internet.

The Marketing section will be opened by a joint report by Ksenia Ivanova, Deputy General Director for Commercial Affairs and Development of TUT.BY, and Pavel Voronyuk, Advertising Technologies Manager of the company. They will present an overview of global trends that come to the advertising market in Belarus.

Ksenia Ivanova and Pavel Voronyuk

Garrett Johnston is an Irish polyglot, philosopher, founder and owner of Macroscope Consulting commercial marketing strategies, and a leading global expert in Macroscope Consulting. Works to radically increase the value of business and client brands through proper and integrated marketing – from products to promotion. He will come to Minsk to talk about technologies that are changing marketing and how to build a strategy on the Internet.

Garrett Johnston assures us that a happy client is replaced by a successful one. Those companies that accept this as an unshakable given will, in his opinion, have a bright future: “… What is more important: business or marketing? Neither one nor the other,” Garrett Johnston reflected on the air of the Synenergy channel. — Customers and markets are important. Marketing is just a process, business is the same. For the client, the result is important, not the processes that lead to it. The main thing is the soup, not the ingredients or the chef… the main driver of the company’s value is not your pricing policy, not the technology. It’s about how long-term you can delight a client so that he comes back, and comes back, and comes back. So that you harvest from it not once, but for 50 years. Investors are willing to pay billions for such companies.”

Garrett Johnston

More about the customer success approach and the delighted customer, about technologies that will help you create a brilliant customer experience quickly and inexpensively, Johnston will tell in the report “Technologies that change marketing and strategy building on the Internet. ”

SMM editor at Aviasales and marketing consultant at Pornhub Dmitry Kolodin is the king of situational marketing. He himself calls it a new Olympic discipline for brands: “Three or four years ago, only the most daring, agile and skillful competed in it. But today, even the art director of a beer stall in your yard is trying to solve the riddle about the color of the dress. Over the years, brands began to afford more, and marketers make calendars of all kinds of holidays. <…> Another thing is that such a scheme doesn’t work at all,” Dmitry is sure. – Holidays are holidays, but in the term “situational marketing” everything rests on the first word. The situation (newsbreak) cannot be predicted, only caught and properly prepared.” How he still manages to do it with Olympic success, Dmitry will tell in the report “Does HYIP have KPI?”.

Dmitry Kolodin

A prototype of native advertising on TUT.BY appeared in 2015: the company offered brands to become partners in sports coverage. A year later, in response to the needs of advertisers, TUT.BY created a separate edition of special projects. In September 2016, 11 affiliate materials were published, in September 2017 there were already 68 of them. What is the success of native advertising on TUT.BY? What profit does it bring to brands? What formats does the editorial office offer and how do they work? Yevgeny Shibinsky, editor-in-chief of commercial special projects, will talk about this and more in the report “Special projects on TUT.BY: how do they work?”.

Yevgeny Shibinsky

— The size of the interactive advertising market in the United States in 2013 was 19 times larger than in Russia — these figures were voiced three years ago in an interview with TASS by Boris Omelnitsky, director of service development at ADFOX company ” Yandex. What breakthrough did online advertising make? In his report “Russia, Western Europe, America – where is the online advertising market going, what to expect in Belarus?” Boris will talk about the main trends in the field of advertising technologies on the Internet. He will also touch upon the issue of ad blocking, which has become relevant in recent times.

Boris Omelnitsky

“The problem of blocking is the response of Internet users to the professional community to the growth of advertising pressure, to the inconvenience when visiting sites, to slowing down downloads on mobile devices,” Radio Frequency Spectrum quoted Omelnitsky as saying. Can anything be done about this trend? The answer to the question will be given by Boris Omelnitsky.

In 2011, Timofey Melnikov and his partner German Poleshchuk founded a community about culinary recipes on the VKontakte social network, which became the origin of the Tigermilk media company, which today has more than 45 million subscribers. She gathered an audience in publics, groups, on Youtube channels. Now every month it brings 30 million likes and 20 million video views. How are these numbers converted and monetized? Tigermilk Development Director Timofey Melnikov will talk about his experience with exclusively native advertising in his report “Native Advertising”.

Timofey Melnikov

– We always work with native advertising – not aggressive, not selling. It is in our interests, our audience, in the interests of the client, so that his product does not cause a negative reaction,” Timofey Melnikov said in an interview with Probusiness. — Not all clients understand this. There are some die-hards who want a TV ad-style video. They do not understand that this will cause a negative, we try to explain it to them. That is, in many respects, educational work is also here.

Is she moving on? And if so, with what success? About everything – in the report of Timothy.

Video is a trend that is taking over markets, including advertising. What awaits her in 2018? The founder of IAB Belarus, Yandex training partner Kirill Lashchenko will talk about this. His presentation “Video Advertising 2018: Bigger, Better, More Effective” will cover the topics of long content, purchases through Smart TV and the effectiveness of 2-second commercials. Kirill will also talk about the advantages and disadvantages of various metrics that can be used to assess the quality of traffic: Viewability, Brand Safety, Ad Froud.

Kirill Lashchenko

Olga Zotova, Deputy Marketing Director of Trade House Molochny Gorki, will share her experience in building the Exponenta brand and talk about its communication activities. In particular, Olga will touch upon a fresh case when Exponenta helped the TUT.BY team prepare for the Minsk Half Marathon. What did it bring in the end? The answer is in the report “Case 360. Exponenta: bringing the brand to the market”.

Where to find and how to buy traffic – these questions are asked by many players in the advertising market. That at the same time they forget to mention it, the executive director of the Zenith Media agency Anna Chebotareva will tell in the report “The Other Side of Cheap Traffic”.

Anna Chebotareva

How do visual technologies change marketing and PR? Alla Demidova, Executive Director of Kino-mo, will share her experience. In the report “Trends in the field of visual technologies”, she will sort through everything that a marketer can use now and what he should prepare himself for for the foreseeable future. She will also tell you which specialists the market will bring to the fore.

In addition, Alla Demidova will share her own summarise of trends presented at the world’s largest exhibitions in Berlin, Dubai and Las Vegas. The audience will also analyze case studies from Louis Vuitton, Samsung, General Electrics and others.

Alla Demidova

In addition, the conference participants will have a discussion about the future of advertising technologies on the Internet. It will be attended by Marina Kolesnikova, head of the Yandex Turkey and CIS team, Petr Gordeev, head of the VKontakte agency department, Ksenia Ivanova, deputy general director for commercial issues and development of TUT.BY, and ADFOX service development director Yandex Boris Omelnitsky.

Marina Kolesnikova and Petr Gordeev

Hurry up to register for the conference today!

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Best Sandy, UT Public Preschools (2023)

For the 2023 school year, there are 2 public preschools serving 907 students in Sandy, UT. The top ranked public preschools in Sandy, UT are Sandy School and Special Ed Preschool. Overall testing rank is based on a school’s combined math and reading proficiency test score ranking.

Sandy, UT public preschools have an average math proficiency score of 35% (versus the Utah public pre school average of 46%), and reading proficiency score of 34% (versus the 46% statewide average). Pre schools in Sandy have an average ranking of 2/10, which is in the bottom 50% of Utah public pre schools.

Minority enrollment is 38% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the Utah public preschool average of 29% (majority Hispanic).

Best Sandy, UT Public Preschools (2023)

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Rank: #11.

Sandy School

Math: 35% | Reading: 34%
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8725 S 280 E
Sandy, UT 84070
(801) 826-9325

Grades: PK-5

| 562 students

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Special Ed Preschool

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9361 S 300 E
Sandy, UT 84070
(801) 501-1067

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Home Hospital (Closed 2013)

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9361 South 300 East
Sandy, UT 84070
(801) 501-1354

Grades: K-12

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