School age care has a long tradition of giving to children. Of providing a place to play, learn, and socialize while parents are working. A safe haven to engage in purposeful activities. Most programs today follow a model that replicates school. Children have different needs after school. Offering more freedom and play into your program, will transform the experience. For children and educators alike.
Read MoreIn our work with children, we all experience the influence of these two educational elements. The amount of influence these elements have on our practice and the way people view education is often based on their beliefs about these elements.
Read MoreCommunication is an important part of the creation and continuation of play. The children give feedback to each other and this is the roadmap to where play or the creative process is going.
Read MoreLooking closer at the philosophies of different schools, there are guiding lights in the practice of these programs that stand out as lighthouses for all people who work in early childhood education.
Read More“The Camp Model” has been around for years and is the cornerstone of many camps and school age programs, hence the name. It grew out of the recreation movement of the last century. It was a way for organizations and cities to provide leisure services for workers and families during the industrial revolution and beyond.
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