Articles & Insights
Explore articles, news, and insights shared by our early childhood experts. You’ll find advice for making your child’s early childhood education a positive and joyful one, fun and engaging activity ideas, seasonal insights, and more!
How to Raise a Grateful Child
Gratitude is important for adults and children alike. Not only is it good for our bodies, but it also makes us happier and less susceptible to depression, makes us more resilient, and is good for society. For children, gratitude is an important lesson in their...
First Day of School Kids Village FAQs
To help you prepare for the first day, we’ve put together a list of frequently asked questions (and answers) to make your child’s first day of school at Kids Village as smooth as possible!
6 Ways to (Gently) Teach Your Child to be Mentally Strong
Teaching your child how to be mentally strong is about so much more than preventing tantrums. This practice helps increase your child's emotional intelligence, which is said by some researchers to have a large impact on their success later in life. It helps encourage...
25 Positive Affirmations to Say to Children
You've probably heard--or even practiced--the art of positive affirmations. At the simplest level, positive affirmations can help you feel good adobe yourself which can help your life feel like it's running more smoothly. We hear a lot about positive affirmations, but...
The Importance of Learning Names
Why does Kids Village embroider our students names on their red book bags and aprons? You may be surprised by the science behind it.
6 Tips for Helping Your Child Adjust to Preschool
If you talk to other parents on the first day of preschool or take a peek on social media, you'll find parents talking about how hard it is to drop your child off for preschool on the first day. The interesting thing is that it almost always is harder for the parents...
Spring Science and Answering Your Child’s “Whys”
Springtime means it's the perfect time to get outside and explore. We love when our students come to us with questions about what they've observed. Sometimes all the "whys" can seem overwhelming—especially when you're a parent trying to do a million things at once—but...
14 Ways to Encourage Reading in the Summer
Reading may not always be top-of-mind in the summer, but it's important to keep it as part of your child's routine. This way they won't forget the letters or sounds that they've learned, can continue developing their vocabulary and reading comprehension,...
How to Help Your Child Cope with Loneliness During COVID-19
During the COVID-19 crisis, schools are shut down and children are missing the socialization that comes with seeing their friends. While parents are facing many challenges associated with homeschooling, working from home, balancing work and having children at home,...
6 Best Staycation Ideas for Families
Staycation. Usually staycations were reserved for budgeteers, families staying home for medical reasons, or for those work-from-home parents who needed some semblance of a vacation while still being able to pop into the home office. But this spring, more and more of...
The Importance of Music in Children
Kids love to learn. It’s hard-wired into their programming! Unlike the furtive studying we remember from our education days, however, kids learning is almost always in the form of play. Not only does this style of learning help stimulate their brain, but it also has a...
Meaningful Valentine’s Activities for Kids
We love Valentine's Day! It breaks up the gloomy gray of January and February by bringing a fun, sweet holiday--and an excuse to show some love. Valentine's Day sometimes gets a bad rap for being commercialized or "created by card companies," but we love the reminder...