2018 – Page 3 – Truro Preschool & Kindergarten

March 16, 2018

Talking to Kids about Money

How many of us look back on our childhood and wish we would’ve been taught more about money? A lot of people graduate from college without any idea how to manage their money or balance their bank account. Maybe you were one of them. So when is the best time to begin to teach your […]

March 9, 2018

Putting social media in perspective

Anyone who knows me well knows that I like social media. I live far from many of my friends and family, and I use Facebook to stay connected with them. I use Instagram and Pinterest to explore things I’m interested in like cooking and crafts, and I follow book blogs and news outlets on Twitter. I’ve […]

March 2, 2018

Is your child a picky eater?

Do you ever feel like your child could cheerfully live on chicken nuggets and macaroni and cheese? Ever worry if your child will go to a friend’s house or to school and not eat anything they serve? Or wonder if your child is getting enough nutrition from their food? We get these questions a lot at […]

February 23, 2018

“Tricky people”: Keeping our children safe

Keeping our children safe is a big, important part of parenting and nobody wants their child to become a statistic. We want to teach our children about safety, but it is a complex issue and we don’t want to scare them. We want them to be friendly with the lady at the checkout, but we […]

February 16, 2018

Helping our children to love well

The Bible tells us that we were made by love and for love. God lives in perfect love within himself, within the Trinity, and out of the fullness of God’s triune being and perfect love he created people in His image. We are also to live in love, to share in the experience of loving […]

February 8, 2018

Helping your child develop healthy self-esteem

Healthy Self Esteem is important. Children who feel good about themselves are better set for success socially and academically. Healthy self-esteem helps children gain in confidence, face challenges, enjoy successes and cope with disappointments or mistakes. Give your children choices: While we desire our children to follow directions and this is an important skill […]

February 1, 2018

Perspectives on failure

I want to tell you a little story about failure. When I graduated from high school, I had been accepted to my dream college. It was my first choice school – a top tier liberal-arts school with distinguished alumni and a long history of educating women who go on to do great things in the […]

January 26, 2018

Why Developmental Milestones Matter

As a first time mom, I was beside myself. Why wasn’t he walking yet? His best friend and playmate had been walking for weeks already, and Jonah was still on all fours crawling beside him. Was there something wrong with him? Will this hinder his success later on? What was it that I was doing […]

January 19, 2018

Organizing your home… while you have kids in it.

As I sat down to write this post, I decided that, before I started dispensing my ideas about organizing kid’s stuff, I should probably do a little research and see what others out there in the blogosphere were thinking and writing about. Some people were all about organizing on a tight budget; others were ready […]

January 12, 2018

All they do is play?? – Developmental learning and your child

“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood” — Fred Rogers Have you ever wondered what your children do at preschool all day? This blog post will tell you about the way we approach learning at TPK. As a bonus […]