I get a lot of comments and questions in regard to our program. Often people have a hard time understanding how to work with so many different ages and levels of development. How do you manage your time with the daily needs of the younger children and the learning needs of the older children? What do you do to keep older children from being "bored"? How do you make sure that you are meeting the needs of each child? How do you structure the day? First, age is a number. Children, especially young children develop at different paces. The range of ages at which children accomplish certain developmental milestones can be HUGE! So, just because you work with a specific age group does not mean that you don't have to deal with some of these same issues. If we can let go of the age expectations and respect children for who they are and where they are developmentally, it will make juggling those differences much easier. One of my favorite quotes that I'm not s
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