Nutcrackers Daycare Academy

Why make-believe play is an important part of childhood development

Visit any preschool classroom during free play and you will likely see a child pretending to be someone else. Make-believe play is a...

Neuroscience has shown the early years, particularly birth to eight years, are critical for optimal learning and development. Preschool...

Identify Opportunities and Prioritize Them First, make a list of what your child could be doing without help. Then ask which ones he...

If you have a toddler who will enter a structured child care program for the first time, he or she may experience some separation anxiety....

The social skills we learn as children prepare us for adult life. Socialization techniques learned during early play and daycare experiences–...

Every parent knows the old saying, “It takes a village to raise a child,” is absolutely true. While there are many important factors...

Nutrition and Care—It’s especially important for infants to maintain their own unique habits and schedules. Social Interaction—Since...

We’ve known for years—generations, even—that music has a calming effect on humans, but until now it wasn’t known whether infants had...

Children begin to read in their first primary school years – but the foundations for reading are laid in the early years. Even very...

Preschool programs provide early childhood education and care for children from various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds in the...

Play is a universal phenomenon and a right of childhood. It is a spontaneous, rewarding and fun with several benefits: Education: helps...

Physical activity and, conversely, sedentary behaviours, affect young children’s physical and cognitive development. This topic aims...