Civitas Strategies, a consulting firm that offers business services to mission-driven organizations, has developed a set of free tax planning and preparation guides designed specifically for child care businesses, available in English and Spanish. They also offer webinars that support these tax guides, that are filled with information that home-based child care providers will find helpful as they prepare their 2024 taxes and look ahead to the next year.
During their first year of life, babies seem to change, grow, and learn new skills every day! This development is catalyzed through engaged interactions between infants and their adult caregivers to form a foundation for ongoing learning and well-being. Even simple everyday interactions between infants and their care providers contribute to healthy development. In this article, we describe a variety of easy-to-implement care strategies centered on interactions that foster healthy infant development and skill-building.
This week marks the start of Spring! As flowers bloom and the weather warms up, it’s a great time to explore early math concepts with hands-on, seasonal activities inspired by nature. This article shares simple and creative ideas that will help young children build foundational math skills, like counting, categorization, and matching, while appreciating the freshness of the new season!
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