Premier Academy believes that keeping your child safe is your number one priority when choosing a child care program. But it can be difficult when there are so many other …
Infant Sign Language
Are there benefits to teaching your child baby sign language? Although some studies point to increased intellectual development, the primary benefit of using baby sign language is decreased frustration for …
Teaching Your Children About Friendship
Some children are born social butterflies, intuitively understanding the art of making and keeping friends. Other children need a bit more support. Many children are naturally quiet or reserved and …
The Importance of Reading to Young Children
Reading to infants contributes to the development of their growing brains and gives them a good start towards a lifelong love of reading and good literature. When you read to …
Maintaining a Balance Between Work and Family
Work-life balance has long been considered a strict separation between work and personal life, but the lines between the two have gradually become blurred, attributable to the technology advancements which …
Handling Classroom Transitions
As young children transition to the next classroom at Premier Academy there can be some anxiety for both the child and the parents. Separation anxiety is a normal reaction. Leaving the familiar …
Toilet Training in Child Care
We face many challenges as parents, but toilet learning may feel like one of the more daunting ones. And now that your child seems old enough to begin toilet learning, …
Sunglasses and Eye Health
In the summertime, it’s second-nature to apply tons of sunscreen on our children to protect their skin from the harmful effects of the sun. But many times, as much attention …
How To Get Children To Try New Foods
“Jack will only eat white food, nothing else.” “The only way I can get Simone to eat her vegetables is if I bribe her with ice cream.” “Elia is so …
How to Find the Right Bike for Your Child
With bicycling listed as the second most popular outdoor activity in the US, it only makes sense that sometime in the possibly not-so-distant future you will be looking for a …