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Enjoy the insights and ideas of our teaching team on child development, parenting, and how to incorporate the arts at home.
Bubbles Academy Birthday Parties are Going Green!
In 2020, Bubbles Academy is ringing in the New Year with the planet in mind! This past fall, our passionate staff spearheaded an effort to make Bubbles Birthday Parties a more eco-friendly event. We’re excited to start implementing changes that will make our parties...
Ideas For Family Fun During the Holidays
Guest contributor: Kristy Pepping, Upparent.com The holidays are stressful enough. You have gifts to wrap, stocking stuffers to buy and family to entertain. So how do you keep it all together while making sure your kids are entertained? Don’t worry, we’ve got you...
Facilitating Healthy Risk Taking in Outdoor Play
As the construction on our new Nature Playground grows closer to completion, the excitement in the air from both students and teachers is palpable. We have been so thankful for our amazing indoor playspace here at Bubbles Academy where students can run, jump and play...
Taming the tantrums: The most important question to ask during your toddler’s meltdown
I’ve been in training for almost 22 years now. While my oldest is nearly 21 he was relatively easeful as a toddler, and my now 18 year old daughter was simply a breeze from day one. However, my now 15 year old daughter was a challenge from the moment she was born and...
How to raise kind kids
Remember the Lindsay Lohan movie Mean Girls, where high school students created a burn book to spread rumors about each other? While I, too, enjoyed the movie and often joke with my friends that “on Wednesdays we wear pink,” the movie exposed some very harsh realities...
School morning success! Set your child up for a smooth transition
Mornings are rough. Especially for parents and caregivers who have to load up their little ones (and all of their stuff), and fight though rush hour to make it to school drop-off in time. Now, if you also have to factor in a toddler or preschooler who fights you every...
Raising a short, confident daughter in a tall world
When my daughter, Hayley, was three, she came home and declared that day would be her last attending the preschool she loved so much. When I asked her why, tears began streaming down her face. She explained to me that the teachers hung up a growth chart in the...
Preschool ready! Independent tasks your child should be working on
Preschool is an entirely new social context for your child. Not only are they in a room full of their peers, for perhaps the first time, but they are also transferring their caregiving model to their teacher. This requires a whole new level of independence; for your...
Mothering a Mother: 10 Tips to Take Care of a New Mom
Having a baby is an overwhelming, emotional experience. The realization that this tiny and fragile being is completely dependent on you—paired with the physical exhaustion and recovery of delivery, rapid hormonal changes, and sleep deprivation—can be a challenge for...
Should you teach your child Sight Words?
Sight words, having a child memorize the shape of most commonly used words such as "it" "the" "is" etc., are a popular trend in literacy education. However, there is no research to indicate that this method supports long term success in learning to read. What the...