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Nature Everyday

Nature Everyday

At our Caring Connection Children’s Centers, we are thrilled to have each season to build enrollment and develop our curriculum and teachers’ skills. We are always surprised in the the way each day unfolds for each child it’s a new experience. That...
Learning through Nature: The Details

Learning through Nature: The Details

Dollar Store Rocks and a Gold Pen! That’s really all it takes and matching letters, identifying the alphabet takes on a whole new dimension. Children get used to finding those plastic or cardboard letters that are perfectly die-cut. But what about human...
Just Add Kids!

Just Add Kids!

We’ve worked for months to get the environment right. To purchase what we need, the get equipment in the right positions… But the missing ingredient and the key ingredient is, of course the kids!   What courage we see in these young faces. Meeting new...
How to create a Natural Playscape!

How to create a Natural Playscape!

A Natural Playscape takes a lot of work. The way it starts… We take materials and we create a play area that embraces nature in a way the children can play, get dirty and change their environment while playing. …and then we complete the look.    The Beach...
Grand Opening Festival Elk Grove!

Grand Opening Festival Elk Grove!

Join us for our GRAND OPENING FESTIVAL FREE!   FUN FOR FAMILY!   Join us. Tour the facility. See the Nature Playscape (rain or shine). Special Guest: Author and Musican Matthew Gollub Special Holiday Activities!   Your OPPORTUNITY IS NOW! If you are considering child...

Natural Play in Spring!

The birds begin to tweet, the air is clear and fresh and there is a restlessness about the humans. We want to dig and socialize, we want to be a part of everything. It’s spring. From little humans to bigger humans in spring there is a freshness to life, to...