What’s New at the West Sac Campus
Going Blog WILD! – Our Natural Playscape
Our Natural Playscape and 'outdoor classroom' thinking just got a big shot in the arm. Julie Jenkins Sathe (Executive Director) and Melanie Fristoe (Site Director) have completed the “Growing Up Wild” training and facilitator’s certification through the California...
What Happens Inside Caring Connection Children’s Center
We realize that parents drop off their children at Caring Connection Children's Center and leave. Sometimes, okay...usually, parents have been in a rush, it's a busy morning just getting out the door. Sometimes you may leave when your child who says goodbye...
RESULTS! June 2011 Community Dinner & Natural Playscape Fundraiser
June 2011 Community Dinner & Natural Playscape Fundraiser Goals, Give-Aways and Good Eatin’ What’s it all about? Raising money for the next phase of our FABULOUS playground re-do. But what did we get? A chunk of money and so much more! At our first parent-teacher...
Tomorrow we complete Phase 2!
Caring Connection teachers and parents are lining up for our Dig and Plant event tomorrow, Sunday April 17th. We will dig for our natural shape sandboxes, fill them; dig for the walking path and line with decomposed granite; create our Mud-Pie kitchen, plant varieties...
Beyond the Planning Meeting, March 2011
In March 2011, we had a few parents and a few teachers to share our vision of creating a Natural Playscape playground to make Caring Connection the "jewel" of the area. We've divided the backyard into 5 basic areas: The Peace Garden The Sand and Walking Yard The...
Learn more about Enlightened Discipline
Author Julie Jenkins insists that we say goodbye to the naughty mat and call “time out” on timeouts. Leave all those old-school techniques behind. This is the manual for teaching the foundations on self-discipline, common sense and self-respect to young children. Written for every teacher in the early childhood field and every parent with young children.
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Meet Julie
Julie Jenkins devoted 30+ years to up leveling the way adults teach children about behavior. She put her philosophy into print in 2004 in Enlightened Discipline.
Purchase Julie's book Enlightened Discipline
West Sac Campus
703 West Acre Rd,
West Sacramento, CA 95691
916-371-3301