We're strengthening our fine motor skills today! Fine motor skills is an important part of our lives. It helps us with our motor skills to pick up small things, use our muscles in our fingers, wrist,…
Read full post →We practice family style dinning for all of our meals! We do this to help encourage healthy eating, engage in conversations, and to model self serving. The children love sitting down with their teach…
Read full post →Eric from E& M Reptile family is visiting Kids Kare Schools with some of his friends. We're learning about reptiles! We've learned what they eat, how they hunt, how they sleep and travel. Eric brough…
Read full post →We're beating the heat by spending a fun filled day at the Island Waterpark! Some of us were daring and took on the waterslides, one was called Thrills of Fiji. We also got to ride the family water r…
Read full post →We have so many talented and creative children in our program and what better way to show it off than in a cheer competition. The schools have been working on their routine since the start of summer…
Read full post →We're celebrating Christmas in July today! We've put on our favorite Christmas shirts and did some Christmas decorations. We also are celebrating with some holiday crafts, games and other fun activit…
Read full post →We're talking about camping this week! We're learning about how to be safe and all of the fun things we can do too while camping! We even pretended to go on a camping trip at the center. We set up a p…
Read full post →As apart of our summer blast program, we get to enjoy lunch for a day at John's Incredible Pizza. While there we also all get a fun card to play some of the cool games, get on some rides like the twi…
Read full post →Get your voice ready! Mrs. Sarah is coming around to help you sing your heart out with some karaoke! Mrs. Sarah is sets up her sound and stage at the centers so that the children get to pretend that…
Read full post →Did you know that the Madera Fossil Discovery Center is the largest middle-pleistocene fossil excavations in North America? It sure is! And we get to experience it! Pretending to be a Paleontologist…
Read full post →Sunglasses.. check, leis.. check, and grass skirts.. check! We are saying aloha to summer with a performance from Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and their awesome back up dancers. Now of course these are…
Read full post →When in the Central Valley there isn't really an easy solution to beat the heat! But with Kids Kare Schools, we're going to try our best to stay cool. We have water play scheduled throughout the summ…
Read full post →Our Graduation ceremonies are filled with excitment, tears, some fears and joy as we celebrate with our soon to be Kindergartens. Months before the big day we practice our favorite songs, speeches, f…
Read full post →This week we're learning everything we need to know about textures. We're discovering textures that are smooth, rough and even some that are bumpy. So now we're willing to test our knowledge with our…
Read full post →It's May Day! Many countries around the world have festivals in celebration of springtime during this month. Kids Kare is celebrating sprintime by making our own May Day flowers and we're delivering…
Read full post →What would we do without our mothers? They've raised us, taught us and loved us unconditionally. Kids Kare appreciates our mothers because without you, your child wouldn't have the support they are n…
Read full post →Teachers all play a significant role in every child's life. Teachers inspire, encourage, support and most importantly teach our children. Kids Kare Schools has some of the most amazing teachers who a…
Read full post →We observe May 5th in celebration of the Mexican army's victory over the French. Some may even call this day the Mexican Independence. We love to incoporate diversity into our program and this was a…
Read full post →We've been working so hard to accomplish many skills, whether it's with our fine and gross motor skills or skills to prepare us for kindergarten. Because we've worked so hard we want to show off som…
Read full post →We're taking spring break to a whole other level! We're turning it into a Spring Blast! This week we have several fun activities planned such as lunch at John's incredible Pizza, Kona Ice, and Easter…
Read full post →We're enjoying our morning in our neighborhood park to discover more about nature. We have a list of things to find such as bugs, leaves, twigs and more. While on our nature walk, we were able to che…
Read full post →It's farm week at Kids Kare! We're learning all about the different animals we can find on a farm, such as pigs, cows, chickens and horses to just name a few! And farm animals are apart of our dramat…
Read full post →It's a change in weather and we're studying and observing the changes. It's spring! We can notice the change in weather, it's a lot warmer! We've noticed the changes in our trees and plants, the tree…
Read full post →We’re studying about the life cycle of a butterfly. We all are amazed of how beautiful and amazing butterflies are but we just learned that they start off as caterpillars. To prove this theory we actu…
Read full post →We’ve gotten creative and made traps for this sneaky little leprechaun! We’ve painted it and put gold sparkle glitter all over it to hopefully catch his attention! We set our traps out last night to f…
Read full post →Nutrition is a very important factor to help us stay healthy! We're learning that we need all food groups to keep us healthy and growing. We wanted to get more of a hands on experience with our food…
Read full post →We're celebrating Presidents! We're learning about some of our most famous presidents which includes Abraham Loncoln. Besides learning about what he fought for, we learned about his childhood. We lea…
Read full post →We celebrated our annual Sweetheart's night out last week! We always enjoy giving our parents the oppurtunity to enjoy themselves during a weekday night. This time it was to celebrate Valentine's Day…
Read full post →Happy Valentine’s Day! Kids Kare is celebrating this day with nothing but love and kindness for one another. Each center use their creativity and made special Valentine cards for their friends at anot…
Read full post →Gong hei fat choy! Which translates to "wishing you great happiness and prosperity!" We learned it is common to say this to one another during the Chinese New Year. We also learned that this year's C…
Read full post →Oh look it's a frog and look there's a lizard running across the trail! Those are just some of the comments that these children have said while on this trip. We're visiting the River Center and we're…
Read full post →One of our person we love introducing the children to is, Martin Luther King Jr. Equality was a major point Martin Luther King jr wanted to make across the country. We wanted to the same at our cente…
Read full post →This week is all about the people who make sacrafices to keep us safe. Our day to day heros. It's community helper week and we're so excited. We talked about all the different kinds of community help…
Read full post →Throughout this week we learned what transportation is and what type of transportation we have. We learned about how big buses are, how bikes are consider a form of transportation and so much more. Th…
Read full post →We're ringing in the new year in our own Kids Kare way! On our preschool side we grabbed everything and anything that made noise to march in our parade. On our gradeschool side we made some creative…
Read full post →Our winter break is filled with tons of activities to do! It includes just some of the following, Sarah's Jingle Jam Karaoke, Nickel Arcade, Gym Beat, and we're going to the movies! We're also making…
Read full post →Santa Claus is making his way to all of the Kids Kare centers. The children were super excited to see santa! Upon Santa's arrival, the children sing Christmas songs and practice what they're going to…
Read full post →Kids Kare Schools stayed open after business hours to help assist our parents to finish those last minute Christmas shopping or just simply taking the time to enjoy themselves, especially during this…
Read full post →The children are getting super excited that Christmas will be here soon! We're counting down the days with some Christmas actvities! We're baking cookies and decorating them with some yummy sweets! W…
Read full post →We're learning how to share this week with some stone soup.We're learning the value of providing something to share and by doing that we're making something bigger and better. Every class provided an…
Read full post →We're having so much fun this week! Even though it's a short week, we sure filled it with some fun activities. The children did many activities such as the turkey trot race, made some turkey cookies…
Read full post →With Fall being here, we are able to recognize the change in weather, the change in the leaves and the grass. To experience this change we took a bus ride through Woodward Park. We parked the bus and…
Read full post →It's voting day and Kids Kare Schools was able to participate, but in our own special way. We got to vote for our favorite cookie! We checked the box next to our favorite cookie, either a check for a…
Read full post →We got to start the day off with our costumes on! The kids were so excited to celebrate Halloween at school. The children were able to trick-or-treat out on the play yard, while each teacher picked a…
Read full post →We took a little field trip to The Simonian Farm's Pumpkin Patch. While there we learned all about pumpkins! We learned that pumpkins start as seeds, just like the ones we find while carving a pumpkin…
Read full post →The children brought in a rock from home to study and share with their friends at school. We used magnifying glasses and brushes to identify and study these rocks. The children also discovered the dif…
Read full post →Dinosaurs have been extinct for about 66 million years now and we've brought them back! We're learning all about them! We've dug out dinosaur bones and used brushes to help dust off the sand. We've a…
Read full post →We got our cowboy hats, boots and vest on to gather around for a chuck wagon lunch! This week we learned all about cowboys and cowgirls, how they lived on the prairies and how they traveled on horses…
Read full post →It's time to put your best smiles on and say cheese! The children came to school in their prettiest dresses or their favorite outfits. Ms. Lori set up her props and backdrop to create back-to-school…
Read full post →We love sharing about the different types of pets we have at home, from fuzzy little ones to slithering or spiky ones. We also took a field trip to our neigborhood pet store to learn how to better ta…
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