by Mary Kay Roth | Feb 14, 2024 | Providers, Uncategorized
Vanessa Benes has worked as an early childcare educator for less than a year, and is still fairly new to her job with Kids First Childcare, Inc. But she has found understanding, moral support and friendship – along with solid strategies and advice – at the Connection...
by Clover | Jan 24, 2024 | Providers, Supporters
Lincoln Littles has granted $53,730 to 16 childcare providers in the city. All funds will be used to improve the quality of the providers’ physical location or to improve quality through staff training. The Quality Enhancement Grant Fund was made possible by generous...
by Mary Kay Roth | Aug 24, 2023 | Employers, Providers, Supporters
Earlier this summer, 11 future childcare givers walked into the classroom – with diverse cultures, diverse life experiences – all extremely eager to learn and connected with the dream of serving children and families. On a warm summer day in mid-August, Lincoln...
by Mary Kay Roth | Aug 21, 2023 | Parents, Providers, Supporters
No, there’s no place like home, but The Children’s Place Child Care Center – in business now for half a century in Lincoln – aspires to come close. “We want kids to feel like they are at home,” says Chris Bruner, director of The Children’s Place for more than 40 of...
by Mary Kay Roth | Apr 25, 2023 | Parents, Providers
Let’s practice a game of hide and seek: Stay quiet, hush and hide. Now, let’s pretend we’re playing freeze tag, please stay perfectly still and … freeze. These standard children’s games are not just for fun anymore. Now they have become part of teaching our...
by Mary Kay Roth | Jan 30, 2023 | Providers
Matchmaker, matchmaker … that has been Lincoln Littles over the past several months, matching Educare – a research-based early childcare education program – with a group of local, early childcare centers. It all started when Educare started contemplating a program...
