The Bloom So Bright Blog
Bloom’s “Bloom So Bright” blog will have insights, tips, news, resources, and personal stories we hope you find useful for your family.
Surgeon General Advisory: Crisis in Parental Stress
Surgeon General Advisory: Crisis in Parental Stress 14 Tips to Alleviate Parental Stress Parents are experiencing unique stressors that other adults don’t face. According to Parental Mental Health & Well-Being and Parents Under Pressure: The U.S. Surgeon General Advisory on the Mental Health and Well-Being of Parents,” 48 percent of parents say that most days their stress is completely...
Tips for Reading Aloud to Early-Age Children
Parents of Bloom children frequently approach us to ask how they can help their early-age children develop improved pre-literacy skills that lead to becoming a strong reader and experiencing academic success. Reading aloud is one important way babies, toddlers and preschoolers can build skills that boosts development. Many positive effects of reading aloud to babies and early-age children have...
MnAEYC Honors Tahrah Rodriguez and Olivia Olmstead as 2024 Outstanding Educators
The Minnesota Association for the Education of Young Children (MnAEYC) has recognized Bloom educators Tahrah Rodriguez and Olivia Olmstead with awards for making impacts in their respective roles teaching young children. A professional association with more than 700 members, MnAEYC represents education of children up to age 5 across Minnesota. Rachelle Holm, executive director at Bloom, said...
The Fabric of Community: Bloom Kids Benefit from the Talents of Volunteers
At Bloom Early Learning & Child Care, we believe that all children deserve a loving and nurturing start in life. That’s why we emphasize community. The fabric of community is threaded throughout both Bloom Early Learning & Child Care locations—from the interactions of parents and teachers at morning drop-offs and evening pick-ups, to the cheerful hallways decorated with kids’ artwork and...
Crafts Projects to Boost a Child’s Creativity and Imagination
Does your child need a lot of direction when trying to decide what to play or do? Or does your child make up games or combine games to create new ones? Take Hannah, who comes up with all kinds of games to play. Games like Hide and Seek can merge into “Red Light Green Light.” Would you like your child to be more imaginative or creative? There’s good reasons for boosting your child’s...
6 Tips to Help Your Child Develop Through Performing Chores
Are you searching for new ways to help your preschool child build life skills and support the family? Perhaps you haven’t considered assigning your child chores because your child isn’t interested or it would take less time to perform these tasks yourself. Research from a well-known 75-year Harvard study examined the childhood psychosocial variables and biological processes that predicted...
WAYS TO HELP PRESCHOOLERS MAKE FRIENDS
Ways to Help Preschoolers Make Friends Some children have difficulty making friends, whether they are shy, have difficulty controlling “big emotions” (such as screaming, hitting, and throwing,) or are learning social skills. As a parent, relative or other adult supporting a preschooler you might assume that there’s little you can do to make a difference. Kids are like everyone else – we all...
7 TIPS TO DEVELOP LOVE OF LEARNING IN LITTLE ONES
Are you excited about fostering children’s passion for lifelong learning? Are you ready to wear your dancing shoes or get messy with finger painting? Adults (related to or friends) with early-age children can encourage child development through play. Child development experts say that children become more successful in life when they have a love for lifelong learning. And love for learning...
DIFFERENCES? WE CELEBRATE THEM AT BLOOM!
Today marks the beginning of something new for Bloom Early Learning with the launch of our blog, “Bloom So Bright". We’ve chosen to begin by talking about The Virtues Project which is a very important tool in our curriculum at Bloom. Our blog will focus on sharing tips, tools and resources to help you identify and use developmentally appropriate practices to build social and academic...