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Forget The Back To School Blues. Let’s Celebrate The School Year!

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LeafSpring Students Playing Outside

Welcome to Wonderland: 7 Magic Keys to Unlock Your Child’s Imagination

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Building Tomorrow’s Leaders: The INSPIRED Curriculum by LeafSpring Schools

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LeafSpring Wyndham on a Field Trip

Summer Travel: Integrating Learning Opportunities Into Your Summer Trips

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An infant at LeafSpring Schols

A Fantastic First Year: Developmental Milestones for Children Under One

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Allergies or a Cold? Navigating Spring Illnesses

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Best. Summer. Ever. Camp Blue Sky at LeafSpring Schools

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INSPIRED in Health and Safety

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Why and How You Should Reduce Your Child’s Daily Screen Time

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Welcome to the New School Year – Be Gentle on Yourself

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INSPIRED in Health and Safety: Bike Helmets

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Juneteenth 2022: Celebrating, Honoring, and Talking To Your Children

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Slowing Down, from the Fred Rogers April 2022 newsletter

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April showers bring… pollen and allergy season!

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Teaching Leadership to Young Children – They’re Ready

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Black History Month – Celebrating Rita Pierson, Ed.D.

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Valentine’s Day 2022

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LeafSpring School Entry

2022: New Years with Young Children

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Holiday Traditions

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Why ‘No’ Can Be A Dangerous Word

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Gov. Roy Cooper (NC) States Importance of Early Education While Visiting LeafSpring School at Ballantyne

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When kids feel socially anxious

When kids feel socially anxious

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Tips for Establishing Your Family’s Home Emergency Plan

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Pre-K: Naming Letters Is Not a Straight Path to Literacy: Here’s Why

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LEAFSPRING SCHOOL AT BALLANTYNE INFANT TEACHER WINS N.C. CHILDCARE HERO AWARD

LEAFSPRING SCHOOL AT BALLANTYNE INFANT TEACHER WINS N.C. CHILDCARE HERO AWARD

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Bringing Nature Into Focus: For Teachers

Bringing Nature Into Focus: For Teachers

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Teaching Diversity During Pride Month

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Happy Mother’s Day – 2021

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How Parents Can Help Make Homework Stress-Free

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Summer Camp 2021 – Why it’s so important this year

Summer Camp 2021 – Why it’s so important this year

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Pediatrician: The pandemic is taking an alarming toll on children (CNN)

Pediatrician: The pandemic is taking an alarming toll on children (CNN)

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Summer of Play 2021

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Serve and Return for Young Children

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Easy Winter Weather Activities ❄️

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The Science of COVID-19 in Childcare

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LeafSpring Staff Access COVID-19 Vaccines

LeafSpring Staff Access COVID-19 Vaccines

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Children Returning to LeafSpring Schools as Offices Open Across the Country

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Child care centers implement safety guidelines as Phase 3 begins – WRIC ABC8 in Richmond

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Teaching Racial Justice

Teaching Racial Justice

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Earth Day 2020

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Week of the Young Child 2020 #WOYC20

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Caring for our Mental Health in the Face of a Pandemic

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How LeafSpring is Adapting to Help Combat COVID-19

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TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COVID-19

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COVID-19 Response

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When It’s Kid Quarantine Time

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Is your child ready for Kindergarten?

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We believe our values and we teach them

We believe our values and we teach them

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Cold and flu season is no sweat at unusual Virginia Beach daycare that takes sick children

Cold and flu season is no sweat at unusual Virginia Beach daycare that takes sick children

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The Evolution of a School

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Thank you for the past 30 years!

Thank you for the past 30 years!

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The Very First LeafSpring School

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To sleep, or not to sleep, that is the question ?

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Ugh! Diaper Rash

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Teacher Playing with Blocks with Infants

Ten Things Children Learn from Block Play

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What if we let kids get bored? From PBS Kids

What if we let kids get bored? From PBS Kids

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child in helmet on golf cart

7 Ways to Keep Kids and Families Safe in Golf Carts

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Child using computer safely

A parent’s guide to raising a good digital citizen

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Food Allergy Awareness Week

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Using Monkey Bars to Teach Children to Hold a Pencil

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What is “crossing the midline” all about?

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Building Children’s Executive Function Skills Benefits Everyone

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Week Of The Young Child

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To Screen or Not to Screen?

To Screen or Not To Screen?

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Celebrating International Women’s Day

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How to Stay Moving in the Cold Winter Months

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Helping a Stuffy Nose

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Your Baby’s First Fever is Scary

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What’s Too Scary For Children Around Halloween?

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Helping Preschoolers Cope with Separation Anxiety

Helping Preschoolers Cope with Separation Anxiety

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Disease Comeback Stories – Are These 4 Diseases Making a Comeback?

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Girl missing front tooth in class

We were named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Global Franchise List & Achieved AdvancED Corporation Accreditation!

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Boy grabbing ball in a mulched play-area

Five Essential Summer Safety Tips

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Boy grabbing ball in a mulched play-area

Active Play – Starting Healthy Habits Early

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Healthy Eating Tips from the National Center on Early Childhood Health & Wellness

Healthy Eating Tips from the National Center on Early Childhood Health & Wellness

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Two Girls looking at a book and smiling

Summer Reading Favorites for Your Young Child

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A Million Reasons to Learn About Baby Brain Development

A Million Reasons to Learn About Baby Brain Development

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School Design – Safety is key in building design, but education is the priority

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A mom + pediatrician’s 10 secrets for happy + healthy kids

A mom + pediatrician’s 10 secrets for happy + healthy kids

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Healthy Eating Blog

Preparation Is Key for Healthy Snacking

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Preschool is the time to teach politeness. Here’s how.

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Preschool girl painting with blue paintbrush

Interrupting – The No-Cry Discipline Solution

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Have a Happy Marriage

Have a Happy Marriage

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Dealing with late-night visits from your child

Dealing with late-night visits from your child

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Baby Tantrums

Baby Tantrums

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Crying

Crying

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Diaper Changing

Diaper Changing

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Colic – Does your baby have it?

Colic – Does your baby have it?

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Infant Caregiving: Eight Proven Practices

Infant Caregiving: Eight Proven Practices

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Teaching Honesty to your Preschooler

Teaching Honesty to your Preschooler

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A Complete Guide: Grants for Single Mothers

A Complete Guide: Grants for Single Mothers

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The Baby Blues

The Baby Blues

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Eight Good Reasons Not to Spank

Eight Good Reasons Not to Spank

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Postpartum Depression

Postpartum Depression

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