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Inquiry-based Learning: Data Collection

Welcome back to our blog series on inquiry-based learning. Strong Start Early Care and Education is dedicated to providing an early childhood education that will help your child become an inquisitive-minded child who will be secure in their ability to learn and solve problems. We use an inquiry-based curriculum from the earliest ages to reach…

More Olympic Activity Ideas!

Strong Start Early Care and Education Center knows that it can be hard to find quality time to spend with your kids. Some weeks, it seems that all you are doing is seeing to their basic needs and correcting behavior. The Summer Olympics, being held in Rio de Janeiro this year, offer a great…

Inquiry Based Learning: The Hypothesis

Welcome back to our blog series on inquiry-based learning. Strong Start Early Care and Education is dedicated to providing an early childhood education that will help your child become an inquisitive-minded child who will be secure in their ability to learn and solve problems. We use an inquiry-based curriculum from the earliest ages to reach…

Preparing your child for the future with child care solutions in Sheldon

Teaching for the Future

Strong Start Early Learning Center is an Early Care and Education Center providing high-quality care for children in the Trumbull and Bridgeport area. We support emotional, physical, and cognitive growth for all the children in our care through a curriculum that is centered on early childhood development. Our curriculum uses an inquiry-based approach to teaching.…

Flex Care

Strong Start Early Care and Education in Trumbull is proud to provide high-quality child care that meets your child’s needs while accommodating the parents’ schedule too. We offer Flex care to accommodate hard-working parents’ schedules. Flex Care Day Care in the summer can be a conundrum. You need the kids cared for while you work…

A young boy with blocks that spell out "dream"

On the Importance of Daydreaming

Here at Strong Start, we like to stay up to date on the latest thought and research about education and educational psychology, so we can better assist your children on a day-to-day basis with learning in the most effective ways. A recent article on KQED News entitled Why Daydreaming is Critical to Effective Learning, got…

How to deal with toddler negativity and other child care solutions

Dealing with Toddler Negativity

Strong Start Early Care & Education offers child care that incorporates early childhood education based on an inquiry-based curriculum. This curriculum nurtures a child’s natural curiosity. We believe this type of education creates emotionally secure children and this leads in turn to children who can confident children who know they can succeed. Toddlers Anyone who…

See if waiting for kindergarten is right for your child

Is Waiting for Kindergarten Right For Your Child?

When you are looking forward to the momentous day when your child will start kindergarten, you may be experiencing some trepidation as you wonder if your child is truly ready to start their formal schooling. Having mixed feelings is completely normal when sending your baby off to meet their future. Some parents wonder if it…

Summer Activities!

It is summertime once again! With the improved weather comes so many things you can do with your child outside. Here at Strong Start Early Care and Education, we love it when our kids come to day care and tell us about all the fun they have with their parents outside over the summer. If you…

Teaching Children Emotional Intelligence

Experts recognize that there are other types of intelligence than just the IQ that we’ve become accustomed to. It is becoming increasingly apparent that emotional intelligence also plays a role in a person’s success, both personal and business. The daycare teachers at Strong Start Early Care and Education have elements built into the curriculum that…