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Extending Care Beyond the Classroom: National Care for Kids Day

The classroom serves as a cornerstone for nurturing young minds in the world of early childhood education. However, the care and support that children need extends far beyond the confines...

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Evolving to Meet Educators Needs: Valuing Teachers

By Jessica Knaub, Center Director at Catherine Hershey School for Early Learning, MiddletownLast week was Teacher Appreciation Week, a week of celebration that comes around once a year. While the...

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Rooted In Community, Connected in Purpose

This week, hundreds of early childhood educators and family advocates gathered at Hershey Lodge and Convention Center for a two-day ECE Leaders Summit. This year’s theme, “Rooted in Community, Connected...

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Strengthening the Home-to-School Play Connection

Educators, child development specialists, and pediatricians are united in their understanding of the importance of play-based learning. Play is essential to help children explore the world around them, understand how...

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Identifying Need, Building Strategy to Support Families

By Lindsay Knepp, Family Partnership Manager at Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning Every year, early childhood professionals get together to hear new ideas, share learnings, and make connections at...

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Why Looping? How Continuity of Care Boosts Child Outcomes

At the heart of children’s learning experience, particularly in their early years, lies a series of relationships with families, caregivers, teachers, and community members. High-quality, relationship-based care is central to...

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Teacher Wellness and Mental Health

Ask any teacher about health issues related to working in early learning centers and schools, and they’ll tell you tales of the coughs and colds they caught, being exposed to...

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Bringing Outside Experiences into Your Center

Field trips offer children the opportunity to learn about a subject in a more hands-on and immersive way than they can absorb while sitting down in a classroom. Teaching and...

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Opening Doors and Opening Minds

Childcare centers occupy a unique role as they help children take their first steps on their educational journey. In addition, they are often the first places where children will be...

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Helping Families Have a Happy, Healthy Summer (and Year-Round)

Many K-12 schools are closed in the summer, which can be challenging for families—particularly those facing more obstacles, such as a lack of year-round early childhood education for their younger...

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Catherine Hershey Schools for Early Learning are subsidiaries of Milton Hershey School and are staffed and operated independently of the Milton Hershey School core model.

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