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Easy steps for choosing a cearning center – find just the right place.

It’s your child’s first official year of school, and you’ll be amazed by how much she flourishes in kindergarten. How can you help your child succeed from her very first school day? Help her build self-confidence when it comes to learning; by being her biggest cheerleader you’ll instill a love of learning that will last throughout her life and will help her meet specific goals each year. There will be focus throughout this year on mastering letters, sounds, and words.

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Teachers

Back to work after baby? Infant teachers share tips to make the transition easier

Just when you were getting the hang of having a baby, it’s time to go back to work. Besides the expected changes (picking your tasks back up, catching up on all the office gossip you’ve missed), your priorities have shifted now that you’re a parent. Lunch breaks might turn into pumping time, while happy hours look more like heading out early to pick up the baby. There will be focus throughout this year on mastering letters, sounds, and words. You’ll

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School

5 Preschool games to keep bullying behaviors at bay

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. In preschool, prevention is the name of the game. At this age, children aren’t really capable of intentionally bullying another quite yet, and they’re too young for cyber bullying. But, they will have disagreements with peers and act out of frustration. How can you help your child succeed from her very first school day? Help her build self-confidence when it comes to learning; by being her biggest cheerleader you’ll instill a love of learning

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2022/23 Entrepreneur of the Year Award Winner

Community Futures Middlesex is extremely proud that one of our clients, Angels Childcare, received the 2022/23 Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Community Futures Ontario (CFO) Provincial Conference hosted in Ottawa (April 30 – May 3 2023). Mostafa Heikal and his wife, Noura Elbeially, immigrated from Egypt to Canada in 2015.  After choosing to settle in London to raise their family in early 2019, they quickly determined that an “unmet need” existed for convenient and affordable childcare services within

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