One MN provider writes:
One day last week as I walked into the child care kid's play room, a young boy of 4 years of age asked me, "What is that noise?" 
I said it is the toilet filling up, I just flushed it when I went to the bathroom.  He looked at me with puzzled eyes and said "You mean you go to the bathroom, too!" 

What are the five senses?  What would we know without the expert help of the little ones? 
From Sharon Heisler, FCC provider in New Brighton, MN.
In talking to the children about our five senses, I was naming them one at a time and counting with my fingers.....  Sight.... Hearing.... Taste.....
One of the little girls pipes in and says, "I usually just call them fingers."

Kids say the Darndest Things
Even ordinary tasks can be the best teachable moments.
We are saving the Polar Bears ... in family child care!

Story by Ronda Spreeman:
While I was in making breakfast this morning, several kids were playing with the magnets on the fridge.  All of a sudden, one of the day care boys comes over and says "I have to go to time out!" 
 
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How's your dirty laundry?
I was riding in the car with my mother and my 3-year-old daughter,
 
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Lipstick Tricks: She was in the bathroom, putting on her makeup, under the watchful eyes of her young granddaughter,
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Top Secret

While Out