🤠 Child Care Chronicles

Texas Edition

As we enter Week #3 of December, the holiday spirit is filling classrooms across Texas! With Christmas just one week away, this is a time of excitement, reflection, and meaningful moments with the children and families you serve. Thank you for continuing to provide care, comfort, and consistency during this joyful—and busy—season.

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New Year's Day, January 1, 2026.

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🎄 December Delight Deal: 90-Hour Infant & Toddler

🎁 Holiday Helpers Discount: 90-Hour School-Age

❄️ Snowy Savings Special: 90-Hour Preschool

🎄 December Frosty Savings: $50 OFF Any 45-Hour Course

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Recognize, Respond, Respect: Supporting Diverse Learners

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Basic Health & Safety and Breastfeeding Awareness

Including All Children and the Americans with Disabilities Act

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📰 Featured Article

Insights, ideas, and inspiration for your week.

👧 🚌🤠 Field Trip Ideas in Texas for Childcare Providers

Texas is a large, diverse state with endless opportunities for young children to explore, learn, and experience the world in meaningful ways. From its rich #cultural history to its expansive natural landscapes, Texas offers childcare providers a wide variety of locations that help children make real-world connections to #early-learning concepts.

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✨ Featured Activities/Social Media

Hannukah Began on

Sunday Evening

Hannukah is also known as the Festival of Lights. It is a celebration of freedom and rededication.

The candle in the middle lights the candles each of the eight nights of Hannukah. The number of candles increase by one each night until there are eight. The candles are placed in the menorah from right to left. And, then lit left to right.

Have fun creating your menorah from upcycled materials.

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🎅 Rocking Santa is coming to town! Recreate this interactive sensory activity and tag ChildCareEd to be featured in our story!

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Good Memory or Goldfish Memory? A New Memory Game to Share

Any set of colorful objects will work for this game. Make or get an open backed cover to hide the pattern.

Set up the pattern then let the player see it for 10 to 15 seconds. Cover the pattern an let the player recreate the pattern. Now see you good the player is is.

Enjoy! Who do you think has the best memory?

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