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Celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Months: A Booklist

Posted on: Monday September 12th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

  Celebrating Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Months: A Booklist Diversity is incredibly important to us at Kids & Company – it is a key pillar of our Kidco Way values and informs the way we educate, treat others, and celebrate our differences. In the United States, from September 15-October 15, we are celebrating National… [read more]

5 Tips for Back to Routine

Posted on: Tuesday August 30th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

As summer wraps up and we start to get back to our regularly scheduled programming, returning to routine can sometimes feel daunting – for children and parents alike.  Here are our top 5 tips to help ease that transition for the whole family.  1. A great day often starts with a great night’s sleep. This… [read more]

How to Set Our Children Up for a Bright Financial Future

Posted on: Thursday July 21st, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

Hi, my name is Melanie and it’s nice to connect with you via Kids & Company. I am the founder of Money Mama TO and a Mortgage Agent at My Pineapple Financial (I know, it’s a pretty memorable brokerage name!) My financial journey started at 16. I learned pretty quickly to feed myself and how… [read more]

5 Steps to Managing Big Emotions

Posted on: Tuesday July 19th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

Our kids’ big emotions can be so triggering for us as parents.  It is tough to see our little ones having a hard time. It is even harder if it brings up lots of discomfort, anger, disappointment and other feelings in us as parents.  Many of us did not grow up being able to express… [read more]

Reasons why we’ve chosen to send our children to daycare

Posted on: Thursday July 7th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

This blog post is written by guest-writer, @ConfidentiallyKatie, a Kidco parent and partner. A video I posted of my daughter’s first day at Kids and Co. went viral on TikTok. The video footage was set against Coldplay’s hit track “yellow” and it featured her taking some of her first steps with a walker at 9 months… [read more]

Spring Wardrobe Essentials: Kids Edition

Posted on: Wednesday May 4th, 2022

Posted by: backend

Spring is here and while we are all excited for it to get a little bit warmer, we know that it also means the weather is changing. Some days it’s beautiful and warm out, and others are cloudy and rainy. As a stylist and a mom of two, I want to make sure my kids… [read more]

Emptying the Emotional Backpack: What to do when children get home from school

Posted on: Wednesday March 16th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

This blog post was exclusively created for Kids & Company by Jenn Abatiello. Jenn is a certified parent coach, and founder of Your Transformed Family specializing in guiding families around the world to end frustration, guilt and chaos and to find more peace, calm and connection in parenting. We all know the feeling of being… [read more]

Adjusting Your Child’s Sleep for Daylight Savings

Posted on: Friday March 11th, 2022

Posted by: WeeSleep

Daylight Savings Time is right around the corner … wait, does that mean spring is coming? Woohoo! If you live in a cold climate like us, this means soon we can open our windows for fresh air, and the children can get outside more to burn off that energy which always means they will sleep better… [read more]

Advice from an Educator, meet Crystal!

Posted on: Friday February 25th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

Meet Crystal, our Centre Director at Chicago South Loop, and also the recipient of the highest net promoter score from all of our US locations! We wanted to know what made her so successful as someone who started as an infant teacher before she transitioned to Centre Director, what parts of the curriculum she likes… [read more]

Building Gross Motor Skills into Kindergarten

Posted on: Wednesday February 16th, 2022

Posted by: Kids & Company

For most children, the transition into kindergarten is such an exciting milestone! As parents, it’s often a time to reflect on our child’s development and make sure they are set up for success for a new year ahead – both mentally and physically. Physiotherapists Jennifer Halfin and Kasha Pyka (from Toronto Kids Physio) work with… [read more]