Charlesetta Berry
Charlesetta Berry joined Rainbows United 22 years ago as a volunteer. After two years, Charlesetta had taken a job somewhere else and was leaving her volunteer position. As Charlesetta was leaving on her last day as a volunteer, a new Mom came into Rainbows looking for help with her child with special needs. Charlesetta remembers the […]
The Impact on Early Childhood Development
The technological boom of the 1990s has, in many ways, transformed media and its role in the average household. Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are growing up in an environment saturated with many forms of digital technology. “Screen time” is a term loosely used to describe sedentary activities spent utilizing television, personal computers, gaming consoles, or […]
Boredom Busters!
Everyone loves summer! Right? During summer break, it’s easy to feel like you’re running out activities to keep your children entertained. Or maybe you know of tons of things to do, but they require an entire paycheck. We totally get it! This is why our Childcare Staff (with the help of Pinterest, of course!) compiled […]
Aloha!
-written by Michelle Croomes, Kids’ Point Site Coordinator The theme for this years’ Pre-K Graduation Ceremony was “Aloha”, and is in so many ways fitting. When we first said “Aloha” to these children it was a hello at the beginning of the school year, and many children in this class were completely new to Rainbows. […]
Valentine’s Day 2017
Anticipating the upcoming Valentine’s holiday and taking an opportunity to learn, Miss Autumn’s class at Rainbows’ Kids’ Point made love potions… and a really awesome, fun mess! Kids love to pretend, so incorporating imagination with scientific inquiry is a great way to get them interested in asking questions and testing their theories out. Miss […]
Meet Jenna
With your donation, Rainbows can continue to help more than 3,500 local children like Jenna learn to walk, talk and succeed – revealing each child as an original work of art like no other. The piece below was written by Jenna’s mother: Jenna is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, developmental delays, and epilepsy. In her first year, one of […]
The Best of 2016
What fun we have had over the last 12 months, creating weekly blogs for our followers! Our goal was to provide useful information and resources as well as share the news and excitement happening at Rainbows, and we hope we have accomplished just that. In case you missed them, we compiled a list of the […]
Helping children differentiate
Written by Tamara Bernard, LMSW – former Rainbows Mental Health Specialist October marks the beginning of Fall. It is a wonderful time of learning and fun in early childhood. We have the opportunity to experience new temperatures, falling leaves, trips to the pumpkin patch, hot cider and of course, Halloween. Children and adults alike […]
Early Childhood Fun
Classrooms at Rainbows’ Kids’ Point have been discussing the new season of spring. In spring, new things hatch, bloom and grow. When some of the children were asked if they knew how grass grew, they all responded that it grew in the ground with dirt. They were then shown sponges and asked if grass could […]
Ready for Big Kid School
Graduation, it’s a happy time as well as a sad time for me. I’ve spent the past year working and teaching the kids in my classroom and they become as if they were my own! I’m happy and thrilled at graduation to help all my kiddos celebrate their successes! They have all grown so much […]
