by CFRC | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
Last spring, I sat with a group of volunteers in a classroom at Hendersonville High School getting ready to judge senior project presentations. A young woman walked in and I mistook her for a teacher. My interest was piqued when I realized she was one of the...
by CFRC | Aug 27, 2015 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
Before I was a parent, I considered myself to be not as creative as many other friends and family. I struggled with crafts and felt frustrated with the outcome of my artistic projects. I worried that I would pass along this clumsy-with-art-trait to my son, but also...
by CFRC | Aug 6, 2015 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
Do you remember being in Kindergarten? I do. I entered Kindergarten in the fall of 1974 and I can remember exactly what my teacher looked like. She had perfect 1970’s hair, super long, shiny, dark hair, parted down the middle. I adored her. My one memory of an actual...
by CFRC | Apr 9, 2015 | Blog, Early Childhood Education, Local News
I learned the definition of the word contradictory when I was the wise age of “9 going on 10.” At that time, my family lived in Beaufort, NC. I was in the fourth grade and once a week I would go to work with my dad after school before we would walk down the street...
by CFRC | Feb 11, 2015 | Blog, Early Childhood Education, Local News
By Elisha Freeman, Executive Director The average cost of child care here in North Carolina is $9,135 per year for infant care and $7,774 for a 4-year-old. This is more than the tuition at the University of North Carolina-Asheville, where tuition alone equals $6,392...
by CFRC | Oct 20, 2014 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
As I write this, I have less than 76 hours before my son leaves for college. The three of us; me, him and my daughter are gathered around the fire pit in my backyard. There’s a request to watch baby videos from when they were little this weekend. Oh my, can I do...
