by CFRC | Nov 16, 2020 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
November is Family Engagement Month: promoting family engagement in their child’s lives from preschool to high school. Children & Family Resource Center and the Exceptional Children’s Assistance Center (ECAC)...
by CFRC | Mar 3, 2020 | Blog, Early Childhood Education, Local News
by Jamie Wiener, Executive Director You and your partner meet, you have a fabulous courtship full of adventures, you decide to get married, you have kids, and then things change. These adorable little humans, who have the power to make adults babble and say nonsense...
by CFRC | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Early Childhood Education
I was fortunate to attend an early childhood conference in Baltimore a few weeks ago and in a session for newcomers to the conference where they usually talk about the history of child care, they instead asked, “What is your child care story?” This conversation ended...
by CFRC | Feb 3, 2020 | Blog, Early Childhood Education, Local News
I distinctly remember the first times I dropped off my children at child care at the end of my maternity leave. The memory of my son Leo’s first day is more vivid because of its recency, but the feelings were the same. I was a nervous wreck all day. Would they like...
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...