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Safety Corner vs. Calming Corner: What's the Difference?
A Calming Corner and a Safety Corner sit on the same supply list and get mistaken for the same idea. They are not. Here is what each one actually teaches, why a...
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Safety Corner Ideas: How to Set Up and Decorate
A safety corner is one small patch of wall that does a specific job, and most of them fail for layout reasons rather than...
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How to Teach Kids Personal Safety Without Scaring Them
The safety talk most of us grew up with was one sentence long and it was the wrong sentence. Here is what pediatric and...
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Community Helpers for Kids: List, Jobs & Activities
Meet the community helpers kids should know, grouped by type, plus preschool activities, book and song ideas, and the reusable poster set we teach...
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