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Summer Water Play!

Summer Water Play!

June 20, 2023

Every year we are excited to start water play! Children love playing in the water, especially while playing outside. Water play offers children the opportunity to learn so many different skills while enjoying this fun activity.  Children are drawn to playing with water and it is important to provide children with meaningful learning opportunities. How can […]

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Julia and kids hula-hooping

Welcome Interns!

July 27, 2022

This summer we would like to welcome four talented young people to our Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub Team! Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub have worked with Skills for Rhode Island’s Future and the Prepare RI program to bring new and creative ideas to the classroom at Kids Klub Stephen Olney, DDC Home […]

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Doing good deeds for others

Doing good deeds for others

March 10, 2021

How do you encourage children to help others?   Young children want to help, so this is a great opportunity to channel that energy into something positive. “The desire to help is innate,” says Parents Magazine’s David Schonfeld, MD , director of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.  “At first, children […]

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Hands-on teaching experience for interns

Hands-on teaching experience for interns

August 25, 2019

written by Rida Jawed, Marketing & Social Media Intern This summer, three interns from the PrepareRI internship program have been working at Kids Klub with school age children at the North Providence Kids Klub Hasbro Summer Learning Program.  Recently, the interns moved to the Dr. Day Care & Kids Klub Home Office to work on […]

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PrepareRI Interns Meet Lobbyist

PrepareRI Interns Meet Lobbyist

August 22, 2019

Our PrepareRI interns from Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub met with the BOCA (Business Owners in Childcare) lobbyist, Rick McAuliffe of the Mayforth Group. They learned what a lobbyist’s job is and how it can be related to child care. They learned what a lobbyist’s typical day looks like and what different kind of […]

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New interns at Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub: Pioneering Workplace Experience

New interns at Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub: Pioneering Workplace Experience

August 7, 2019

PrepareRI and Skills for Rhode Island’s Future reached out to Rhode Island high schools as well as several companies to arrange quality internships for students. Dr. Mary Ann Shallcross Smith, the CEO of Dr. Day Care and Kids Klub, was introduced to a PrepareRI representative in a Northern Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce meeting. The […]

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