Tree House Early Learning Center

Our friends in the Bears class have really been enjoying the new balance beam we got!!

Our friends at The Tree House of Early Learning are about to have some festive fun this week!!! What's your favorite holiday tradition? Ours is making ornaments and decorating the tree as a class!

We're about to have some festive fun this week!!! What's your favorite holiday tradition? Ours is making ornaments and decorating the tree as a class!

This is an excellent article (link in comments) about how other countries are funding childcare and how far behind we are in that respect here. This is why we must advocate for change in the early childhood sector. There are many ways to improve our current system but one major yet simple way would be to subsidize provider pay. This would enable childcare centers to increase pay without having having to increase costs for parents who already have a hard time affording childcare. A major part of our childcare crisis is due to lack of providers and lack of staff at centers. But when it comes down to it, can you blame people for leaving or not wanting to enter the early childhood workforce? There are places, currently, here in southeast Kansas paying only $7.25 an hour! Not only can providers not live on that but they deserve so much more. Check out the comments below for the link to the article and links to help you find out who your representatives are so you can contact them and advocate for early childhood education.