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By Susan Ehrhardt Do you have concerns about sending your child to preschool in the Fall?  Will your child’s preschool even open this year?  What changes will need to be made due to the pandemic?  There is one thing for sure–the preschool classroom will certainly look different. Will children be permitted to play with each other or will social distance be encouraged?  Will the new emphasis be on health, hygiene, and sanitation of equipment?  Will the teachers and the preschoolers be required to wear masks?  With all the new guidelines, can the primary goal continue to be children “LEARNING THROUGH...

Due to statewide distance learning to kick off the school year, we're all getting a little creative. Here is a list of programs offering daytime supervision for distance learning along with recreation and enrichment to support working parents and the kids we love (for a minimum of 3 hours). We will also be rounding up online classes and in-person classes soon! Please drop any other publically available daytime supervision and study hall support in the comments (like not your backyard pod, please)! Thanks to Bladium Study Hall, East Bay Dance Center, Kids Gym Berkeley, and Trackers for sponsoring our Guide...

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Your child is sitting next to you, so close that you're actually touching. Together, you're building a house for her dolls, and then it hits you...you have to pee, like bad.As you do your "I gotta go" dance toward the bathroom, you reassure your daughter that you will be back in 2 minutes to play. A few steps into your retreat, she melts down, crying and clinging to you, and in that moment, you feel a mix of emotions—frustration, annoyance, concern. You want to care for yourself and your child.When it comes to playing independently or being away from your...