Posts by Tag: Grow Fit
Partnership for a Healthier America Names Learning Care Group Partner of the Year
Partnership for a Healthier America Names Learning Care Group 2017 Partner of the Year Leading Education and Childcare Provider Recognized for Healthier Practices WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 15, 2017 – The Partnership for a Healthier America is honoring Learning Care Group with the 2017 PHA Partner of the Year Award for the company’s extensive work in […]
Summer Sanders Celebrates Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with Childtime
National Reading Month, Read Across America Day and Nutrition Month were all cause for major celebration –Dr. Seuss style – at Childtime in Sacramento this week. Gold-medal Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders joined children at the school in reading “Oh, the Things You Can Do That Are Good For You” in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. […]
Reminiscing on the First Lady’s Visit: Grow Fit Draws Applause in D.C.
Today we were honored to be recognized by the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) for the work we do every day to help children Grow Fit and learn to make healthy choices. Speaking at the fifth Annual Building a Healthier Future Summit, PHA President and CEO Larry Soler recalled the impression our children made […]
Five Ways to Keep Preschoolers Active and Unlock Learning Potential
NOVI, Mich., Oct. 8, 2015 — What’s the secret to learning? Movement. Physical activity is an essential part of every day at Learning Care Group, where learning to make smart choices is readying children for their future success. This month, the company’s Childtime, Children’s Courtyard, La Petite Academy, Tutor Time and Montessori Unlimited schools nationwide […]
Grow Fit Anniversary: Three Years of Promoting Healthy, Active Lifestyles for Children
We are celebrating the 3rd anniversary of our Grow Fit program by taking a look at all we’ve accomplished in the past three years. Here are just a few ways our schools have promoted healthy, active lifestyles for our students.
Preschoolers Nationwide Take a Healthy Plunge Into Spring
NOVI, Mich., March 20, 2014 – Thousands of Learning Care Group’s preschoolers are shaking off the winter doldrums today in the latest example of the company’s Grow Fit healthy lifestyle initiative at work: doing the Bunny Hop! Children at Childtime, Tutor Time, Children’s Courtyard, La Petite Academy and Montessori Unlimited are greeting the first day […]
Exercise Meets Fun with the Grow Fit Dance Break!
We’re making healthy lifestyles a priority in all of our schools, which is why we’re introducing a fun way for children to get up and get active – the Grow Fit Dance Break! At all of our schools, children take a break once a day to stop what they’re doing to dance and celebrate! It’s […]
Let’s Celebrate Week of the Young Child
Every year, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) sponsors the Week of the Young Child, seven days devoted to celebrating early childhood education. The 2013 Week of the Young Child is happening April 14-20 and this year’s theme to celebrate is Early Years Are Learning Years. We invite you and your […]
March is National Nutrition Month
Every day, we learn how important it is to Grow Fit™ – with plenty of daily exercise and a healthy diet. So on March 20, we’re rolling out a rainbow of healthy colors in honor of National Nutrition Month! That day, everyone is coming to school dressed in the color of their favorite or “secret” […]
Learning Care Group Makes Nationwide Pledge to ‘Grow Fit’
Learning Care Group officially launches ‘Grow Fit’ program encouraging balanced nutrition practices and physical activity in more than 900 early childhood education centers nationwide – including Childtime, The Children’s Courtyard, Montessori Unlimited, La Petite Academy and Tutor Time schools. Through Grow Fit, Learning Care Group is working to support children’s healthy development while preventing childhood […]
