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We know that every guardian of a Generation Next child is an excellent parent (it’s obvious because you bring your kids here!), but sometimes a few tips from other parents never hurts and could only help! Often when difficult parenting issues arise for your child, we have some insight into how to resolve the situation which is why we are introducing our online Parenting tab. This tab will be updated often with new suggestions of methods and guidelines to guide your child correctly and safely through those rough patches in parenting.

A lot of the information we will be posting will be compiled from the combination of personal experience and professional knowledge to give you the best and most useful tips to handling events such as Potty Training.

We encourage you, the parent, to make suggestions to us as well. If something worked for you or someone you know, please, stop a management individual and give us some insight – we will make sure it makes it to this board so that everyone can benefit!

To access this simply click here or visit our Parenting tab at the top of the page!

Posted on February 15 2012 by .

February Fun!

February may be the shortest month of the year but it’s full of exciting activities at Generation Next:

February 3rd: Super Bowl Friday – Wear your favorite NFL team attire (or Iowa football gear) in anticipation of Superbowl XLVI

February 14th: Valentine’s Day Party

February 20th: President’s Day

February 21st: Mardi Gras Party – Celebrate “Fat Tuesday” kids style!

Look forward to seeing you all soon!

Posted on February 2 2012 by .

Senior Conferences

Senior Parents,

Please check in with your child’s teachers to get more information about Senior conferences. Conferences will be held the week of February 6, 2012. Sign up sheets will be available in Senior classrooms at both centers.

- Generation Next Management

Posted on January 6 2012 by .

January 2012 Activities

Happy New Year and welcome to 2012! The staff and children of Generation Next celebrated in proper fashion by watching the balloons drop at our “Noon Years Eve” party at both locations. Children wore hats and blew kazoos while counting down with the staff untill the “ball” dropped and released balloons, confetti, and silly string! We have a jammed pack year full of activities for all children so make sure not to miss out!

January 2012

January 2nd: Celebrating New Years Day – Both locations will be closed.

January 17th: Simple Supper @ Johnston location 4:30 – 5:45 PM

January 18th: Simple Supper @ Aurora Business Park 4:30 – 5:45 PM

January 20th: Senior Pictures Due – Please bring in to your center’s front office or email a baby picture of your graduating child to Lucas at Lucas@GenerationNextIA.com

Generation Next Johnston location tuition prices have changed as of January 2, 2012. Please take a look at the Tuiton tab for more details and check the Newsletter tab for Karen’s Column! We look forward to seeing you all!

Posted on January 6 2012 by .

January Simple Suppers

Simple Suppers are back in January and this time we are throwing a fiesta!

Generation Next invites all families to come and have a meal provided by us! Take the night off from making dinner and come enjoy our January dish: Beef tacos, bean tacos, chips and salsa, and lemonade. Each center has a different date:

January 17th @ Johnston – 4:30 – 5:45 PM

January 18th @ Aurora Business Park – 4:30 – 5:45 PM

Mark your calender now and we look forward to seeing you all then!

Posted on December 20 2011 by .