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Valentine’s Day – ‘Appreciation Day’!
By
Kathleen Tuite
Tuesday 12 February 2019
This time two years ago I wrote about ‘sowing the seeds of love’ with children on Valentine’s day. This year, let’s focus on nurturing those seeds of love with the adults/early learning educators who provide loving care each day to our children. While Valentine’s day is associated with chocolates, cards, flowers and gifts (all ok […]
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