We're Happy To Help - Royal Child Daycare and Preschool

When Dorothy Loman of Royal Child Daycare in Columbus, Ohio contacted me about the needs at her center, I knew right away I wanted to help them. Royal Child Care is located in a low income neighborhood, but they’ve managed to stay in operation since 1995. What impressed me was that they believe in helping children explore the world beyond the limitations of their often perilous neighborhood. Their center environment is warm and inviting. In Ms. Loman’s words, “we are trying to make the children feel comfortable and secure in their classrooms.” Royal has been an NAEYC Accredited Center for the past 8 years. Ms. Loman goes on: “Being an accredited center is a goal we worked very hard to attain and maintain throughout these past 8 years. We became a One-Star Step Up To Quality center 3 years ago, which that means our program is aware that there are guidelines and standards that identify the experiences children should have at each milestone. But that wasn’t enough. Our center worked so hard at improving the lives of the children here we are now a Two-Star Step-Up to Quality Center. Hopefully; they will be inspired and encouraged to explore and set their sights beyond their experiences here.”

Teachers’ School Supply was happy to help Royal with a tumbling mat and badly needed classroom furniture. How can we help you?

- Richard A. Lasser

Celebrate the Young Child Conference

Here at Teachers’ School Supply one of our very favorite past times, as you can tell from our previous blog entries, is to visit with our customers. My name is Bonnie, and I recently had a chance to travel to Phoenix, Arizona to do just that, while attending the Celebrate the Young Child Conference, hosted by the Association for Supportive Child Care (ASSC) and Arizona Child Care Association (ACCA) at the Glendale Civic Center. The conference focuses on workshops that enhance child care professionals’ understanding of child development and behaviors, as well as the state of child care in Arizona.

It is always our pleasure to know and speak to those that make our company what it is, as well as to contribute what we can, whenever we can. After the convention, with great support from one of our business partners, Early Childhood Resources, we were able to donate a small, early childhood table with three matching chairs, bilingual rugs and activity kit, a large classroom easel, cots and sheets and soft blocks, as well as a listening center and a rolling organizer -- some of which will go to filling small gaps in the needs of local daycares. Most of it will be used in the silent auction for the ASCC’s Child Care Bowl, which will in turn raise even more money and opportunity for the programs that serve thousands of Arizona families each year.

We are very happy to have been a part of this cause. What can we do for yours?

Bonnie Morrissey, Charter School Account Executive

Thanks TSS

I have been blessed to be a part of the Teachers’ School Supply family for the past five years. Two months after I started working here, I discovered that I was pregnant with my four year old daughter, Kaitlynn. She has been a welcomed part of the TSS family from that day on.

She has been going to her daycare center for the past three and a half years. They have been one of our customers for a long time. We, at Teachers’ School Supply, had the wonderful opportunity of donating a tricycle to them a few months ago and it was a big hit with the children. Kaitlynn came home and told me about how she and her friends were all riding it on the playground the next day.

I have received many wonderful things from TSS as well. My daughter was so excited when I brought home a new and colorful carpet for her room. She loves to play on it.

I would like to say “Thank You to TSS for being an important part of my life!”

Tammy Kamphaus - TSS