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KLA SchoolsJune 19, 2018KLA Blog

Welcome to KLA Blog! Here, you will find articles about everything related to infants and toddlers like childcare, education and growing up. I will also share with you tips on raising your child, education and more! My name is Raquel Roa and I am passionate about children. I am a promoter and a defender of children’s rights. I firmly believe in them and I think that if we provide an education of quality, full of respect and love, we will have a better world. I invite you to join the conversation and share your thoughts or any advice you may have!

Raquel studied Early Childhood Education and has 15 years of experience working with children.

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The Importance of Playing

KLA SchoolsDecember 5, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

The Importance of Playing

When children play, they learn about themselves and their surroundings while exploring and discovering about the world. Play is an essential part of every child’s life and it is vital for the enjoyment of childhood as well … Read More

KLA Schools Acquires Country Day School

KLA SchoolsNovember 9, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

KLA Schools Acquires Country Day School

KLA Schools’ first school in the state of Alabama KLA Schools has just completed the acquisition of Country Day School in Huntsville, Alabama. This is the third school the company acquires as a corporate school. … Read More

KLA Elementary School students participate in The Underline groundbreaking event

KLA SchoolsNovember 5, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

KLA Elementary School students participate in The Underline groundbreaking event

Our now second graders were able to be part of The Underline groundbreaking event! The Underline will be a 10-mile neighborhood park in Miami-Dade County. Our KLA Elementary School students have been involved with this project since … Read More

KLA Schools makes this year’s Top 200+ ranking from “Franchise Times”

KLA SchoolsOctober 26, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

KLA Schools made the Top 200+ “Franchise Times” ranking at No. 469, climbing 16 spots from last year’s rankings. The 500 largest U.S.- based franchisors were ranked in this annual exclusive ranking. This has been … Read More

KLA Schools at the 2018 Miami Schools Fair

KLA SchoolsOctober 18, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

KLA Schools will participate in this year’s Miami Schools Fair. Our founder, Candelaria Ortega, will be one of the speakers at the “Rethinking Education in a changing world” panel from 11:45 am – 12:15 pm. … Read More

Why we shouldn’t force children to apologize

KLA SchoolsOctober 10, 2018KLA Blog, ParentingLeave a Comment

Why we shouldn’t force children to apologize

Teaching our children to apologize and say sorry may seem like common sense parenting. However, simply forcing a child to say “I’m sorry” doesn’t teach the desired skill which is the development of empathy. Sometimes … Read More

Helping our children to transition into a new school year

KLA SchoolsAugust 30, 2018KLA BlogLeave a Comment

Helping our children to transition into a new school year

The first day of a new school, or even the first day in a new classroom, it is typical to feel a mixture of emotions, not only for children but for parents as well. There … Read More

Punishments and consequences are not the same

KLA SchoolsAugust 6, 2018KLA Blog, ParentingLeave a Comment

Punishments and consequences are not the same

It is important that as our children grow up, they become aware that all of their actions have consequences, so that from early on they assume responsibility for each of their actions. A consequence is … Read More

What is to misbehave? What does it mean when someone says that a child behaves badly?

KLA SchoolsMay 31, 2018KLA Blog, ParentingLeave a Comment

What is it to misbehave?

Many people repeat over and over again that their children have “bad behavior,” without trying to go further and find out what that behavior wants to tell us. Many times, children are hungry, sleepy, … Read More

Discipline With Love

KLA SchoolsApril 26, 2018KLA Blog, ParentingLeave a Comment

Discipline With Love

For a child to grow up in a safe, loving and warm environment, it is necessary to work every day to cultivate a solid emotional base. If the emotional well-being of a child is strong … Read More

Childhood is Not a Race

KLA SchoolsMarch 29, 2018KLA Blog, ParentingLeave a Comment

Childhood is Not a Race

Childhood is not a race to see how fast a child learns to walk, run, talk, stop using diapers, read, write or count. Childhood is a wonderful time that goes from birth to adolescence, in … Read More