Nemcsa Early Head Start Presque Isle County

04/29/2026

04/17/2026

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04/16/2026

Please tell others about your family's amazing experience in our Presque Isle County EARLY Head Start program, then encourage them to reach out to Tammy at 989-619-5698 to learn more!

04/16/2026

Coming up on April 22 at the Onaway Library, celebrate Earth Day by planting a biodegradable seed starter pot!

04/10/2026

Our Early Head Start team was welcomed by the Onaway Schools and made popcorn for the students, while promoting awareness for The Month Of The Young Child. Thank you for a fun morning!

04/10/2026

Take off those shoes!

From Wilder Child

04/10/2026

Safety doesn’t come from getting everything right.
It comes from being consistent, calm, and present.

When adults show up with steadiness, even in imperfect moments, that’s what truly helps children feel secure.

04/10/2026

The Cheboygan County Child Advocacy Council and Great Start Collaborative are gearing up for our 3rd Annual Safety Day!

04/10/2026

Easy DIY kids suncatcher craft that builds fine motor skills, creativity, and focus

This simple suncatcher activity is more than just pretty window art… it’s real learning happening right in your kitchen.

Little hands are:
• Mixing and stirring to build coordination
• Pressing flowers to strengthen fine motor skills
• Making design choices to boost creativity and confidence
• Practicing patience while waiting for it to dry

And the best part? It feels like magic when the sunlight shines through.

Save this for a rainy day, a quiet afternoon, or when you need something that actually keeps your child engaged without a screen.

Follow for more easy kids activities that support real development

04/10/2026

That monster zucchini isn't a prize. It's the reason your plant stopped producing.

When a vegetable matures its seeds, the plant gets the signal: mission accomplished, stop flowering. Every day you delay picking, you're telling the plant to shut down. Pick daily and the plant keeps flowering, fruiting, and producing all season.

🌱 The ones that respond most:

- Zucchini — pick at six inches. The baseball bat on the vine is why you haven't gotten a new one in ten days

- Green beans — snap them off at pencil thickness. Once the seeds harden inside the pod, the plant stops flowering

- Cucumber — check daily. They go from perfect to oversized in forty-eight hours in warm weather. A yellow swollen cucumber is a seed factory and the vine's signal to quit

- Okra — the tightest window. Three inches is tender. Five inches is woody. Check every day once pods start forming

- Cherry tomato — every ripe one you pick sends a signal through the vine to open new flowers. A cluster of overripe splitting fruit signals the opposite

- Basil — every pinch above a leaf pair turns one stem into two. By midsummer a regularly pinched plant has dozens of stems. An unpinched plant is one tall stalk that flowers and dies

Pick daily. The picking is the trigger 🌿