Holiday Shopping for your Sprouts!

December is RIGHT around the corner and it's time for the little ones to start asking santa for their dream gifts. There are some great local stores to pick up the perfect gift for babies through tweens. Here are some of our picks:


Tweed Baby Outfitters is located in Edgehill Village and feels like a little magical cottage full of adorable clothes, toys and trinkets perfect for baby and mom.

615.627.8290 - info@tweedbabyoutfitters.com 
edgehill village - 1200 villa place suite 110 - nashville

Popo Cool Kids Stuff is located in the Hill Center and is closing Dec. 31st! So get in there for 20% off everything. They have some adorable books and toys and much more.

Snap Kids Nashville is also in the Hill center and has the hippest clothes and accessories for babies up to tweens.

Check out a friend's BLOG for an adorable round up of gifts that are hard to pass up! You might see some of these in Smart Sprouts after the Holidays...

Happy Holidays and thanks for reading! 

Bonus for any blog readers and Smart Sprouts clients: We will be offering gift certificates for 20% off bunches of 5, 10 or 20 hours during the month of December for our anniversary/holiday special! Be sure to check our website or stop by to pick one up!

IKEA toys for Education

It's not secret that IKEA is our favorite store around here. We have several giant stuffed animals that are some of our most popular toys. This big, soft elephant lives at Smart Sprouts and is one of my favorites. IKEA has a program set up to donate $1 to UNICEF for every soft toy sold so that children all over the world can have access to quality education.


So if you are in a city with an IKEA be sure to pick some up this holiday season or purchase a soft toy or two online. Your little one will love their snuggly buddy and you can feel good about helping children worldwide.


Thanks for reading!
Ann

Baby Bargain Mondays

I am an Amazon fanatic and got an email this morning about their "Baby Bargain Mondays". There are some fantastic deals and I can't say enough about signing up for "Amazon Mom" and auto shipping things like diapers, wipes, paper towels, or anything else that you use up regularly. You can always cancel or adjust the shipping schedule and you get a great markdown for subscribing.


Check it out Here!

Just for fun...

Top 10 times to use Smart Sprouts for drop in care:
1. Doctor's Appointment
2. Hair Appointment (especially at Shine Salon!)
3. Big Kids have an activity at school where bringing little brother/sister(s) is not the best idea
4. Adults only breakfast/lunch/meeting
5. Babysitter cancels
6. A much needed date night (last Friday of every month we extend hours until 9pm!)
7. Lunch date with a friend. Drop the kids and head next door to Food Company or Crow's Nest Green Hills for a quick bite
8. Running errands
9. Working out at Pure Barre, Willow Pilates, the Y or personal training in Green Hills
10. Because sometimes Mom just needs a BREAK!

Homework Club

We are very excited to offer an after hours "homework club" for 4th-12th graders at Smart Sprouts. I have tutored for almost 10 years and have been setting up Vanderbilt students as tutors for local families for over 2 years. There are so many smart, qualified and professional students, grad students and recent graduates of Vanderbilt and other local colleges in the area. I have always enjoyed matching students with the perfect tutor to help them stay organized, get their work done, prepare for tests, or just spend some extra time on subjects that they aren't confident in. 


Homework Club will take place from 6-9pm at the Smart Sprouts location: 
2209 Bandywood Drive, Suite D


Many schools in the area offer study hall after school, but our homework club is much different. There will be a highly qualified tutor to every 3-4 students to answer questions, track students' progress, and to create a fun but studious learning environment. Our later hours allow for kids to finish up their activities and athletic practices and to stop in for 30 minutes or up to 3 full hours to complete their work, projects, or test prep. 


Many tutoring centers have students work on center-based materials, complete diagnostic tests or set up meetings with parents. Although some students require this kind of focus we simply address the work that students actually need to accomplish in their classes. Students can work from test prep books during homework club (for school admissions testing for all ages) and seek help for any tough questions. We can also administer practice tests and score them so that students have an idea of how they'll do in testing and what to work on.


We hope to create a place where students are excited to work with their knowledgable and energetic tutors so that getting homework done becomes easy on both students and their parents. 


Homework Club will have a limited number of spots available per semester and reservations are suggested so that we can have tutors available that are qualified for each student's needs. 


And if any student requires some extra attention we also offer packages of one-one-one tutoring hours that can be scheduled to fit the family's needs.


There will most likely be a deal for homework club and tutoring coming up soon so keep your eyes open! 


Thanks for reading,


Ann