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Just For Child Care Providers!
In today's world, with so many of our children spending 50 to 60+ hours a week in professional childcare, we must ask ourselves: "Who is parenting these children?" In an earlier day, it was often the mother, aunt, or the grandparent who stayed home with the child, providing not only physical care (food & drink, toileting, etc.), but also equally important emotional care and moral instruction as well. Now that this task has fallen to us -- the teachers and professional caregivers -- we must examine how we are handling this critical responsibility. Are the children in our care falling through the parenting gap, or are they thriving -- receiving the emotional warmth and moral instruction they need to grow into healthy minded teenagers and adults? At Earth's Kids we respect the importance and challenge of the job which professional caregivers do. Even providing the so-called "basics" of a safe, friendly environment, nutritious meals, and reasonable limits takes a tremendous amount of dedication, planning, experience, and patience. But at the same time, the job you do gives so much to the children in your care -- as well as to their parents and to your community. We want to support you in this work by providing information about child development, safety standards, forms and paperwork, stress management, and of course fun activities and affordable materials. Browse through the links and articles below, but be sure you also surf our sections on Child Development, Positive Guidance & Discipline, Material Resources (Toys, Supplies, and other Equipment that you can buy or make), Curriculum, and Arts & Crafts (including Projects for Preschoolers ).
How To Teach Good Hand Washing Practices To Young Children Poor hand washing practices are the number one cause behind the spread of disease. Protect yourself and the children in your care by practicing and promoting good hand washing technique. This Earth's Kids article provides an overview of the most effective way to help children develop good hand washing habits, plus songs, activities, coloring, books, and experiments to extend the learning.
Becoming
a Child Care Provider
Daycare
-- How Is It Influencing the Teens of the Future? An important article for care providers, detailing what too often goes wrong in the institutional childcare setting and the tragic impact upon our children. Includes insights into how to avoid the usual pitfalls in order to create a positively nurturing childcare environment.
Establishing
Policies To Promote Health & Safety --
How
To Start Your Own Day Care Center A very informative and well-written article for anyone considering expanding into a Day Care Center.
Stress Reduction Among Providers
ABC's
of Safe & Healthy Child Care Surf this comprehensive site for top notch information on a variety of useful topics -- everything from coping with common childhood illnesses, to how to run your business
State
Regulations for Child Care Providers
Updated! A linked listing of each states laws and regulations regarding child care.
Note: All books purchased on Amazon.com via Earth's Kids will help fund this website at no additional cost to you! With Amazon.com order are 100% secure and shipping is super quick!
A must have book for preschool directors and child care providers! Includes reproducible forms for administration, licensing, registration, accreditation, fiscal management, personnel supervision, program planning, child & family involvement, public relations, and more!
The Daycare Provider's Workbook A step by step guide and workbook to assist daycare providers in setting up and running a quality home daycare program.
The
Home Daycare Complete Recordkeeping System
Detailed, complete, and easy to read with useful examples!
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