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Child Care Information For Providers

Training Opportunities

• Upcoming Education/Training Programs

Books

• Educare Recommended Idea and Informational Books for Child Care Providers

Child Care Information

• Categories of Child Care Regulation and Non-Regulation in Missouri

• Whom to Contact For State Requirements on Licensing and Registration Information

• Meal Reimbursement Rates for Licensed Child Care Providers

• KIDCARE--E-Mail Discussion Group for Child Care Providers
• Working Mother Background information on How States Rate in Child Care
• Working Mother Missouri Child Care Rating
• National Association for the Education of Young Children (800-424-2460) is an authority on quality in child care and has branches in every state.
• Child Care Action Campaign (212-239-0138), an advocacy group, can provide you with the latest information on federal and state legislation.

Conflict

• Avoiding and Dealing With Conflict

Development

• Understanding and Encouraging your Child's Large Motor Development
• Developmentally Appropriate Interactions with Young Children
• Baby Basics - Social and Physical Development
• How Pre-Schoolers Develop: Body, Mind and Personality
• Toilet Training
• Children: How They Grow: Elementary School Children Age 6 to 8
• Children: How They Grow: Elementary School Children Ages 9 to 12
• Zero to Three for Professionals

Food

• Feeding Young Children in Group Settings (Handouts on Principles,  Practices, Evaluation of Food Environment, Vision, Safety, mealtime Conversations, Choking Hazards and more!) from University of Idaho

Gardening

Children's gardens and youth gardening programs are becoming more and more popular. Consider surfing the Internet for programming ideas, activities and technical information. Some sites include grant funding opportunities. Here are a few Internet resources:

• National Gardening Association
• Texas A&M's Kindergarten
• The Smithsonian Institution' Seeds of Change Garden
• Maricopa County Cooperative Extension Home Horticulture's -- The Miracle Garden
• Michigan State University's 4-H Children's Garden

Holidays

• Holidays: Celebrating Diversity and Meeting Children's Developmental Needs
• Holiday Stress and Divorced Families
• Keep Gift Making at Child's Learning Level
• Learning About Our World: Celebrating Kanzaa
• Learning About Our World: A Bit of New World History
• Making it Through the Holidays

Kid Links for Child Care Providers

Newsletters

• Educare Newsletter for Child Care Providers
• Family Child Care Connections for Providers that Provide Day Care in their Homes
• Child Care Center Connections for Providers Operating a Child Care Center
• The Perpetual Pre-School - Ideas for Art, Blocks, Dramatic Play, Math and Manipulatives, Language and Literacy, Sensory Table, Science and Discovery, Outdoor Fun, Music and Movement, Snack Time, Nap Time, Transitions, Bulletin Board and more!
• School-Age Connections -- For Providers Who Offer Before and After School  Programming

Other

• Juice Boxes
• Meeting Children's Needs: Day Care Versus Preschool Programs
• Prescription for Kids' Stains
• Creativity in Young Children
• Bridging the Gap -- Intergenerational Programs

Play

• Sensory Materials: More Than Playdough
• Recipes for playdough, gak, finger paint , etc
• Play Activities for Infants, Toddlers, Pre-school, and School-age Children
• The Importance of Play
• Appropriate Toys for Children's Different Ages
• Importance and Kinds of Play
• Toys and Play
• Making the Most of Outdoor Play
• 1996-97 Toy Guide for Children Who are Blind or Visually Impaired
• Click Here for More Information

Professional Organizations

National Association for the Education of Young Children

Programming

• Caring for Multi-Age Groups
• Planning for Full Day Programming
• Program Planning for Total Development
• Save Your Sanity--Plan Your Program
• Scheduling the Day
• Setting Up Your Day Care Home
• Welcoming Children
• Ideas That Work: Cereal In Our Slippers
• The Rosa Parks Story: How One Person Does Make a Difference

Stories

• Grimm's Fairy Tales
• Fairy Tale Links
• Folktale Links
• Yahoo! Children's Fairy Tales & Folktales

Transitions

• Drop-off and Pick-up: The Rough Time
• Easing Separation Anxiety
• What You Should Know About Transitions for All Children: Part 1
• Easing Transitions for Children Receiving Other Services: Part 2
• Good Times at Bath Time
• Good Times at Bedtime
• Good Times at Meal Time
• Promoting Positive Reunions Between Children and Parents

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Last Updated 03/16/08

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