Promote the comfortable feeling of home, support children's needs, and maximize learning experiences in your family child care setting. Filled with wisdom from an experienced family child care professional, Family Child Care Homes includes knowledgeable suggestions for item selection, furniture arrangement, storage, and more. Loaded with color photographs and architectural illustrations of indoor and outdoor family child care settings, this resource provides plenty of inspiration and practical information to create a comfortable, home-like setting that benefits children of all ages. From Redleaf Press.

Newly revised and updated, this easy-to-use guide is an essential resource for caregivers, teachers, and health professionals seeking to promote healthy behaviors and prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Contains helpful reference guides, including new quick reference sheets on prevention and infectious diseases, as well as an expanded section on outbreaks and emergencies. Detailed chapters address infection control measures, immunizations, and inclusion/exclusion criteria. From the American Academy of Pediatrics.

This 2-disc DVD set is an excellent teaching resource for health professionals and program directors. Five topics (National Resources, Making Observations, The Child Care Culture, How to Train Child Care Staff, and Making Health and Safety Improvement Plans) are divided into still more defined and concise segments. The DVD includes an interactive assessment tool and PDF files of relevant forms and other useful resources. From Video Active Productions. 124 min. 

Adapted from NAEYC's Healthy Young Children and revised July 2007, this brochure offers tips for program staff and parents on ways to keep children in early childhood programs healthy. Includes practical ways to encourage proper hygiene and handle illnesses.

Parent partnerships are an essential factor in every successful early childhood program, and communication is key to developing them. How can you use familiar elements such as newsletters, bulletin boards, parent conferences, and special events most effectively? The answers may surprise you! This comprehensive guide describes proven communication strategies to encourage the involvement of family members. Interactive, hands-on exercises allow you to adapt the principles and practices presented to your program and are uniquely designed to include the whole family unit—not just the parents—as partners both at home and in your setting. Copublished with Redleaf.

Laminated, 18"x24"

Children’s interactions with their special grown-ups affect everything in their lives, especially in their earliest years. And the relationships between those special people matter, too. When adult connections are caring and strong, parents, caregivers, and directors are motivated and empowered to work together to help children thrive. The book describes this concept of relationship-based child care, what understandings and attitudes support such care, and the policies required to enact it in a center setting. High-quality family child care homes and a growing numbers of enlightened centers are already using the model. As this book’s many personal stories make clear, everyone benefits from relationship-based care!

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This beautifully detailed poster will keep your eye and mind engaged as you go from corner to corner of this wonderful family child care home. Vibrantly illustrates a rich literary environment, supportive relationships, and a diverse population. This poster is 18”x24” and features suggested activities to support children’s literacy learning. Developed by Reading is Fundamental (RIF) and NAEYC.

Bestseller! Reviewed by both health and early childhood professionals, this basic manual is used by early childhood programs to promote and protect the health and safety of children, staff, and families. Includes sample forms, letters, and checklists and information regarding nutrition, illness, emergencies, and facility maintenance. The 4th edition includes suggested activities for each chapter to support its use in staff training and student courses. Designed in a readily usable format for ease in locating information.

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Bright, colorful, and friendly, this poster (laminated, 17"x22") from Free Spirit teaches important concepts and makes an upbeat addition to any early childhood classroom or play area.