Family child care curriculum
Subtitle: teaching through quality care
By: Sharon Woodward
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: St. Paul, MN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
ISBN-13: 9781605540122
Subjects: Child development; Family day care; Activity programs; Early childhood education
Description: From the Back Cover:  Family Child Care Curriculum contains a wealth of creative and inclusive learning experiences that meet age-appropriate developmental objectives. Activities are organized by both age and developmental domain-physical and motor, cognitive, communication and language, and social and emotional. Appropriate for multiage groups of children and easily implemented in your daily routine, this curriculum also includes:  Charts that describe typical developmental milestones from birth through age five; Tips to provide quality learning environments and evaluation questions to improve your program; Suggestions to create successful partnerships with families; Additional resources to help you develop a well-rounded program, including safety information and daily schedules.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Introduction:  Teaching through quality care; title: How to use this curriculum; title: Caring for infants, toddlers, and preschool children; title: Part 1:  Understanding The Needs Of Children; title: Unit 1:  Physical and motor development; title: Infant physical and motor development; title: Toddler physical and motor development; title: Preschool-age physical and motor development; title: Physical and motor milestones; title: Unit 2:  Cognitive development; title: Infant cognitive development; title: Toddler cognitive development; title: Pre-school age cognitive development; title: Cognitive milestones; title: Unit 3:  Communication and language development; title: Infant communication and language development; title: Toddler communication and language development; title: Preschool age communication and language development; title: Communication and language milestones; title: Unit 4:  Social and emotional development; title: Infant social and emotional development; title: Toddler social and emotional development; title: Preschool-age social and emotional development; title: Social and emotional milestones; title: Unit 5:  Quality care for children; title: Supporting children; title: Equipment safety and placement; title: Your role when caring for infants; title: Your role when caring for toddlers; title: Your role when caring for preschool children; title: Nurturing children's learning; title: Nurturing children's growth; title: Importance of a daily schedule; title: Partnering with families; title: Evaluating your child care program; title: Part 2:  Activities; title: Choosing activities; title: Unit 6:  Physical and motor development activities; title: Use senses; title: Explore movement; title: Interact with people; title: Interact with toys and objects; title: Develop verbal skills; title: Unit 7:  Cognitive development activities; title: Use senses; title: Explore movement; title: Interact with people; title: Interact with toys and objects; title: Develop verbal skills; title: Unit 8:  Communication and language development activities; title: Use senses; title: Explore movement; title: Interact with people; title: Interact with toys and objects; title: Develop verbal skills; title: Unit 9:  Social and emotional development activities; title: Use senses; title: Explore movement; title: Interact with people; title: Interact with toys and objects; title: Develop verbal skills; title: Part 3:  Your Program And Practices; title: Sample daily schedules; title: Guiding children's behavior; title: Note about school readiness; title: Assessment; title: Importance of play; title: Power of art; title: Reading with children; title: Outdoor play with infants, toddlers, and preschool children; title: Group games; title: Learning from mistakes others have made; title: Transporting children; title: Computers:  for you and the children; title: Custody issues; title: Pets in your home; title: Food allergies; title: Water safety; title: Product safety; title: Emergency evacuations; title: Additional resources; title: Books; title: Web sites; title: Index.