5 Steps to Providing High Quality & Safe Infant/Toddler Care
As I prepared the Module 6 and Week 28 eCourse Lesson for the member of the Family Home Child Care Empowerment Club, I was inspired to share some of the tips with you! The topic of week 28 eCourse Lesson was: How to provide a healthy & Safe environment for infant/toddlers. The tips were provided … Read more
How Caregivers Can Encourage Speech and Language Development
Figure 1 Image source: http://www.intelligenderblog.com Guest Post by Jacky GilChrist Child care providers are among a child’s first teachers. Children learn speech and language through everyday activities, interacting with their peers and adults, and listening to others speak. Observe how the children under your care interact, speak, and play. Compare the toddler’s development to that … Read more
Crib Regulations That May Affect Your Child Care Business by Kaylee Davis
In December 2010, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published two new mandatory standards that would affect wooden and metal full size and compact size cribs. Starting in June of 2011, manufacturers and distributors could no longer sell cribs that did not meet these standards. By December 28, 2012, all childcare facilities and hotels … Read more
5 Online Resources that Promote Responsive and Supportive Care for Infant/Toddlers
As I conclude this month’s theme on providing quality care for infant and toddlers, I was debating on how I wanted to end the theme. Caring for infant/toddlers can be very challenging and I believe that infant/toddler educators need plenty of resources to empower them to meet the needs of the young children in their care. … Read more
Four Things You Must Know About Infant & Toddlers by Dr. Bisa Lewis
Dr. Bisa is Founder and Managing Partner of Ideal Early Learning, LLC and WINGS Curriculum, LLC. She is a published author of education and parenting articles, college textbooks, children’s books, early childhood curriculum, early learning handbooks and more. #1 Assessing their Needs The most appropriate way to fulfill the needs of infants and toddlers is … Read more
Evaluating The Health/Safety Practices in Your Infant/Toddler Program
Have you evaluated the health/safety practices in your infant/toddler program lately? To assure that the infant/toddlers in your care are in a healthy and safe environment, it is vital that you evaluate your program on a regular basis. Conducting a regular self-evaluation of your infant/toddler program is a great way to assess if you need to make … Read more
Feature Your Infant/Toddler Program on the Child Care Business Owner Blog
Do you have an infant/toddler program? If so, I would love to feature your program on the Child Care Business Owner blog. Please copy and paste the following questions below into an email; include the name of your center, where you are located and forward your response to childcarenews@aol.com by 7/6/11. I will feature an infant/toddler program every week … Read more



