Feature Articles—Child Care
As the child’s first teacher, parents have the responsibility of nurturing their child’s potential. The tasks include understanding the child’s needs and then supporting the child’s learning efforts...more
School Age Children and Physical Activity
Between the ages of 6 and 11, children experience many physical changes. Children's arm and leg coordination increases, their ability to use their fingers and hands for crafts and writing improves, and their interest in games with rules and organized sports grows...more
School Age Children (6 - 12) and their Relationships with Peers
When most of us look back on our childhoods, we can recall a particular close friend or a group of classmates or other peers who were important to us. In fact, research on school-aged children does show that having positive peer relationships is related to many other aspects of positive adjustment...more
Preschool Children and Pretend Play
Preschool children love to play, especially when their play activities involve "make-believe." This special type of play, known as "pretend play," is particularly important for young children's development...more
Getting My Baby or Toddler Ready for School? Are You Nuts?!?!
If you are the parent or early childhood educator of a baby or toddler, you may cringe at the thought of sending your little child off to school. How can you help now when it seems so far away...more
The Benefits of Quality Child Care
According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, an estimated 13 million children younger than six spend some, or all of their day, being cared for by someone other than their parents. This figure includes babies and toddlers...more
Good child care programs provide a healthy and safe place for children to be social, to learn and to grow. Good child care depends on many things. The three most important are the number of caregivers who work with children, caregiver education and training, and the way that caregivers get along with children....more
Positive Nutrition Experiences for Children in Child Care
Because children spend so much time in child care settings, these programs play an important role in children's attitudes toward health and nutrition. Positive nutrition and health experiences for young children focus on: providing nutritious foods, effectively arranging the eating environment, and appropriate adult behavior during meals...more
Promoting Young Children's Early Literacy
To promote young children's delight in talking, listening, reading, and writing, adults need to provide a variety of interesting language experiences. Children who have reading difficulties in the primary grades often had limited early literacy learning experiences...more
Children's Relationships with Other Children in Child Care
Young children form a variety of different kinds of peer relationships
in child care. They have peers as friends, peers as playmates, and peers
as unnoticed classmates. Each of these relationships provides an
opportunity for children to practice and develop their social skills and
their relationship skills...more
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