Because children under age 5 are susceptible to food-borne illnesses and children in diapers present special sanitation and health problems, food safety and sanitation are emerging as important issues for child care providers. This booklet is designed to give providers and parents a quick and easy reference for food safety and sanitation. The…

Reviews a position paper developed by the Association for Childhood Education International which is founded on the principle of developmental child care, a term implying the protective and child-maintaining aspect of care plus the stimulating role of developmental education. Suggests implications this position paper and similar papers hold for…

It is the responsibility of the early childhood educator to ensure that creative thinking is part of the preschool curriculum because of its beneficial effects on academic and social learning in the young child. There are basically seven strategies that can be used to facilitate creative thinking in young children. These strategies are: (1)…

Reviewing recent British research and policy concerning preschoolers, the author criticizes the distinction made between "care" and "education." He advocates coordination of local services for children under five. (SJL)

Teachers in three day care programs completed temperament questionnaires and behavior problem checklists for 133 preschoolers. Results indicated that correlations between temperament and behavior problem variables were generally higher for boys than for girls. (BG)

Compares cooperative behavior and peer competence of 45 children of 4 years who had attended private day care or been reared at home. Results revealed no significant differences. (RJC)

This manual provides information on creditable and noncreditable foods in child care centers, before-and-after-school centers, family day care homes, and adult day care centers. Creditable foods are foods that may be counted toward meeting the requirements for a reimbursable meal. Foods are determined to be creditable according to guidelines…

This study investigated the gross motor development of children at two day care centers, one with a movement-oriented physical education program and the other with an unstructured free play period. Also studied were the biological factors of age and sex. A total of 146 children were tested during a 3-year period. During the last two years,…

This study investigated the provision of all-day child care for preschool children in Scotland, asking: (1) What patterns of activity and behavior occur in the variety of settings where 3- and 4-year-olds have all-day provision? (2) What counts as a satisfactory all-day experience from the perspective of providers, practitioners, parents, and…

As part of the Assessing the New Federalism project, this study investigated the number of child care arrangements that employed mothers with children under 5 years old. The study began by examining national and state estimates of the number of arrangements used by these children, focusing on how these patterns differ for children of different…

As part of the Assessing the New Federalism Project, this study examines the number of hours preschool children with employed mothers spent in child care in 1997, how the number of hours in child care varied across selected states, and how the amount of time in care differed across the states for children of different ages and income groups. Data…

As part of the Assessing the New Federalism project, this study provides information on the primary child care arrangements used by children younger than 5 years with employed mothers, both nationally and across a number of states. Data are from the 1997 National Survey of America's Families, which oversampled low-income households. While parents…

Examines the benefits of corporate child care for employers and employees. Identifies the lack of research on how corporate-sponsored child care affects children. Lists guidelines for assessing the quality of corporate-sponsored child care. (Author/KB)

Discusses the use of anecdotal records to document young children's school behavior and accomplishments. Considers the use of informal records to capture daily events and formal records to document milestone behaviors. (JPB)

The purpose of this paper is to describe the composite caregiver and child behavior variables used in the analysis of the data collected in the National Day Care Home Study: a three-year survey of day care homes in the United States. First, most frequently occurring behaviors are indicated. Then, the factor analyses of patterns of behaviors which…