December 2009

Developmental Screening Tests for Preschoolers: Interview with Dr. Pio Andreotti

December 30, 2009

Tweet Tweet Developmental screening is a procedure designed to identify children who should receive more intensive assessment or diagnosis for potential developmental delays. Developmental screening allows daycare providers and parents the ability to receive a snapshot of a child’s development. Our interview with Dr. Pio Andreotti, NYS Licensed Psychologist, discusses the importance of developmental screening in [...]

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Authorization Forms your Daycare Business Must Implement

December 28, 2009

Tweet Tweet Each daycare business has its own individual policies and procedures. However, all daycare providers must issue standard childcare authorization forms in order to protect the children in their care as well as their daycare employees.  Daycare authorization forms keep the children in your care safe and limit your liability as a daycare provider. [...]

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Separation Anxiety in Daycare: Interview with Dr. Shannon Ayers

December 25, 2009

Tweet Tweet Separation anxiety is a stage of development in which children become anxious, nervous, or scared upon separation from a parent and is normal in preschool and daycare. Children may cry and cling to parents at daycare center drop-off time, need a carry a security item throughout the day, and/or cry at pick up [...]

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Snowman Bowling Daycare Activity: Winter Gross Motor Preschool Activity

December 23, 2009

Tweet Tweet Motor skills are actions that control how muscles move the body. Gross motor skills are those that control the large muscles of the body which are used to walk, run, crawl, sit, jump, and other large muscle activities. Preschool teachers and daycare providers can enhance gross motor skill development through effective lesson plans [...]

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How to Reduce Hazards in Daycare Centers

December 21, 2009

Tweet Tweet One duty of a daycare provider is to keep children safe and minimize their risk of health and safety hazards. There are five important potential safety hazards for children in daycare and preschool. These hazards include: Infections Injuries Hygiene concerns Physical abuse and Emotional/psychological abuse. To minimize the risk of hazards in the [...]

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Defining Overweight and Obesity in Preschoolers: Interview with Dr. Wendy M. Miller

December 18, 2009

Tweet Tweet Nearly 25 percent of children ages 2 through 5 are classified as obese or overweight. Is your childcare center taking measures to prevent overweight and obesity or is it adding to the problem?  The Commission to Prevent Childhood Obesity recent released a list of 14 recommendations to prevent childhood obesity. As a childcare [...]

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Winter Wonderland Creative Development Lesson Plan for Preschool

December 16, 2009

Tweet Tweet Early learning goals for preschool age children involve creative development. Creativity, according to Joan Bouza Koster’s Growing Artists: Teaching Art to Young Children [Cengage Delmar Learning, 2004], is ”being able to see a problem, form ideas about it, and then communicate the results.  When children manipulate and experiment with art materials, they are [...]

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Tasks Your Daycare Business should be Automating

December 14, 2009

Tweet Tweet Owning and managing a daycare business can involve many monotonous yet essential tasks. Fortunately, software for daycare businesses can help automate the following boring tasks, making daycare administration and management extremely efficient, and freeing you up so you have time to concentrate on  other important childcare jobs and administrative functions: Billing and invoicing: [...]

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Teaching Foreign Languages to Young Children: Interview with Myelita Melton

December 11, 2009

Tweet Tweet If your daycare or preschool program does not include curriculum that introduces children to foreign languages, you may want to rethink or restructure your daycare program. According to experts, introducing children to foreign languages should begin as early as possible. For a child in a daycare center, the advantages and benefits of learning [...]

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Reduce the Risk of SIDS in your Daycare

December 9, 2009

Tweet Tweet Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is, according to the national Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center, “the sudden death of an infant under 1 year of age which remains unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history” (Willinger et [...]

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