health and safety

Tips for Dealing with Food Allergies in Daycare

November 2, 2011

Tweet Tweet If you’re a daycare provider, daycare owner, or child care center owner, you will have to manage the individual needs of children with respect to daycare nutrition. Many times the children in your care will have food allergies that must be considered and addressed. What exactly is a food allergy? According to the [...]

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How to Boost Immunity in Daycare

October 4, 2011

Tweet Tweet As we enter cold and flu season many daycare providers take precautions or have strategies to help boost their immunity now also throughout the year. Some take vitamins, sanitize toys more thoroughly, and get more sleep. We asked our OwnADaycare Facebook fans who are daycare owners what they do to help boost their [...]

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Recent Toy Recalls, Summer 2011

September 2, 2011

Tweet Tweet If your child care center cares for infants and toddlers, your number one priority must be to keep them safe by maintaining a secure and healthy environment. Infants and toddlers may be at risk of injury and choking hazards if some toys are built incorrectly and prove to be faulty. Take note of the following [...]

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Quick and Easy Tips for Cleaning Daycare Toys

July 7, 2011

Tweet Tweet One job in daycare is making sure toys are clean in order to control the spread of illness in daycare or preschool environments. To prevent the spread of infection toys should be cleaned at the end of every day with hot water or disinfectant. Toys and items that have been in a child’s [...]

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Guest Blogger Paula Schott Discusses Daycare Immunizations

May 25, 2011

Tweet Tweet Recently, I have noticed an increase in the number of children entering home care, daycare, and school, whose parents are choosing not to immunize them. Many childcare providers are frightened by this because they don’t really understand how it affects others in their care. Hopefully this will help clear up some of your [...]

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Guest Blogger Paula Schott on Infectious Disease Control in the Childcare Setting

May 6, 2011

Tweet Tweet The proper procedure for washing hands is as follows: Turn on warm  water, wet hands, apply Liguid hand soap, rub hands together for at least 10 seconds ( the length of the ABC song), being careful to wash under nails and between fingers, rinse, dry with a disposable paper towel, turn off faucet [...]

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Colds Vs Allergies in Daycare

December 29, 2010

Tweet Tweet It’s that time of year – more and more children are coming down with colds. Or is it? Could it be an allergy? Daycare providers should be aware of the difference between colds and allergies in order to protect the children in their family daycare, as well as how to prevent allergic reactions. [...]

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Can Children Be Sent to School with Lice? Lice in Daycare and Preschool Part 2

August 11, 2010

Tweet Tweet Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a clinical report saying parents can send their children to school with lice. This report is of importance to anyone working with children and especially daycare business owners. In our two-part interview, The Lice Lady of Westchester, Anna Albano-Krosche, details important information for daycare centers about [...]

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Treating and Preventing Lice in Daycare and Preschool Part 1

August 9, 2010

Tweet Tweet Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a clinical report saying parents can send their children to school with lice. This report is of importance to anyone working with children and especially daycare business owners. In our two-part interview, The Lice Lady of Westchester, Anna Albano-Krosche, details important information for daycare centers about [...]

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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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