Get a discount on books and other resources from PATCH!! Visit
our News & Events section to find out more.
The Red Leaf Institute (http://www.redleafinstitute.org)
has a wealth of information on running a family child care business
including:
- Promoting your Business
- Record Keeping & Taxes
- Contracts & Policies
- Reducing Risks
- Retirement Planning
- The Basic Guide to Family Child Care Record Keeping by Tom Copeland
- Family Child Care Contracts and Policies : How to Be Businesslike in a Caring Profession
by Tom Copeland
HECAP: Hawai'i Early Childhood Accreditation Project-A project that supports and
assists any early childhood program in the state whose goal is to achieve NAEYC
Accreditation. Contact: Accreditation Hotline at HAEYC 942-4708 or 1-888-224-2392.
NAFCC Accreditation
The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) sponsors the nationally recognized
family child care Accreditation System, designed especially for FCC by hundreds of providers,
parents, and other experts during a 4-year, consensus-building process. Accreditation helps
providers set and reach quality improvement goals and helps parents and policy-makers identify
high-quality family child care.
Benefits of Accreditation
- For Children - Accredited homes offer safe, inviting spaces and warm,
nurturing care. Activities are designed to meet the needs and interests of the
individual children while promoting their development.
- For Parents - NAFCC Accreditation helps parents identify responsive,
stimulating child care. They enjoy open communication with the provider and know
that their children are growing and learning in an environment that is responsive
to their individual needs.
- Everyday TLC: weekly theme based newsletters full of hands on
activities to enjoy with children. www.everydaytlc.com
- Family TLC: tools to enhance the parent/child relationship. www.familytlc.net
- Center for the Improvement of Child Caring: parenting information,
programs, projects and publications. http://www.ciccparenting.org
- About Daycare/Preschool: The About network consists of hundreds
of Guide sites neatly organized into 23 channels. The sites cover more than 50,000
subjects with over 1 million links to the best resources on the Net and the
fastest-growing archive of high quality original content. http://daycare.about.com
- Magna Systems: source for educational materials, in both video
and print format, on all stages of human development. http://www.magnasystemsvideos.com
- The Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers: seeks to ensure that
America's infants get a safe, healthy, emotionally secure and intellectually rich start
in life. Resources and training material available. http://www.pitc.org
- The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care by Diane Trister Dodge
- Anti-Bias Curriculum : Tools for Empowering Young Children by NAEYC
- Celebrate! : An Anti-Bias Guide to Enjoying Holidays in Early Childhood
Programs by Julie Bisson
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs by Sue Bredekamp, NAEYC
- The Creative Curriculum for Early Childhood By Diane Trister Dodge and Laura J. Colker
- Emergent Curriculum by Elizabeth Jones and John Nimmo
- Reflecting Children's Lives : A Handbook for Planning Child-Centered
Curriculum by Margie Carter and Deb Curtis
- Roots & Wings : Affirming Culture in Early Childhood Settings by Stacey York
- Ages and Stages by Karen Miller
- So This is Normal Too? by Debbie Hewitt
- Building Children's Self-Esteem : A Creative Behavior Handbook for
After-School Child Care by Anne R. Smith
- Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org/ztt_parents.html Includes reproducible handouts to share with parents on the stages of their child’s development
Be sure not to miss these informational links in the "For Families" section of the website.
