From Neurons to Neighborhoods
From Neurons to Neighborhoods

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2000-11-13

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 0309069882

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How we raise young children is one of today's most highly personalized and sharply politicized issues, in part because each of us can claim some level of "expertise." The debate has intensified as discoveries about our development-in the womb and in the first months and years-have reached the popular media. How can we use our burgeoning knowledge to assure the well-being of all young children, for their own sake as well as for the sake of our nation? Drawing from new findings, this book presents important conclusions about nature-versus-nurture, the impact of being born into a working family, the effect of politics on programs for children, the costs and benefits of intervention, and other issues. The committee issues a series of challenges to decision makers regarding the quality of child care, issues of racial and ethnic diversity, the integration of children's cognitive and emotional development, and more. Authoritative yet accessible, From Neurons to Neighborhoods presents the evidence about "brain wiring" and how kids learn to speak, think, and regulate their behavior. It examines the effect of the climate-family, child care, community-within which the child grows.

Family Child Care Homes
Family Child Care Homes

Author: Linda J. Armstrong

Publisher: Redleaf Press

Published: 2011-07-22

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1605543373

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Create a warm and inviting place where children feel at home. Discover the many ways your home can provide comfortable places where children love to learn and love to be. Filled with no- and low-cost ideas, this book demonstrates many unique and practical possibilities for your home's indoor and outdoor spaces. Chapters are packed with colorful photographs and provide examples and tips for designing learning zones, selecting items, organizing materials, and more. Checklists, resources, and questions are included to help you evaluate your setting, implement changes, and create a place that feels like a second home to the children in your care.

Family Day Care in the United States, Vol. 1
Family Day Care in the United States, Vol. 1

Author: Steven Fosburg

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-11-08

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 9780260531247

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Excerpt from Family Day Care in the United States, Vol. 1: Summary of Findings The National Day Care Home Study was a four-year study of urban family day care sponsored by the Day Care Division of The Administration for Children, Youth and Families in the Office of Human Development Services, Department of Health and Human Services. Family day care is nonresidential child care provided in a private home other than the child's own. Encompassing a myriad of unique arrangements between families and their day care providers, family day care constitutes the largest, most complex system of child care in the United States. It is distinguished from care in a day care center, nursery school or other group facility as well as from substitute care provided in the child's own home. Family day care is composed of three major categories delineated by regulatory and administrative structure. The largest of these categories con sists of unregulated providers who operate informally and independently of any regulatory system. A second category consists of regulated (licensed or registered) caregivers who meet state and/ or federal standards but, except for this link with the broader day care community, operate independently. The third, and smallest, group of providers consists of regulated homes which are operated as part of day care systems or networks under the administrative auspices of a sponsoring agency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.