Finding Quality Early Childcare (eBook)

A Step-by-Step Guide for Parents about What Matters Most

Sarah Vanover (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
122 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2775-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Finding Quality Early Childcareis a tool for parents to use in selecting quality childcare that best meets the needs of their family. This book reviews foundational elements of childcare, such as health and safety features, while explaining educational strategies, including styles of teaching and daily classroom activities. Finding Quality Early Childcare also covers types of specialized childcare, such as infant care and childcare for children with special needs, reviews Transitional Kindergarten, and discusses when children are ready to transition from preschool to Kindergarten.

Autor

Sarah Taylor Vanover has been working in the field of early childhood education for over fifteen years and has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a director, and a trainer for other early childhood educators. For the past several years she has focused her work and research on assessing quality early childhood programs for health and safety requirements and school readiness skills.

Inhalt

Areas of ContentQuality CurriculumLanguage-Rich EnvironmentDevelopmentally-AppropriateThe Classroom EnvironmentChapter 7: Child Care for Children with Special NeedsStaff Experience Support Services Adaptations to the Environment Adaptations to the CurriculumSchedulesPoliciesMedication and AllergiesChapter 8: Infant ChildcareBasic Care Compared to Infant CurriculumSafe SleepFeedingContinuity of Care Compared to Rooms by AgeLanguage-Rich EnvironmentParent Teacher CommunicationChapter 9: The Kindergarten ControversyIs Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?School Readiness SkillsKindergarten ExpectationsThe Recommendation of the Preschool TeacherTransitional KindergartenMaking the Final DecisionAppendix 1: VocabularyAppendix 2: ResourcesAppendix 3: Questions for Touring a Childcare FacilityAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.9.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Schwangerschaft / Geburt
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Vorschule / Kita
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Childcare • children • Daycare • early education • parenting • Preschool • prescool • toddler
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2775-X / 147582775X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2775-0 / 9781475827750