| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 107 pages) |
| Summary |
Finding Quality Early Childcare is 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. |
| Contents |
License, accreditation, and policies -- Models of learning -- Classroom placement -- Health and safety standards -- Quality early childhood educators -- Quality curriculum and the developmentally appropriate environment -- Childcare for children with special needs -- Infant childcare -- The kindergarten controversy -- Appendix 1. Early childhood vocabulary -- Appendix 2. Resources on early childhood education and development -- Appendix 3. Questions to ask when touring a childcare program. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Child care -- United States.
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Early childhood education -- United States.
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Child development -- United States.
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Child rearing -- United States.
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Education, Preschool -- United States.
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Readiness for school -- United States.
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School choice -- United States.
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Day care centers -- United States.
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EDUCATION -- Elementary. |
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Child care. |
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Child development. |
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Child rearing. |
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Day care centers. |
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Early childhood education. |
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Education, Preschool. |
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Readiness for school. |
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School choice. |
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United States. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Vanover, Sarah Taylor. Finding quality early childcare. Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2016] 9781475827736 (OCoLC)942838485 |
| ISBN |
9781475827750 (electronic bk.) |
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147582775X (electronic bk.) |
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9781475827736 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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1475827733 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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