Family Child Care Curriculum

Incorporating best practice and activities appropriate for the mixed ages of children in family day care settings, this hands-on resource reflects the reality of your needs.

Part One is devoted to understanding children's needs and focuses on the four developmental domains of physical, cognitive, communication and language, and social and emotional development.

Part Two contains age-specific units.

Develop a curriculum for your family child care program that incorporates best practices and activities appropriate for the mixed ages of children in your care. This hands-on infant, toddler, and preschool resource reflects the reality of your needs, setting, and resources as a family child care provider.

Each age-specific unit includes information on:
developmental domains and milestones
learning areas
age-appropriate activities and outcomes
daily schedules
letters to families

Family Child Care Curriculum discusses topics such as learning and brain development, reading with children, the importance of play, water and product safety, food allergies, and emergency evacuations, and ideas for activities and games.