Table Of Content

Child Care Information Exchange One Year Index — January through November 1993 — Beginnings Workshop Computers The Exchange Top 50 — The Nation’s Oldest Child Care Organizations The Spirit of Play Child Care Center Management Status Report #8 on Early Childhood The Play’s the Thing: Styles of Software Buying Guide Education Playfulness Kids and Computers Update The Exchange Top 100 — The Just Wondering: Building Wonder Directory of Preschool and Nation’s Largest Early Childhood Into the Environment Educational Software Suppliers Organizations Catching the Spirit: Training Best States for Child Care Teachers to Be Playful Curriculum Issues What Parents Want Retrato De My Familia: A Portrait Clinton Watch — How Will It of My Hispanic Family Joining the Quality Circle: Impact YOU? African American Children Developmentally Appropriate Employer Interest in Child Care The American Indian Child Practice in School-Age Care 1/93 Growing and Diversifying Interracial Families and Biracial Docia Shares a Story about Employer Child Care Consultant Children Perceptions of Similarities and Directory Children of Asian Cultures Differences 1/93 Developing a Cultural Disposition Recognizing the Essentials of Legal/Financial Issues in Teachers Developmentally Appropriate Resources for Multicultural Practice 3/93 Releasing a Child to an Adult Education Docia Shares a Story about Being New 3/93 “Under the Influence” or a It Ain’t Easy Being Green Docia Shares a Story about Children’s Non-Custodial Adult What's Going On Out Here? Performances 5/93 Number Crunching: Monitoring An Evaluation Tool for Your What's a Little Bite Among Friends? 7/93 Your True Enrollment Playground Docia Shares a Story about Listening Implications of the Americans with Time Outdoors — The Real Story to Children 7/93 Disabilities Act Making the Most of Outdoor Play: Docia Shares a Story about State-of-the-Art Thinking on Parent A Bounty of Ideas to Motivate Communicating 9/93 Fee Policies the Hesitant Teacher Docia Shares a Story about Beginning Will Your Center Get a Bonus This Teachers Outdoors: Letting the Friendships 11/93 *Year? Good Times Roll Places for Babies: Infants and Marketing/Public Relations Fred Piaget/Gordon Lighthead Toddlers in Groups Bonding with Your Babies Marketing Your Center’s Services to The Wonder of the Everyday Big Stories That Got Away 3/93 Employers The Dual Challenge: Meeting the The History of Child Care Help Parents Cut Child Care Costs Needs of Parents and Babies Part 1 — The Missing Link 5/93 Keeping Families Happy — Building Self-Esteem: Training The History of Child Care Communication Is the Key Teachers of Infants and Toddlers Part 2 — From These Roots 9/93 Prospect Follow Up Pays Dividends Places for ALL Children: Building Mopping Up — What's Your Top Ten? 11/93 in Enrollment Environments for Differing Meeting “Cluster Needs” in the Needs Health and Safety 21st Century To Teach Each Child: The Trials and Rewards Parent Relations Don’t Wait, Vaccinate! A Place for Marie: Guidelines for Tree Climbing and Care of Sand the Integration Process Play Areas Places for Childhoods Include Preferred Words for Referring to Going Barefoot and Having Parents, Too Disabilities Animals in Child Care The Exit Interview: A Tool for Supporting Teachers Who Work A Tree Climbing Advocate Speaks Program Improvement with All Children Out Diffusing Conflict with Parents: Of Toys and Stuff Smoke is Poison and More on A Model for Communication Remembering Toys Past: True Clean Sand Confessions of Early Childhood Professionals Early Childhood Safety Checklist Staff Motivation/Development #1 — Emergency Preparedness Criteria for Selecting Toys Making the Most of the Best Play Effective Communication — The Materials Issues and Trends Mortar That Holds the Team Early Childhood Safety Checklist Together #2 — Toys and Equipment Status Report #1 on School-Age Nurturing Green Staff from Day One What Makes a Good Toy? Care 28 Fun Ideas to Motivate Your Staff Developing Teacher Status Report on Children’s Programs Let’s Hear It for the Cooks of Understanding on Campus Child Care