RESOURCES FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDERS
IRS FORMS Exclusive Use Rule POLICIES & PROCEDURES Checklists, Mail & Mileage Logs IMPORTANT TAX DATES Articles & Books GLOSSARY OF TERMS Childcare Provider BLOG US-TaxLaws.com BLOG Crime Prevention and Emergency Handbook
Home Fire Safety Self-Inspection Checklist TAX INTERVIEW CHECKLIST
Child care provider medical safety checklist Provider Meal and Snack Log
The Baby Name Wizard
Child Care Provider Audit Technique Guide.
Practicing For An Emergency. Are There Holes In Your Plans?
We are advocates of best practices for child care providers – and that includes helping our child care providers get information and resources that will be beneficial. Disaster Planning is part of the conversation today. The weather and life-changing events that are taking place in the world make planning for emergencies a must.
San Diego Childcare Provider Disaster Plan and Guide
FEMA children’s disaster preparedness handbook
To find out more about this publication, you can send an email to:
fema-publications-warehouse@fema.dhs.gov or call 1-800-480-2520.
Other sites for information:
FEMA for Kids www.fema.gov/kids
Are You Ready? www.fema/gov/areyouready
American Red Cross www.redcross.org
As a child care provider, you play a key role in children’s lives. By working with children each day, you help them learn and grow. By serving them nutritious meals and snacks, you help children get the nourishment and energy they need to learn and grow – and be healthy. That makes your job very important.
Research has shown that there are crucial relationships between nutrition and health, and nutrition and learning. You are in a special position to show children what it means to eat for good health, including how important it is to eat a variety of foods.
More children are in child care today than ever before. Some spend more time in child care than they do at home. The meals and snacks served in your center or child care home, through USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) are an important part of providing proper care. Team Nutrition is pleased to support your efforts in providing nutritious, appealing meals for the children you serve.
USDA’s Team Nutrition is an integrated, behavior based, comprehensive plan for promoting the nutritional health of the Nation’s children. This plan involves schools, parents, and the community in efforts to continuously improve school meals, and to promote the health and education of 50 million school children in more than 96,000 schools nationwide.
Team Nutrition’s goal is to improve children’s lifelong eating and physical activity habits by using the principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and MyPlate.
Source: USDA http://teamnutrition.usda.gov/childcare.html
Child Care Provider Corner
From Robin McClure, former About.com Guide
Whether you’re an occasional babysitter, an experienced family child care provider, or work in a daycare, caring for kids is a profession filled with demands, health and safety issues, activities, and communications. Parents and providers are partners in raising kids successfully, and caregivers can learn ways to increase that connection through resources and shared experiences. The following links contain some ideas you can implement in your own child care experience.
http://childcare.about.com/od/childcareprovider/u/providers.htm
Knowledge Share
There are a lot of great child care provider and parenting resources and ways to connect with others who share an interest in raising kids. Here are some recommended areas to check out!
- Top Reading Suggestions About Children and Child Care Services
- Top Child Care-Related Web Sites
- Child Care on a Budget
- Gasp, Giggle, Think, and Learn: 10 Best Books for Teaching Children Manners