Information for Family Child Care Providers

Training Opportunities

• Smart Start Training Calendar
• Work Family Resource Calendar
• DC Cooperative Extension
• ERS Assessment Trainings

Starting a Family Child Care?

• Letter to potential Family Childcare
• Family Child Care FAQs
• Family Childcare Home State Laws
• Family Childcare Home Basic Information
• Family Childcare-List of printed materials
• Family Childcare Home Start-up Quiz
• Family Childcare Home Self-Evaluation

Division of Child Development (DCD)

• DCD Family Child Care Documents
• Family Childcare Home State Laws
• Licensing Checklist
• Fire Drill Log
• Operational Policy Checklist
• Children's File-Licensing Checklist

Classroom Materials

• Sample Daily Schedule
• Advantages of learning through play
• Keeping Baby Safe
• Activities with Infants
• Separation Anxiety
• Artwork (Pictures)

General Information

• Exploring the Outdoors
• Importance of Child’s Play
• Learning Two Languages
• How do children learn best?
• Smart Start Programs for Early Childhood Professionals

Going Back to School?

• College/University Information
• More College/University Information
• Education Reqirements- What Counts?
• Is my college/univ regionally accredited?

Environment Rating Scale (ERS)

• FCCERS Assessment
• Help with the FCCERS Assessment
• Assessment Process for higher stars
• FCCERS Notes for Clarification

School Age

• Helping Children with Homework
• B is for Bullying
• Protecting Kids When They’re Home Alone

Early Childhood Certification (EEC)

• EEC FAQ's
• Early Childhood Certification Application
• EEC Renewal Requirements
• EEC Website
• Contact Info for EEC

Guidance and Discipline

• To Discipline Means to Teach
• Temper Tantrums
• Whining
• Biting
• Coping with A Crying Baby
• 10 Ways to Give Your Baby A Great Start In Life
• TV and Children
• Love Languages
• Find your child's Love Language
• Teaching Emotions (Pictures)
• Classroom Examples, Discipline (Pics)
• Classroom Setting Rules (Video)
• Demo of Classroom Rules (Video)
• Teaching Children Social and Emotional
  Skills (Pictures/PPT)

Health Safety and Nutrition

• Keeping Children Safe
• Childhood Stress
• Childhood Obesity
• Teaching Healthy Eating Habits
• Fitness for Children
• Preventing the Flu - Spanish

School Readiness

• School Readiness
• Building Your Child’s Language Skills
• Encouraging Literacy
• Getting your child ready for school

Useful Websites

• Grow A Child - Developmental Info.
• Social and Emotional Development
• Division of Child Development
• Occupational Therapy
• DC Cooperative Extension
• Early Childhood Certification
• Business Resources for Family CC

Inclusion

• Foundations of Inclusion Birth to Five (Video)
• Autism Internet Modules