Nix On Pets: Health Issues Surrounding Pets in Your Food Areas
When it comes to pets in your food preparation and service areas, the key word is: "Out!"

Should You Release a Child to an Intoxicated Person?
As a child care provider, what would you do if an intoxicated person came to pick up a child that had been left in your care?

Special Feature on Breast Feeding
Supporting mothers who choose to breast feed children in your care, advantages and disadvantages, storing and using breast milk, Q and A about breast feeding in your day care.

Child Care Hazards
Family-based child care and day care centers can be very hazardous to our little ones. Here's how you can meet this challenge.

Safety and Insurance Liability
You can't prevent all accidents from happening, but you can take precautions to help avoid accidents.

Ten Record-Keeping & Tax Tips for the New Provider
Child care providers (especially those who are new to the business) can make use of these suggestions for avoiding problems with Uncle Sam at income tax time.

Professionalism and You!
When child care providers work to develop professionalism in their businesses, the entire child care industry benefits, and the provider gains self-esteem. Here's how.

Holiday Actvities
Chinese New Year
Use this ancient holiday as a tool for teaching cultural diversity. For a fun activity, construct a paper Chinese Dragon together with the children. Then enjoy making Chinese Lanterns.

Lincoln's Birthday
Make Mr. Lincoln's Hat as a group project. Teach the children the importance of Abraham Lincoln in America's history.

Valentine's Day
Heart Mobile... Heart Cake... Doorknob Decoration... Valentine's Tree.

Dr. Suess' Birthday
Get ready for fun when you and the kids build a special event around the birthday of one of the world's favorite children's authors Dr. Suess.

Easter
Eggs-Spress Yourself... Paper Bag Bunny Baskets... Egg Shell Art... Bunny Ears Cap.

U.S. Independence Day
Wind Streamers... Hand Flags... Independence Tree

Columbus Day
Help your day care children understand what 1492 and sailing "the ocean blue" are all about

Veteran's Day
The important sacrifices of our veterans can be made into useful, child-friendly lessons.

Hanukkah
For all too many children, Hanukkah is an unknown or little understood holiday.

Veteran's Day
The important sacrifices of our veterans can be made into useful, child-friendly lessons.