Services and Recommended Web Sites for Child Care Providers
Services
- ABC Express Service
- Mobile library service to childcare facilities.
- Books To Grow On:
- More than 500 kits filled with surefire books to read-aloud, plus cassette tapes, videos and other materials. Perfect for childcare providers.
Library Service for School-Aged Children in Child Care
KidReach is a library outreach program to school-aged children in child care centers and homes. Basic KidReach service is the provision of KidReach Book Boxes to KidReach sites. Each Book Box contains 80 paperback books for every 50 children at the site. These titles have been selected for children, grades kindergarten through sixth grade.
To find out if you qualify as a KidReach site, please contact the King County Library System Children’s Outreach Librarian at 425-369-3323 or toll free 1-877-905-2009 ext. 3323.
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Recommended Web Sites for Child Care Providers
- The ABC's of Safe and Healthy Child Care:
- An online handbook for child care providers maintained by Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Child Care Resources of King County
- Information and referral assistance for child care providers, families seeking child care, and businesses serving employee child care needs.
- Child Care Resource & Referral Network
- Offers consumer education, training and technical assistance to parents, child care providers, and employers in Washington State.
- Division of Child Care & Early Learning (DCCEL)
- Provides essential information on licensing requirements for child care providers, early brain development, and other parent and child care provider services.
- Early Child Care
- The NICHD Study of Early Child Care investigates the relationship between variations in child care and child development.
- NAEYC:
- The nation's largest organization of early childhood professionals. Searchable directory of NAEYC accredited child care sites.
- National Network for Child Care:
- An excellent network of links to practical information and resources useful for the everyday work with children.
- Organizations Serving Child Care and Related Professions:
- A comprehensive listing, managed by the National Child Care Information Center, of associations and non-profit groups serving the interests of children and caregivers. Also included are membership groups, advocacy organizations, and researchers.
- Schools Out Washington
- Services and guidance for organizations that provide out-of-school care and activities for children ages 5-14.
- STARS- Washington State Training and Registry System
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- The aim of the Washington STARS program is to ensure quality care for all children in our state through increased opportunities for basic and ongoing training for child care and early education and school-age providers. Washington STARS supports providers in their daily work and offers them avenues for their professional development.
- Washington Association for the Education of Young Children (WAEYC)
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- Promotes interest, study and action concerning the well-being and education of all young children, with an emphasis on individuals ages birth through eight years old and their families.
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- Washington State Skill Standards
- Links to documents that provide state standards for early childhood, family home, infant and toddler, and school age child care professionals.
- Zero to Three:
- A national, nonprofit organization located in Washington, D.C. dedicated to helping children best navigate their first three years of life, to give them a healthy start and a solid developmental foundation. Lots of good information.
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Curriculum Support For Child Care Providers
- A to Z Kids Stuff
- Provides themes and activities for toddlers, pre-school and school-age children.
- ABCTeach
- Provides educationally sound suggestions and ideas that help with learning and teaching. Be sure to check out the theme units.
- Activity Idea Place
- Thousands of activity ideas for young children, including art, crafts, games and songs.
- BayNews Storytime Ideas
- Thematic story time ideas, books, activities and crafts.
- Gayle's Preschool Rainbow
- Fingerplays, action poems, nursery rhymes and songs for circle times, grouped according to early childhood education themes.
- Hummingbird Educational Resources
- Many story time themes, songs, and craft ideas.
- The Idea Box: Early Childhood Education and Activity Resources
- Activities, projects, games, songs, craft ideas, recipes and online stories.
- MoJo's Musical Mouseum - Get Busy! Songs
- Wealth of fingerplays and songs arranged alphabetically by title. You can hear the tune!
- Mother Goose Pages
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Book Lists
- Men in Children's Lives
- All children need to have many positive images of men so they can grow into healthy adults. This list of quality children's picture books features positive relationships between children and men.
- Books & Resources for Good Oral Health
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