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School-age childcare

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Outdoor Fun at childcare

What Can School-age Kids Do When School’s Out?

How Do You Go About It?

Qualities of Good childcare

2009
Jan. / Feb.	March / April	May / June
Assessing Your childcare Arrangement How Does Your Child Feel childcare? Spanish	Active Play Keeps Kids Healthy Dressing Your Child for childcare Spanish	Communicating with Children Working as a Team with Your Child's Caregiver Spanish
July / August	Sept. / Oct.	Nov. / Dec.
		Parents Need to Plan Ahead Guidelines and Prevention Spanish

2008
Jan. / Feb.	March / April	May / June
Getting Back to Normal Safe and Sound	Good Care Will Make a Difference Safety First!	Fun Outdoors at childcare Outdoor Times Should Be Safe for Kids
July / August	Sept. / Oct.	Nov. / Dec.
Is Your childcare “Physically Fit?” Let's Go Out! Spanish	Science and Nature Activities – Stimulating and Fun! Partners Making Things Better Spanish

2007
Jan. / Feb.	March / April	May / June
Working Together -- Parents, Providers, and Kids The Right Person	What Do Young Children Need? Where Will Your Child Go While You Work?	Baby Talk Going Out? Watch Out!
July/Aug.	Sept. / Oct.	Nov. / Dec.
What Makes childcare Good? What is Your Child Doing All Day at childcare?	When Your Child Goes to childcare Getting Ready for childcare	Your Child Deserves Quality childcare Caregivers are Important!

2006
January	February	March
Kids Need Time and Attention Safe and Sound	Safety First! Good Care Will Make a Difference!	Playing to Learn Good Language and Reading Skills Lead to Success
April	May	June
Keeping Kids Active on Rainy Days Let's Go Out!	Baby Talk Going Out? Watch Out!	What Makes childcare Good? Out for the Summer and Where to Go?
July/Aug.	Sept. / Oct.	Nov. / Dec.
Going Places Field Trip Safety	A Good childcare Program Will Have... Safe and Sound Care	Back to Basics Prepare Your Child for childcare

2005
January	February	March	April
Keep Kids Active in Winter Hand Washing Helps - Keeps Germs Out!	Playing to Learn Language and Reading Lead to Success	Working Together - Parents, Providers and Kids The Right Person	Keeping Kids Active on Rainy Days Let's Go Out
May	June	July	August
School's Out -- Time for Summer Fun! Let's Paint the Fence and Other Creative Activities!	When Moms Go Back to Work Parents as Partners in childcare	childcare for Active Toddlers What Do You Do With Todddlers?	Those Important Preschool Years Helping Preschoolers Learn
September	October	November	December
A Good childcare Program Will Have... Safe and Sound Care	Back to Basics Prepare Your Child for childcare	childcare Policies Protect Your Child Does the childcare Program and Caregiver Suit Your Child?	Teamwork Can Improve childcare Who's Caring For Your Child?

2004
January	February	March	April
Getting It Right Helping Your Child Adjust to childcare	Learning Is Easier When Children Are Happy Teaching Children	The Best for Your Child Safety Tips for childcare Outings	childcare Guidelines Summer childcare
May	June	July	August
Policies and Paperwork - Why Bother? Let's Go Outdoors	Safe Summer Fun Communicating With Kids	What Children Need to Do What Will They Think of Next?	Looking For childcare? Before and After School
September	October	November	December
childcare and You The Program is Right	Be Prepared for childcare Outdoor Play Year-Round	Finding the Right childcare Less Stress for Kids	When Relatives or Neighbors Provide childcare What's Going on at childcare?

2003
January	February	March	April
What Makes childcare Good? Getting Back to Normal Spanish	Discipline in childcare Happy Kids are Eager to Learn Spanish	The Early Years are Important Basic Training for School Spanish	Looking for childcare Important Questions about childcare Spanish
May	June	July	August
Summertime's Coming - Do You Have childcare? Going Places Spanish	Fun Outdoors at childcare? Outdoor Times Should Be Safe for Kids	Going Back to Work Types of childcare	More than Just a Babysitter To Stay Alone or Not to Stay Alone? That is the Question!
September	October	November	December
What Should Your Kids Be Doing at childcare? Children's Art Activities	Getting Off to A Good Start Back-Up Plans for childcare	Play is More Than Just Fun Safe Play Times	Teamwork Can Improve childcare Who is Caring for Your Child?

2002
January	February	March	April
Kids Need Time and Attention Safe and Sound Spanish	Take Time to Look for the Best Some Practical childcare Tips Spanish	What Do Young Children Need? Where Will Your Child Go While You Work? Spanish	Parents and childcare What is Your Child Doing All Day at childcare? Spanish
May	June	July	August
Baby Talk Going Out? Watch Out! Spanish	What Makes childcare Good? Out for the Summer and Where to Go? Spanish	Going Places Field Trip Safety Rules Spanish	Playing and Learning Heading Off to School Spanish
September	October	November	December
When Your Child Goes to childcare Getting Ready for childcare Spanish	Keys to Good childcare Parents Can Make a Difference Spanish	Your Child Deserves Quality childcare Caregivers Are Important! Spanish	Special Celebrations at childcare Make Holiday Celebrations Happy Time for Kids Spanish

2001
January	February	March	April
Keep Kids Active in Winter Hand Washing Helps - Keeps Germs Out!	Playing to Learn Language and Reading Skills Lead to Success	Safety First! Good Care Will Make a Difference	Keeping Kids Active on Rainy Days Let's Go Out
May	June	July	August
School's Out - Time for Summer Fun Let's Paint the Fence and other Creative Activities!	When Moms Go Back to Work Parents as Partners in childcare	childcare for Active Toddlers What Do You Do with Toddlers? Spanish	Those Important Preschool Years Helping Preschoolers Learn Spanish
September	October	November	December
A Good childcare Program Will Have....... Safe and Sound Care Spanish	Back to Basics Prepare Your Child for childcare Spanish	childcare Policies Protect your Child Do the childcare Program and Caregiver Suit your Child? Spanish	Working Together - Parents, Providers, and Kids The Right Person Spanish

2000
January	February	March	April
Getting it Right Helping Your Child Adjust to childcare	Learning is Easier when Children are Happy Teaching Children the Right Way	Field Trips Take Planning Safety Tips for childcare Outings	childcare Guidelines Summer childcare
May	June	July	August
Policies and Paperwork - Why Bother? Let's Go Outdoors	Safe Summer Fun Communicating with Kids	What Children Need to Do What Will They Think of Next?	Looking for childcare? Before and After School
September	October	November	December
childcare and You The Program is Right	Be Prepared for childcare Outdoor Play Year-round	When Relatives or Neighbors Provide childcare What's Going on at childcare?	Finding the Right childcare Less Stress for Kids

1999
January	February	March	April
childcare for Toddlers What Kind of childcare do you Want for your Child?	Parents and childcare Providers Working Together The Right Person to Care for Your Child	Valuing Our Children The Best for Your Child	May 7 is Provider appreciation Day Make Sure childcare is Safe
May	June	July	August
Making Outdoor Play Safe Play for Kids Summer Time Fun for School Age Kids	New Discoveries Stress the Importance of Infant Care What Children need at Home and at childcare	Helping Children Learn Children Need Healthy Eating Habits	Looking for childcare Parent's Responsibilities for childcare
September	October	November	December
What Should Your Kids Be Doing at childcare Children's Art Activities	Getting off to a Good Start Back-up Plans for childcare	Play is More than Just Fun Safe Play Times	Team Work Can Improve childcare Who's Caring for Your Child?

1998
January	February	March	April
How to Choose Good childcare What Kind of childcare do you Want for your Child?	New Research Proves the Importance of Early Learning The Place is Right!	Important Information What Will You Do if There's no childcare?	An Important Atmosphere for Learning Children Need to be Seen and Heard
May	June	July	August/September
Make a Difference for Your Child Outdoor Times Should Be Fun and Safe	Safe Fun in the Sun Geting Wet and Cooling Off	What Does Your Child Do All Day? Part-Time childcare	More Than Just a Babysitter To Stay Alone or Not to Stay Alone? That is the Question!
October	November	December
Helping with those Tearful Good-Byes The Right Behavior	The Best childcare for Your Child Playing to Learn	Make Family Times Happy Times

1997
October	November	December
Make Things Easier at the End of a Long Day Mealtimes are Important Times for Kids	What Should Children Play With? It Isn't Just Child's Play	Preventing Illness in childcare Mealtimes at childcare

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