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If you are the owner or director of a child care program, please help us plan for the coming year by completing this short survey (less than 5 minutes) about…
Read MoreThe Consumer Product Safety Commission has released two major crib recalls; The first, 10-211, involves all Simplicity full-size cribs with tubular metal mattress support frames. The frames can fail,…
Read MoreSpring is in full swing, and there are so many wonderful opportunities to explore it with the children in your life. One great activity I learned last week, when visiting…
Read MoreI cringe everytime I read or hear about increasing the child care standards. Of course I’m in favor of children having the very best environments possible and the best prepared…
Read MoreMay 7, 2010 is national Child Care Provider Appreciation Day. The day was designated in 1966 as a way to recognize the often overlooked child care work force and is…
Read MoreChildren thrive in an open-ended environment, one in which they can explore how the world works and how to express their ideas through drawing, creating art, movement, music, writing, graphing,…
Read MoreFor most of the businesses in the country, it was Administrative Professionals Day(aka, Secretary’s Day) . But, last year, our Administrative Professional staff decided they wanted to turn this into…
Read MoreWhen I came to 4-C in 1990 I didn’t have a computer. I certainly didn’t have one in my child care center I ran for the 12 years before making…
Read MorePresident Obama signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE ACT) on March 18, 2010. The HIRE ACT was enacted to foster job growth through immediate tax incentives to…
Read More(Deadline: April 30) The 2010 Target Store Grant program, a giving effort of the retail chain’s foundation, will focus funding childhood literacy and arts and culture. The Early…
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