As with everything other parts of my child care policies that I’ve shared here, I request that out of professional courtesy and compliance to copyright laws you don’t copy any of my policies or take them for your own. You’re welcome to use them as a creative springboard when writing…
“Credentials and References” follow the history of my child care program. I arranged my Credentials in outline form because it was easy to scan yet let me go into detail. Since my references took up less than a half-page of space and fit nicely at the end of my credentials…
I promised I’d post pieces and parts from my policy book and figured I’d better get started before I forgot. “About Amy & Kids Co.” is the first section of my policy book. It begins with a Welcome page that includes a brief welcome statement, my Mission Statement, my Philosophy,…
Since I’ve had requests to share my family child care policy book I thought I’d post some of my policies now and then. I do request that out of professional courtesy and compliance to copyright laws you don’t copy any of my policies. However you are welcome to use them…
I’ve been working on my child care policies for weeks and my brain is so numb I can barely think. Every fall I update my policies before distributing them to the parents, but this year I accidentally ended up giving them a major overhaul. You’re probably wondering how something so…
For children, art has no boundaries, no rules, no should-be. Children see nothing wrong with painting a purple cow or birds and hearts flying together across a pink sky. One day a child may fill the paper with splashes of bright color, then use only black or brown the next…
I don’t remember the first time I saw tree blocks – it may have been on Pinterest, or at last year’s WECA Conference Yes, that is me on the far right in the first slide. or who knows where. In any case, I wanted some. The problem is that since…
“You’ve got to accentuate the positive, Eliminate the negative, Latch on to the affirmative, Don’t mess with Mister In-Between” Being a child is a difficult job. Children are busy learning new skills, testing their limits, and actively exploring their environment. Parenting is also a difficult job. Parents are busy teaching…
It recently occurred to me that I hadn’t written about the garden stones the children made for Father’s Day gifts this year. Oops! Obviously Father’s Day is long past, but since garden stones are a great gift for any occasion I decided to write about them anyway. But…
Now that warm weather has finally arrived in Wisconsin we’re gearing up for some wonderful water play this summer. Children love playing in water; even the most popular toys can’t compete to the joys water brings. Water is cheap, easily available and leaves things cleaner than they started. Plus, water…
