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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-10

2006-06-08T18:40:00.000-07:00

C) There are not strict policies for the facility. The provider is very easy going.

While even the most well thought out, clear, and concise parent pack can be interpreted in a million and one ways....the absence of one can spell disaster. You are not only looking for a provider that expects certain things from you and your child, but also one who expects certain things from themselves. A quality child care professional has learned through trial and error what works and doesn't work for their facility. A contract and parent pack protects your and your child's rights as well as the provider's. Provider's without this will constantly be facing difficult, and confusing situations with parents.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-9

2006-06-07T19:51:00.000-07:00

B) The provider does not ask for paid holidays, vacation time, training days, or personal days, and only requires payment when your child attends.

Not a good deal! Usually most providers when they start off believing that they need to be open from dusk to dawn, never take vacations, holidays, etc. A quality provider will recognize that they need to take holidays for personal time with their family, vacation time to relax and rejuvenate themselves, training days to improve their work performance and provide inspiration, and personal days to attend to personal maintenance matters such as dental visits, doctor visits for themselves or family members. No one can live on a fluctuating income..much less maintain a business. A provider who doesn't require a steady income will soon lose their business...due to financial inadequacies. They will not be able to afford to maintain their business..much less new toys, food costs, maintenance, utilities, etc. and you will either be stuck with poor child care conditions, or none at all.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-8

2006-06-06T19:56:00.000-07:00

Overall......

A) The provider is open and available all the time.

This is very bad. Imagine spending 12 hours per day, 5 days per week with up to six 2 year olds and you will understand what I mean! That is a 60 hour work week...with additional time being spent on cleaning, grocery shopping, bank runs, craft supplies, general business paperwork, etc. A quality provider will set limits on their exposure to stress. They will know what they can mentally handle as a work schedule and will demand that the opening and closing times be adhered to. Respect these requirements and limits..quality providers understand better than you what stress they are under on a daily basis and what they can handle. Quantity is not equal to Quality.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-7

2006-06-05T20:06:00.000-07:00

F) The home/facility is in perfect condition.

Oh every parent thinks that this is the best thing in the World. What it really means is that the provider is spending a lot of time cleaning. You want to look for a good balance between cleanliness and messiness. Why? Because children are messy. They are messy players and eaters. A home that is in top notch perfect condition has an inordinate amount of energy being spent on it to maintain it that way...especially with a large number of children in the home on a daily basis. Look for worn, well used, well loved toys. Children don't care about 'brand new' appearance...they just want to have fun!

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-6

2006-06-04T19:19:00.000-07:00

E) The provider talks in depth about policies.

Wrong! Providers have a responsibility to find a 'good fit' as much as a parent does. This means spending time with the family..parents and children. If there is a personality conflict between the child or parent and the provider then eventually this will cause problems in the facility. Good quality providers look for children and families that will generally work within their facility environment. Discussing policies that you can read on your own time is unnecessary. Questions about policies can be answered over the phone or at another time.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-5

2006-06-02T19:08:00.000-07:00

Your job as a parent is to look past the polished 'tour' and find the little clues that will help to ensure a good choice in child care.

D) The provider is very interested in talking to you during the interview.

Wrong! The provider should be paying special attention to your child. There should be a strong focus on letting your child warm up to them and making your child feel comfortable. The provider should ask the child's name, and remember it. They should let your child come to them rather than overwhelm them before they are ready. You should come secondary to your child...after all they are the ones who will be spending majority of their time with the provider.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-4

2006-06-01T17:15:00.000-07:00

C)The interview.....

This is the hard part of picking a child care provider. Eventually child care providers get a very polished persona for parents. They are a little like politicians that have given the same speech over and over again. They know when to make a joke, when to laugh, and when to be serious. They have worked the same speech, the same interview, and the same tour a million times and are very good at it. It isn't that they are trying to fool you...like a wolf in sheep's clothing. For the most part they are good honest people who would just like to keep their business full. But the problem is that there are poor quality facilities that give the impression of being something they are not.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-3

2006-05-31T20:08:00.000-07:00

B)The visit to the facility.....

Are the grounds kept in good condition? If it is a home..is the house in good repair? Does the home or center give you the feeling that someone cares about the facility? Homes and centers that have someone who cares about maintaining the facility show a level of responsibility, and a general level of cleanliness. Many parents look for a perfect lawn, perfect home, perfect everything. Instead look for a general "child like" environment...cute flags, and little extras are signs of a kid at heart.

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-2

2006-05-30T08:27:00.000-07:00

A)The phone interview....

If you are calling during operating hours for the provider...are they spending a lot of time on the phone with you? Quality providers will refuse to answer the phone for anyone other than parents during operating hours. The exception to this would be during nap time or a facility that has adequate staffing arrangements. While parents may feel that this imparts a level of unprofessionalism...it is in fact just the opposite.

Why is not answering the phone a sign of quality? Because the provider is refusing to take time away from the job at hand...taking care of the children. If your child is in care at the facility...would you want the staff to stop playing, reading, or providing attention to your child in order to answer the phone?

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How to Pick Quality Child Care: from a Child Care Provider Part-1

2006-05-29T21:19:00.000-07:00

An insiders tips on finding quality care...and why your expectations of quality could actually be signs of poor care. While many publications are written informing parents how to find good quality child care...they inevitably fall short of the small clues that help to make your child care choice a good one. Many parents look intentionally for certain attributes in a provider and facility...when in reality they should have been looking for the opposite.

The following are some misconceptions that parents have about child care and indicators of potential quality care. The very Basics:

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Home School Lesson Planner Makes Learning Fun Part-5

2006-05-29T12:02:00.000-07:00

The fourth panel is titled learning devices and projects. This section offers suggestions for creating all kinds of projects that can be integrated into an interesting lesson.

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Home School Lesson Planner Makes Learning Fun Part-4

2006-05-27T13:36:00.000-07:00

The third panel promotes the benefits of integrating other subjects into the lesson. For example, while reading the "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck, science could be incorporated by researching how pearls are created.

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Home School Lesson Planner Makes Learning Fun Part-3

2006-05-26T16:33:00.000-07:00

The second panel features speech integration and cooperative learning activities. Even in home school, students need to hone their speaking skills. The cooperative learning ideas suggest accomplishing a learning objective with a partner or small group.

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Home School Lesson Planner Makes Learning Fun Part-2

2006-05-25T20:24:00.000-07:00

The first panel offers over 125 kinds of writing that can be plugged into lessons from grade school to senior high. Students may write a report, create a bumper sticker, or even write a rap song as part of the lesson. The number of writing choices makes it easy to incorporate some form of writing in any lesson and in any subject area.

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Home School Lesson Planner Makes Learning Fun Part-1

2006-05-22T18:27:00.000-07:00

A guide to producing highly motivational lesson plans is now available for home school. The lesson planner is a product whose techniques found in the planner to motivate students. One of the biggest challenges in the public school, was to keep students interested and on task. The lesson planner is to help overcome this problem.

Here is how the Lesson Planner works. There are four connected panes filled with ideas and suggestions for creating an integrated lesson. Home school or regular school teachers choose ideas from the four panels to accomplish their teaching objectives.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-6

2006-05-16T18:30:00.000-07:00

As more and more home school mothers join the ranks of home school leaders, certain priorities, goals and objectives must be set in order to be able to do both successfully especially since both roles are particularly demanding. These four easy steps: make a priority list, create a schedule, be efficient and be consistent will do much to assure that children are afforded ample teaching time and the support group is also given 110% of your efforts.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-5

2006-05-10T19:38:00.000-07:00

One of the most important tips in helping to balance being a home school teacher and leader, is to be consistent. Consistency allows moms the opportunity to finish the goals that were predetermined to be accomplished in the schedule. The consistency factor makes it easier to complete tasks as scheduled and it assures that moms do not have to postpone any lessons to the following day or next week or be late in coming up with field trip ideas for a committee that you head. Consistency, also allows you to stay in control of your schedule, while creating room for fun and free time.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-4

2006-05-06T19:16:00.000-07:00

With a well-created and honest priority list and schedule in toe, it is time to look at your daily efficiency. Are there things that you can do that will help you cut down on time spent? For example, is it more efficient to e-mail all of the group members or is it more time consuming to call them all? Is there a faster way that you can drive to the library or is there a time of the day when the library trip can be rescheduled and the traffic isn't as heavy? This step, essentially, encourages you to look over your schedule and see if you can find extra or free time by finding ways to make your tasks more efficient.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-3

2006-05-02T13:51:00.000-07:00

After you have jotted down your daily tasks and have put them into a priority list, it is time to make a plan. There are several types of plans that one may choose from. Some mothers create plans all throughout a given day, while still keeping their priority list in mind. Others plan their daily activities weeks in advance. Whatever style works for you, make sure to schedule your day to a tee. In realistic terms, ask yourself questions such as: "Do I need to allot one hour or two to teaching math?" How long will it take me to e-mail everyone in the group about the upcoming zoo trip?" "How much time do I need to schedule for the weekly trip to the library?" Efficient scheduling, in effect, guarantees that you are consistently on task and you are assured that you will accomplish all that was scheduled for any given day.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-2

2006-04-28T16:23:00.000-07:00

As both roles demand much of one's attention, it is imperative to place goals and objectives into priority lists in order to feel a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. Without a well-thought out and well-planned priority list, activities, lessons, e-mails, conference calls and projects gel into a one, rich amalgam of confusion. No mom needs this. In order to avoid this scenario, take a day or two, even a week, to plan your course of action. What projects need to be handled first thing each morning? Between what hours will you teach school lessons or will you intersperse teaching throughout the day? What projects can be handled before going to bed? Are there any projects that you can seemingly do simultaneously? Place your to-do items into a list of "must-do's" and "can wait" columns and be fervent in being honest with your assessment.

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How to Juggle Being a Home School Mom and a Home School Leader Part-1

2006-04-25T15:05:00.000-07:00

Home schooling is demanding enough as it is. If you are a home school leader as well, learn how to juggle both responsibilities.
There is nothing more fulfilling than to witness your child excelling at the highest academic levels possible. It is equally rewarding to see your home schooled child immersed in an active, socially-sustainable home school organization or support group. To achieve this, moms oftentimes assume roles as both home school teachers as well as home school leaders.

In so doing, moms find themselves in dual leadership roles that demand a tremendous amount of time and attention to detail. What do you do, then, when it is becomes increasingly difficult to balance teaching duties along with serving as a support group leader? Here are a few remedies that ensure striking a balance in both roles.

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HOME SCHOOLING NOW

2006-04-22T16:58:00.000-07:00

Home Schooling and Home Schools around the Country are availabe to give you choices for your children. Home Schooling gives you flexibility and freedom to create your own schedule. Schools and School yards are becoming unsafe for both students and teachers. If youre thinking about home schooling, or just looking for a Home School or any Home Schooling information go to http://childcarewebsites.com or :
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HOME SCHOOLING REQUIREMENTS

2006-04-19T17:44:00.000-07:00

HOME SCHOOLING REQUIREMENTS

Each state has its own general requirements for homeschoooling students. There are four categories of legal options for homeschooling. The four categories are: states requiring no notice, states with low regulation, moderate regulation and high regulation.

Many of the regulations include parental notification, test scores, professional evaluation of student progress and curriculum approval. Families shouldn't be scared off by the general requirements for homeschooling. There may be some initial paperwork to handle but as long as the teaching parent can keep good records there shouldn't be andy fear of the state stepping in and ordering your child back to public school.

The states that have no requirements for homeschooling do not require the parents to initiate any contact. These states include Idaho, Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, New Jersey and the territories of Guam and Puerto Rico. Parents are not obligated to contact the school districts to notify them that they will be homeschooling their children.

States that have low general requirements for homeschooling require the parents to notify the school district that they are homeschooling their children and nothing else. These states include California, Nevada, Montana, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Delaware, Washington D.C. and the territory of the Virgin Islands.

Moderately regulated states require parents to send notification, test scores and provide a professional evaluation of the student's progress. The states in this category include Oregon, Colorado, South Dakota, Iowa, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Maryland and the territories of American Samoa and Northern Mariana Islands.

States with the highest regulations may be the most troublesome to parents contemplating homeschooling. These states general requirements for homeschooling stipulate parents have to send notification or achievement test scores, provide professional evaluations of student progress as well as provide a written curriculum that needs to be approved by the state, teacher qualification of the parents and on some occasions visits by state officials to check the student's progress. These states include Washington, Utah, North Dakota, Minnesota, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Maine, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. These states have few requirements for the Kindergarten level but the regulations become stricter at each subsequent grade level.

A parent is considered competent to operate a homeschool if they follow the individual state's regulations; they do not need to have teacher certification. The parents need to file a notice at their local school that they intend to homeschool in the low to highly regulated states. Those that fall within the medium to highly regulated states will also need to keep attendance records, file quarterly reports and a grade narrative for each of the subjects taught. Highly regulated states may require an annual assessment at the end of the school year.

The general requirements for homeschool vary greatly from state to state. The parents should be well versed in the legal aspects of homeschooling before they decide to attempt it. Most parents will find that the red tape at the beginning is well worth it.

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If you need an online tutor, courseware or wish to offer your services as a paid online tutor contact our website. Magic Learning Systems also provides excellent products to enhance the homeschool experience for teachers and students.

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HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES

2006-04-16T09:18:00.000-07:00

HOMESCHOOLING RESOURCES

The first and foremost homeschool resource available to you is yourself. Thats right, its you! Right from the start it is your motivation to provide your child with the best education you can possibly muster and your ability to stay focused on your projects that will ultimately determine the quality of education your child receives. But now, what homeschool resources and materials are available to YOU?

Depending upon the age(s) of your children the resources that you use will vary. A great way to help determine what homeschool materials to use will be to observe and take on not only what interests your child but how they appear to learn. CDs are a great learning tool. With todays graphics and sophisticated programming the learning process can be both fascinating and fun for the child!

In fact, check out some of the software resources from the suppliers available to you right from this website!

Story books are a tried and true homeschool material. Teaching your children through the use of story books has long been a lynchpin in child education. Childrens magazines are also another great source of learning and discovery for children. Animal stories are among some of the most popular. One advantage to magazines is that they stay current and each issue is just a bit different.

Last, and probably least is television. That is if you carefully monitor not only the programs that your child watches but the amount of time spent watching television. Dont ever substitute television (or any other automated type of medium such as computers) for hands on learning from their parent. With all of the technology available this can easily happen. Remember one of the great advantages to homeschooling is to be able to spend more time with your child and to directly control their educational experience. Slipping into too much computer and/or television time defeats the purpose of the homeschooling time.

When it comes to homeschooling children, your resources are unlimited and so is your childs ability to learn. Their world is boundless and so should be your creativity.

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Home Schooling and Home Schools

2006-04-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

Home Schooling and Home Schools

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HOME SCHOOLING

2006-03-31T10:32:00.000-08:00

HOME SCHOOLING
For many people, homeschooling is either the best option or the only option for teaching their children. This is due to various factors: conditions of the school systems, temperaments of children, vast learning abilities or disabilities of children, and a wide spectrum of other factors such as school-family incompatibility, multiple intelligences in which certain children learn best under circumstances and environments that are not offered in either public or private schools, as well as religious convictions and beliefs that are not tolerated in the public school system (specifically, Christian beliefs such as creationism). These are all valid and unquestioningly solid reasons to homeschool your child. With the wide selection of homeschooling programs, curriculum, and both state-supported and/or Christian endorsed programs available, the opportunities are endless for a parent who wants to homeschool. The very best thing to do is to check out your resources with your local community in mind.

Homeschooling support groups should be available in your area. Do a search online or get a community events and organizations calendar from your local library. Ask neighbors and friends. Most of all, ask around to different churches. There are so many churches today that are offering a "covering" program in which homeschooling parents may fall underneath their program "umbrella". The church will help you with record-keeping such as test scores, your daily homeschooling journal, and vacinnation records for the state.

Secondly, discover what it is you want to accomplish through homeschooling. Does your child absolutely NEED to be homeschooled for specific reasons or is it a choice that you and your family feel strongly convicted of as a necessity for your child? Either way you look at it, you are justified in your choice. However, be sure that your child will BENEFIT from being schooled at home. As a homeschooling parent, you have now become teacher. Organization and discipline are important disciplines you will need in order to be a successful teacher and to have your child be a successful student. If you need additional help and need to hire a private tutor, for instance, never feel ashamed by any means. Doing what's best for your child is the only thing that matters.

A third factor to consider is the TYPE of curriculum you will want to use. What will be your teaching philosophy? There are a number of internet and print resources that can help you learn more about the different homeschooling pholosophies that exist, such as: Montessori method, Charlotte Mason method, Eclectic method, Classical Education method, Distance Learning, Waldorf Education method, and Unschooling. Do a search online and find out as much as possible about each method and perhaps find a fit that suits the needs of your family the best.

Overall, homeschooling is a wonderful way to teach our children in a culture that may not be as supportive with our children's education as we would like. Homeschooling is not for everyone, but by the same token, neither is public education. Doing what's best for our children and their start on a lifelong education is most important.
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How To Start A Day-Care Center In Your Home Part-1

2006-03-29T12:01:00.000-08:00

How To Start A Day-Care Center In Your Home Part-1

Many parents across the country need some form of child care at different stages of their childs development. This might only be for a short term service, a one time event, or for several months. This is where your service will easily fit-in to provide the needed care for their children. This would be an excellent home business for a single mom and/or stay at home mom looking for a good solid income. Why? Because of the relatively low startup cost and the moms get to stay home with their own children!
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