Just Released: The Third Edition of “Caring for Our Children"

The National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education has released the third edition of “Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards; Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs.”

The publication provides important information for child care providers. It covers such topics as:
New standards on physical activity and limiting screen time
Updated standards on nutrition
Suggestions for disaster planning, inclusion/exclusion criteria for illness and use of non-toxic substances

The publication also contains valuable new appendices that include a signs and symptoms chart and a medication administration packet.

I find this publication to be a valuable resource and I hope you will too.

To order the printed publication or download a PDF version for free, go to www.nrckids.org

First Blog

I am new to blogging and am not sure where this blog will bring us. I would like this blog to be a place where we can share ideas. I will try to give helpful hints along the way.  Feel free to post ideas about anything.  In particular, I will post about childcare, CPR/1st Aid, Universal Precautions, medical alerts, and anything I think might be helpful in your every day lives.