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There are many fantastic products and services available to those who care for children. I have listed a few of my favorites below. If you are a parent, teacher, or family day care provider, the following associations and organizations have great offerings available to you.

Resources for Caregivers

  1. Iowa Family Child Care Handbook (book)

    2. -Additional copies may be ordered from:
      Extension Distribution Center
      119 Printing and Publications Building
      Iowa State University
      Ames, Iowa 50001-3171
      515-294-5247
      Fax # 515-294-2945
      E-mail: pubdist@exnet.iastate.edu

  2. Contracts & Policies

    3. -How to be Businesslike in a Caring Profession
      By Tom Copeland (book)
     Available through REDLEAF PRESS (see #6)

  3. Learning Wrap-Ups (educational toy)

    4. - By Usborne Books at Home
       10302 East 55th Place
       Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146-6515
       1-800-611-1655

  4. Tips from Tina

    5. -Help Around the House (book)

    --Hundreds of Practical Ideas to Make Family Child Care Easier and More Fun

    By Tina Koch and Mary-Lane Kamberg

    -Available through REDLEAF PRESS (see #6)

  5. Room for Loving Room for Learning

    6. -Finding the Space You Need in your Family Child Care Home

    By Hazel Osborn (book)

    -Available through REDLEAF PRESS (see #6)

  6. REDLEAF PRESS catalog (wonderful!)

1-800-423-8309

Their mission is "to improve the lives of children by strengthening and supporting the people who care for them".

7. THE MAILBOX (magazine, catalog also available)

Subscriptions:
The Mailbox
P.O. Box 29485
Greensboro, NC 27499-0736
1-800-333-8128

  1. No-Choke Testing Tube (safety product)

    2. Hearth Song
    170 Professional Center Drive
    Rohnert Park, CA 94928
    (Made by Safety 1st)
    1-707-585-9711 (catalog)

  2. Tips and Tidbits

    3. -A Book for Family Day Care Providers
      By Janet Gonzalez-Mena (book)

    Published by:
    National Association for the 
    Education of Young Children
    1834 Connecticut Avenue, NW
    Washington DC 20009-5786
    1-800-424-2460

  3. TOTLINE CATALOG (super books, magazine subscription also available)

    4. Warren Publishing House, Inc.
    P.O. Box 2250
    Dept. B
    Everett, WA 98203
    Phone # _______________

    (Super Snacks, PiggyBack Songs, 1-2-3 
    Art, Them-A-Saurus, etc.)

  4. THE LEARNING POST (catalog available)

    5. (educational toys, books, teaching supplies)

    2761 100th Street
    Urbandale, Iowa 50322

  5. The Children’s Foundation

    6. 725 15th Street, Suite 505
    Washington DC 2005-2109
    202-347-3300
    Fax # 202-347-3382

    Information and materials concerning home-based child care issues. Sample newsletter and publications list available by request.

  6. National Association for Family Child Care

1331A Pennsylvania NW
Suite 348
Washington DC 20004
1-800-359-3817

Membership services include accreditation for family and group child care providers, a bimonthly newsletter, child care legislation representation, code of excellence for family child care, directory of support groups, insurance information, national family child care conference, national networking opportunities, resource publication department, and toll-free information line.

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