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Family Child Care
of Douglas County
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PROVIDER APPRECIATION DAY
Friday, May 7, 2004
(click here to learn more) |
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week of the young child
April 18 - 24
(for more information click here)
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Welcome to the first website built specifically for Family Child Care in Douglas County, Kansas! Whether you are a child care provider or a parent, I think you will find the information on this site useful and educational.
As of Feb.30, 2004, there were 117 registered, 97 licensed and 31 group licensed Family Child Care Providers in Douglas County. That means that every week, 245 people in our county open their hearts and their homes to provide care for the children in our community. This makes up a huge percentage of child care as a whole in Douglas County.
Family Child Care is regulated by the state and providers are required to meet specific safety and educational standards. But the look and feel of any given Family Child Care Home is as unique as the provider herself. Some prefer strictly family style care, choosing to teach through ordinary every day events such as setting the table and folding clothes (both excellent ways to introduce math concepts) spending their day rocking and cuddling. Others provide a total classroom concept complete with learning centers and age appropriate curriculum. Most of us fall somewhere in between.
But whatever the style, providing a safe, nurturing learning environment for the children in our care is really what it's all about. Advancing that ideal is the purpose of this website. |
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One hundred years from now it will not matter how much money you made, what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in. One hundred years from now the world will be a better plae because YOU made a difference in the life of a CHILD. |
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Child Care Related Links: |
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Douglas County Child Development Assoc. |
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Child Care Provider's Coalition of KS |
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KDHE Child Care Licensing |
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Success By 6 |
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***ASSOCIATIONS*** |
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In addition to training opportunities and socialization, associations are the backbone of legislative representation for our profession. Through affiliation with Child Care Provider's Coalition of KS and National Association of Family Child Care we are given a voice in legislation that regulates licensing, quality standards, the avaibility of and the eligibility for funding that effects Early Childhood Education. |
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(Click here to learn more about family child care associations in Douglas County.) |
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PARENT INFO PAGE
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Website editor: |
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Deb Danielson |
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PROVIDER INFO PAGE
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familychildcareofdc@yahoo.com |
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