San Antonio College Library

Covering all the main areas of study and assuming no prior knowledge of the topic, this book takes the reader through the key elements of child development. Drawing on research, and referencing key theories in the field, it provides students with a comprehensive overview of the subject and its application to early years practice.

Publisher description: Have you ever had trouble getting an infant to settle down for a nap or persuading a group of toddlers to pick up their toys? Then this book is for you! Simple Transitions for Infants and Toddlers, a must-have resource for teachers who work with this youngest age group, offers more than 400 tips, ideas and easy activities from an expert in the infant/toddler field. It also includes ideas to help parents deal with the bigger...

"Your research-based reference for developing quality early educational experiences! School and district administrators, as well as policymakers, are increasingly recognizing that early education and intervention services for young children have a direct and positive impact on later school performance and quality of life. But which programs and services should be operated and funded? To answer that question, this book highlights the principles that...

"Why is the United States one of the few advanced democratic market societies that do not offer child care as a universal public benefit or entitlement? This book - a comprehensive history of child care policy and practices in the United States from the colonial period to the present - shows why the current child care system evolved as it did and places its history within a broad comparative context."--Jacket.

A group of teenagers, wanting to become better babysitters, tour a child care center where they observe the physical, mental and social skills involved in child development from newborn through kindergarten.

Blau (economics, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) discusses problems of child care, such as low quality of care, lack of availability, high expense of care, and low earnings and high turnover of child care providers, from an economic perspective, focusing on conceptual issues, models, data, and empirical results. He describes the US child care market and presents economic models, analyzes aspects such as demand, supply, price, and determinants...

Why the United States has failed to establish a comprehensive high-quality child care program is the question at the center of this book. Edward Zigler has been intimately involved in this issue since the 1970's, and here he presents a firsthand history of the policy making and politics surrounding this important debate.

Mother of six Theresa Rodriguez Farrisi has written the book that will finally make life easier for parents seeking diapering information today. Written like a letter from a good friend, Diaper Changes provides everything caring parents need to know about diapering in one handy, helpful manual.