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The National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC) sponsors the nationally recognized family childcare accreditation system, designed especially for the NAFCC by hundreds of providers, parents, and other experts during a four-year, consensus-building process. Accreditation helps providers set and reach quality improvement goals and helps parents and policymakers identify high-quality family childcare. NAFCC’s standards address five areas of quality: Relationships The most important aspect...

The family childcare regulations by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) include the following requirements for family childcare providers: The provider must be at least 18 years old and have at least one year of experience in caring for children. The provider, as well as all household members 15 years and older, must have a criminal background check. The provider must submit medical evidence that she is physically healthy and able to care for children. The provider...

Your child is developmentally ready for preschool and the best school has been chosen. The big day arrives—how will your child handle the first day of preschool? Here are some tried-and-true transition tips: Be sure in your own mind that the environment your child is entering is a sound and sensitive one—confident and reassuring thoughts are contagious (as are anxieties and uncertainties). Visit the school in advance of enrollment to allow your child to familiarize himself in his own way....