Contents

A. Child Care issues and Guidelines

1. Early Learning Guidelines of Fairfax County

2. Guidelines for Selecting a Babysitter

3. Tips for Shopping with Your Child

4. Child Supervision Guidelines--Fairfax County

5. If You See a Child Being Mistreated in a Public Place

6. Quality Child Care

7. Amerigroup Community Care

B. Communication

8. Words that Help Kids

9. Building Parent-Teacher Partnerships

10. How to Talk to Your Kids about the Earthquake in Haiti?

11. The Importance of Attachment

12. Think before You Spank

C. Development & Milestones

13. Developmental Milestones Ages Three, Four & Five

14. Developmental Milestones: Age 3

15. How Early Experiences Affect Brain Development

16. The Talking Three Year Old

17. Is your baby smart?

D. Encouragement and Discipline

18. Tony DiTerlizzi and Encouraging Young Artists

19. Discipline for Your Child

20. TIME-OUT Discipline Technique

E. Family activity

21. Family History Projects

F. Healthy issues

22. About Flu Season

23. Bee Wise, Immunize!

24. Tip for a Healthy Lifestyle

25. Family Fun and Fitness

26. About Diabetes

G. Military issues

27. Supporting young children affected by a military parent’s death

28. Supporting young children affected by a military parent’s injury

H. Reading & Early Literacy

29. How does Reading Develop Taste Buds?

30. Put Reading First

31. Literacy Is a Survival Skill

32. Help Little Ones Learn to Love Reading

33. Books Families Can Share with Their Children

I. Safety issues

34. Never Shake a Baby

35. Keeping Kids Safe in or around vehicles

36. Be Careful with Windows and Young Children

J. Toy

37. Toy Safety Shopping Tips

38. Think Toy Safety

39. Good Toys for Young Children