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Professional Resources ECE as a Career Choice Compensation Accreditation, Credentialing & LicensingStaff Development Working with Families Stress Self-Esteem Student Internships with US Air Force Child Care/Youth Programs Click here for help in viewing a PDF document ECE as a Career Choice Child Care Employment: Implications for Women’s Self-Sufficiency and for Child Development (PDF) (January 1999)…

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Lesia Oesterreich Family Life Specialist Iowa State University Extension Copyright/Access Information Although moving has become a common event for American families, it is a “moving” experience in more ways than one. No matter how often families change residence, moving brings with it a variety of emotions and situations. One out of five American families moves…

Dorothy Labensohn Family Life Specialist Iowa State Universit Cooperative Extension Service Copyright/Access Information See the leaves all falling down, To make a carpet on the ground, Swish, swish, wind blows by, Swish, swish, away they fly. Windshield wiper, windshield wiper, What do you do today? Slip-slap, slip-slap, I wipe the rain away.   (Shape hands…

Kathy Reschke Family Life Extension Human Development and Family Studies Iowa State University Copyright/Access Information When children repeat fingerplays and rhymes, they are learning and practicing many important language skills: building vocabulary, rhyming, rhythm, memory, matching words with actions – just to name a few. Verses can also help develop children’s muscle coordination and listening…

It’s a familiar scene. You’ve just come home from work after a long day. You’re hungry and tired and it’s time to fix dinner, but the kids are at it in the kitchen, fighting over whose turn it is to set the table. Sibling rivalry is a routine part of growing up in families, but…