Welcome to 'Child Care Magazine'
Expert practical and professional guidance for all childminders and childcarers
Child Care is the essential monthly magazine for childminders and childcarers, and the new name for Practical Professional Child Care.
As well as a new name, Child Care has also got an exciting new look. The new-look Child Care is jam-packed with new sections, plus new features and writers to provide the best possible practical and professional support for anyone who works in child care, whether in the home, in a nursery or crèche, or in any other daycare setting.
A monthly magazine and a vital pull-out resource rolled into one!
Child Care is much more than just a magazine. As well as containing all the very latest news, in-depth reports and lots of practical advice and ideas, Child Care also contains a 16-page practical pull-out section which has been especially designed for you to build into a valuable resource and use again and again! See below a list of our regular features.
Child Care is available through subscription or from selected newsagents and bookstands. Subscribe online today and receive a FREE resource pack worth £8.99 containing two A2 colour posters, as well as eight photocopiable A4 sheets of practical activities on the theme of 'my body'.
The Magazine
The magazine keeps you in touch with all the latest developments taking place in child care. We explain and interpret new regulations, guide you through the routes to qualification, and show how colleagues across the UK do their work.
It includes:
- UK News
Keep up-to-date with the news stories that affect YOU! Each issue will give you a round-up of all the important stories in childcare in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - Features and Debate
In-depth reports on different aspects of childcare, including case studies and child development articles - What's New
The latest resources and reader give-aways - NCMA Column
A regular update from the National Childminding Association - Real recipes
Delicious and healthy recipe ideas for children - Diary
Each issue a professional childminder or nanny discusses that month's challenges and rewards
The practical pull-out resource
This practical 16-page pull resource is ready-punched for you to pull-out and use again and again.
It covers topics on:
- Health and Safety
Step-by-step guidance on the policies and procedures to help you meet care standards - Care
Practical advice on activities and resources to help you promote children's welfare - Outdoor Play
Activities to encourage exploration of a natural environment - Child Development
Putting child development theory into practice - Professional Development
Essential guidance on training and education to help you develop your career - Practical Activities
Art and craft activities for all ages to encourage creative development for the children in your care