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      <title>Child Safety in the Garden</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Spending time in the landscape with children, especially young ones, requires adults to pay careful attention. Just as you would childproof an indoor room, it’s important to take safety precautions in the yard to keep young ones safe. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Changing Classes Can Be Stressful For Children</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Some of the most stressful times children experience come when they move from one classroom to another. There are many things parents and caregivers can do to facilitate a smooth move from one classroom to another. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Outdoor Play Provides Rich Environment For Learning</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Outdoor playground areas for children are important to consider when choosing a child-care facility. It is just as important to visit the outside spaces as it is to tour the classrooms. Playing outdoors provides the opportunity for young children to use and develop their large muscles and cognitive abilities. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Appropriate Environments Ensure Safe, Healthy Children</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:26:52 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[One of the most important roles parents and caregivers serve is to ensure that the children entrusted to them thrive in healthy and safe environments. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Infants, Toddlers Need Welcoming, Responsive Environment</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Child-care environments play an important role in the healthy growth and development of infant and toddlers. Since infants and toddlers spend a large portion of their day in routines such as saying hello or good-bye, getting dressed, diapering, toileting and mealtime, the child-care environment should reflect these important shared learning times. The environment provided for infants and toddlers should be welcoming and responsive to both children and their families. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Daily Routines Offer Children Security</title>
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      <title>Keeping Sick Children Out Of Child-care Centers Protects Others</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Child care and preventing sickness. Parents who depend on child-care centers need to know the policies of their center and to keep in mind that those policies are designed to keep disease outbreaks from spreading to all children. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Encourage Pre-schoolers To Explore, Learn</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2004 23:25:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A supportive, nurturing, inviting environment for preschool age children is extremely important in encouraging them to explore and learn. Children learn through their own experiences of trial and error, repetition and imitation. Adults may encourage learning by ensuring that the classroom or day-care environment is appropriate and supports an array of experiences and choices. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Caregivers Should Examine Playground Safety</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most injuries to young children in school or child-care environments occur outdoors, so playground safety definitely should be a concern in a child-care setting. Approximately 40 percent of the outdoor injuries to children are due to poor adult supervision," says LSU AgCenter child-care associate Cheri Gioe. "That means supervision is an essential component of playground safety." - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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