This book should be of interest to courses in infant and toddler care.

Section I: Infant and toddler care. History and trends in infant toddler care. Settings for child care. Communicating with parents and staff. Section II: Designing infant and toddler curriculum. What is curriculum? What is caregiving/teaching? What is development /learning? Indoor and outdoor environment. Section III: Matching caregiver strategies and child development. The child from birth to four months of age. The child from four to eight months of age. The child from eight to twelve months of age. The child from twelve to eighteen months of age. The child from eighteen to twenty-four months of age. The child from twenty-four to thirty months of age. The child from thirty to thirty-six months of age. Appendix. Developmental profiles. Child development associate competancy standards for infant/toddler caregivers in center-based programs. Index.