School-age Child Care
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21st Century Community Learning Centers
Description: This Web site outlines programs supported by the Presidental Administration to keep children safe, provide academic enrichment, and other recreational and enrichment opportunities, such as band, drama, art, and other cultural events for children; and to provide life-long learning opportunities for community members.
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Selecting a High-Quality School-Aged Program for Your Child
Description: Concerned about after school care for your child? This brochure will help you in selecting a quality after-school program. It includes questions to ask yourself along the way as well as a checklist to refer to when looking at a specific program.
Also available in Spanish at http://ccapub.childcareaware.org/docs/pubs/105s.pdf.
Author: Weigel, Dan (15 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides information to parents leaving a child home alone. It gives suggestions on how to know when your child is ready, rules to put into place, and other supportive ideas.
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After-School Programs that Promote Child and Adolescent Development: Summary of a Workshop
Description: This book, available to view on this Web site, is a summary of a workshop used for after-school care for school-aged children.
Description: Information about federal resources that support children and youth during after school hours.
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Overlooked Benefits of Prekindergarten
Author: Schulman, Karen (4 more by this author)
Description: Studies have shown that high-quality prekindergarten can better prepare children for school, increase their chances of academic success, and even enable them to avoid welfare and crime later in life. But these are not the only positive outcomes of a high-quality pre-K experience. These studies also suggest that prekindergarten can strengthen a child's commitment and attitude toward school, enhance the parenting skills of children's parents, and have positive impacts on family relationships.
This report summarizes research findings about these wider benefits of early education.