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Something new from Healthy Childcare®! We recently launched our new electronic version of Healthy Childcare®. Instead of being mailed a paper copy of each issue, subscribers can access a look-alike version electronically. Each digital includes two new parent handouts as well as the Health & Safety Resource Guide.

Approximately 20 percent of our subscribers pay an extra $6 a year to have the Resource Guide mailed with each issue of Healthy Childcare®. The Resource Guide is a complete training outline on a health or safety topic and includes dozens and dozens of resources. E-subscribers receive the Health & Safety Resource Guide at no additional cost, a bonus for subscribing to the digital version.

In this issue of Healthy Childcare®, you will find in our Nutrition Action section, an article by Madeleine Sigman-Grant on too much juice. Looking for a way to reduce children’s calorie intake from juice? This article will help. Madeleine’s article in the Medicine Chest on food allergies in childcare can help you as you plan meals and work with the children--and their families--who have a food allergy.

Injuries can take place in the childcare setting and documenting and reporting the injuries can help you track any possible patterns of injuries as well as communicate with parents. The Healthy Childcare® article on injury reporting by Marna Holland in our Safety First section offers information on this important topic. Marna’s article in the Health & You section provides information that can help you get the most of a doctor’s visit.

Outdoor play can bring an uninvited guest into your childcare program: a tick. Joe Knight’s article in the In Sickness & Health section on ticks will help you plan outdoor play and field trips that can reduce the chances of ticks hopping onto one of the children in your care.

Thanks for being a part of Healthy Childcare®!


Kathryn Breighner
Publisher