Support Daily Learning and Find Balance in Your Home
Set Up a Nurturing Learning Environment in Your Home
Receive guidance for setting up an engaging physical environment; establishing positive relationships with families; and integrating learning into routines such as meal time, rest time, going outdoors, reading aloud, hellos and goodbyes, and more.
Provide Intentional and Responsive Caregiving for All Children
Strengthen the bridge between a child’s two most important worlds—your home and their own—with our award-winning, research-validated early learning activities. Children have fun as they play and learn together to foster their learning and development.
Guidance for the Unique Family Child Care Setting
Provide meaningful and consistent learning experiences for children of all ages. Grounded in research, our 38 objectives focus on developmentally appropriate learning from birth through third grade. Our color-coded progressions provide you with an understanding of how skills progress from infancy through third grade.
Provide Meaningful Learning for Children of All Ages With Our Top-Rated Childcare Curriculum
Plan Meaningful Learning for Children of All Ages – Birth to 12
The ages, interests, and abilities of the children in your family child care program are unique. Choose materials and plan experiences for all children, including your own, with a wide range of detailed daily practice resources. Easily organize and create flexible plans for the everyday moments in your program.
Balance the Needs of All Families, Including Yours
Meeting the demands of your family child care program and your own family requires careful attention to each. From setting up your home and planning everyday routines and experiences to balancing the needs of your own family with your professional responsibilities, we have the guidance and support you need every step of the way.
More Reasons to Love The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care
Research-Based. Field Proven.
Grounded in knowledge of child development and theory and the latest research from the field on what is appropriate for all children
Aligned to Standards
Aligned to early learning guidelines in each state and the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework, so you can demonstrate that your program is meeting all requirements.
A Seamless Link Between Curriculum and Assessment
The same 38 objectives at the core of The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care and our GOLD assessment solution give you the support to plan and provide the most responsive instruction.
Featured Resources
The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care offers detailed guidance for planning and implementing a high-quality family child care program.
Ensure concepts and skills are introduced and reinforced in a logical, thoughtful, sequential, and coherent order for the children in your program.
Explore the resources and materials included in The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care.
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Experience the Joy and Possibilities for Your Family Child Care Program
Provide meaningful learning experiences for all children with The Creative Curriculum for Family Child Care.