The 4-H summer cultural arts day camp: Bringing the world to "My World"
An evaluation of the impact of My World, a 4-H summer arts camp, designed to address the summertime needs of children and their families and to provide educational programs to increase intercultural understanding
Reports & Papers
Advantages of gardening as a form of physical activity in an after-school program
A study of the relationship between participation in a Cooperative Extension Service after school gardening program and the self-reported physical activity levels of children, based on data from 31 children in third through fifth grade in Oklahoma
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Children's literacy: Children's Books for Healthy Families/Libros de Ninos para Familias Saludables
A special issue of the Journal of Extension, summarizing a longitudinal study of the relationship between parent-child reading activities and emergent literacy in children from birth to age three
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An evaluation of an interdisciplinary team approach to delivery of childcare provider training
A study of an interdisciplinary team approach to delivery of childcare provider training conducted by Virginia Cooperative Extension through a survey of 171 childcare provider continuing education participants
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Extension-supported school-age care programs benefit youth
An examination of the impact of out-of-school time care programs on children in grades K-8 attending public schools in North Carolina, data was collected regarding student’s academic performance, attendance, and tardiness
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Extent of positive youth-adult relationships in a 4-H after-school program
A survey-based and observational examination of youths' relationships with adults in a 4-H after-school program setting
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Family, school, and community involvement in school-age child care programs: Best practices
A study of the best practices and influence of out-of-school time care programs for at risk children and families, emphasizing a community, school, and parent partnership approach, based on a survey of 30 out-of-school time care program project directors
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The Family Storyteller: A collaborative family literacy program
A special issue of the Journal of Extension, focusing on the role of a community family reading program in promoting the literacy of children and parents in Nevada
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Keys to building successful training programs for Hispanic family day care providers
An exploration of factors necessary to implement training programs for Hispanic providers of family child care in Cleveland, Ohio
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Measuring impacts with young audiences: Adapting a life-skills instrument for use with third- to fifth-grade youth
A discussion of the development of an instrument used to measure the effects of 4-H program participation on children in the third to fifth grades
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Membership in a professional association influence the quality of family child care?
An investigation into the influence of family child care providers’ membership in a professional association on the quality of child care, based on a study of 36 family child care providers, assessed using the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS)
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A profile of school-age care programs
A survey of North Carolina school age child care centers' demographic characteristics
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Starting a child day care business
A report describing a two-day seminar entitled, "How to Start a Child Day Care Business" sponsored by the Ohio Cooperative Extension Service
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The teachable moment: A SIDS training model for child care providers
A special issue of the Journal of Extension, focusing on a study on the efficacy of child care provider training workshops that aim to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
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Teaching child care providers to reduce the risk of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
An assessment of knowledge gain and intended behavior change related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) risk reduction after participation in the Reducing the Risk of SIDS in Child Care training, based on pre- and post-training questionnaire responses from 297 child care providers in 14 Nevada communities
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Training for quality child care
A description of a Cooperative Extension outreach training program on quality child care for child care providers and educators in Nebraska
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Using education, exposure, and environments to increase preschool children's knowledge about fruit and vegetables
An account of the nutrition knowledge gained by 19 preschoolers participating in a Color Me Healthy! fruit and vegetable awareness intervention
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