Since caring for and supervising a child (usually aged six weeks to thirteen years) is what child care involves, it is obvious that several factors must be considered. taken into consideration, if we want to determine an ideal framework for childcare. This is especially true when considering the fact that childcare involves developing skills in appropriate actions that cover a wide range of activities, institutions, content and socio-cultural conventions. In this case, it is true that several factors are taken into account to create an ideal childcare environment, as we will see in the following speech. In the first case, when searching for an ideal childcare environment, it is important to appreciate the components of appropriate childcare. Firstly, it is important that there are sufficient well-trained and competent staff in relevant areas such as early childhood development. This is consistent with the fact that staff training and education is one of the most credible means of assessing child care quality and predicting the long-term prospects for child care success. The results of the same research study establish the fact that caregivers of toddlers and babies should be more knowledgeable about early childhood care and education than primary and preschool education. Indeed, early childhood education and care places emphasis on children's unique learning abilities and on training caregivers to plan appropriate activities on the best ways to innovate and use routines to create connections, stimulate reasoning and cognitive skills through important means such as interpersonal interactions, conversions and responsive relationships. According to Mendes (2013), an ideal child care environment should also... ... middle of paper ...... interesting pictures, suitable books, study schemes, printed materials and important labels. The above therefore clearly highlights the fact that an ideal child care environment is the culmination of several useful factors, deliberate efforts and resources mobilized together for the betterment of the child and his well-being. Works Cited Berk, EB (2012). Infants and children: from the prenatal period to middle childhood. New Jersey: Pearson. Herbst, C. M. and Tekin, E. (2010). Child care subsidies and child development. Review of Economics of Education, 29 (4), 618 - 638Mendes, MA (2013). Parents' descriptions of ideal home nursing care for their technology-dependent children. Pediatric Nursing, 39(2), 91Richardson, J. (1994). Childcare. Nursing Education Today, 14 (1), 73Schor, EL (2004). Rethinking healthy child care. Pediatrics, 114 (1), 210 - 216