BANANAS Newsletter
Become a supporting member of BANANAS and receive our Newsletter published five times a year. It contains valuable articles and information on child care and parenting issues and includes a calendar of family activities.

BANANAS' Child Care Provider's Guide to Identifying And Caring For Children With Special Needs
This publication discusses documenting concerns about children and communicating them to parents. Contains suggestions for including children with special needs in child care.

BANANAS' Event Child Care Manual
A unique manual packed with tips on how to successfully plan and offer child care at a conference, benefit or convention.

Beyond Barriers - Manual on How to Build Inclusive Services into Child Care Resource and Referral Organizations
This publication provides a step-by-step manual for child care resource and referral organizations on how to enhance child care counseling for families with special needs.

Daily Report Train
A whimsical note pad to help parents and limited-English-speaking providers communicate about the child's day in care. (Available in English, Spanish, Chinese and Vietnamese.)

David Lance Goines Poster
A classic poster designed in the inimitable Goines style to help BANANAS celebrate 20 years of serving families.

Family Child Care Providers As Employers
A booklet to help family child care providers become successful employers. Steps from hiring to firing and everything in between.

Language Aid Packets
Bilingual packets to help limited-English-speaking children transition into all-English-speaking child care programs; includes vocabulary cards and daily reports. (Available in English-Chinese or English-Vietnamese.)

One Step At A Time
A complete packet to take new child care center operators through the licensing and start-up process one step at a time - emphasis on Alameda County.

Parent-Created Child Care - Exchanges and Babysitting Cop-ops
How babysitting co-ops and exchanges work and how to make your own "from scratch" if none exist in your area.

Parent-Created Child Care - Playgroups
How to find or create a playgroup. Looks at the issues which usually arise when planning and working with other families.

Parent-Created Child Care - Shares
The "ins and outs" of sharing a caregiver with other parents. Includes formulas for sharing the costs between families.

Setting Limits for School Age Children (formerly known as discipline)
A 90-minute audiotape recorded by Sheri Glucoft Wong, LCSW. Sheri gives her insights and humor on a difficult parenting subject. Much is applicable to children of all ages.

Sibling Relations (not Rivalry)
An informative and entertaining, 90-minute audiotape on this challenging parenting issue, by Sheri Glucoft Wong, LCSW.