CICK Resource Materials

To complement its training and technical assistance activities, CICK has developed a series of "how-to" resource guides covering facility planning and development, quality design features, funding sources, outdoor playgrounds, classroom furnishings and other topics. CICK also produces best practices papers and policy briefs on all aspects of early childhood facilities design and development.

How-to Resource Guides:

  • Vol. 1: Developing Early Childhood Facilities
  • Vol. 2: Designing Early Childhood Facilities
  • Vol. 3: Equipping and Furnishing Early Childhood Facilities
  • Vol. 4: Creating Playgrounds for Early Childhood Facilities
  • The ABCs of Child Care
  • Greening Early Childhood Centers

Best Practices and Policy Papers:

  • Building Early Childhood Facilities: What States Can Do to Create Supply and Promote Quality (Brief)
  • Child Care Facilities: Quality by Design