About this Book

The Care and Development of Infants and Toddlers is a new open textbook created by remixing and adapting chapters from multiple open textbooks and adding new resources specific to early childhood work in Nova Scotia. It is shared under a CC BY-NC-SA license.

• See the Versioning History chapter for a complete mapping plan for the creation of this new open textbook.
• Digital versions of open textbooks are free. You can modify, remix and share as long as you follow the license terms; give credit to the authors and include the Creative Commons (CC) license conditions by linking to the CC license terms.

How to Access and Use this manual

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Cover

Colourful Birds drawing created by Olivia Conrad and shared under CC BY-NC-SA license.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. – Scott Adams

Thank you to artist and creative Olivia Conrad for sharing your cover artwork not only with us, but the world. Art is a language of its own which speaks on an emotional level that provides deeply personal experiences. Through your artistry, you have complimented the content of this work and your talent is inspiring.