The project reported on is designed to develop a model program of infant and child day care in a municipal setting. The development of the program is discussed under the following topics: (1) physical caregiving routines; (2) guided learning through play; (3) supervising children in free play; (4) staff guidance and communication: inservice training; (5) parent guidance; (6) written materials; (7) toys and equipment; (8) experimental week; (9) family life education pilot project; (10) video recording apparatus; (11) outside consultation; (12) developmental learning projects--information concept learning; cognitive style, attribute concept learning, language learning, graduate student seminar projects; and (13) development of specialized program-related measures. The following issues related to day care that emerged from the work on program development are discussed: (1) quality day care vs babysitting; (2) staff rotation vs children's needs for stability of adult-child relations; (3) inservice training of infant-child care staff; (4) conflicting practices between home and day care; and (5) quantity and quality of physical space. References are provided, as are appendices concerning: (1) parent guidance report; (2) outline of topics for family life education program; (3) information concept project; (4) graduate student seminar projects; (5) sample chart of infant stimulation frequency curves; and (6) developmental age groups and teacher-child ratios. (KM)