This document is comprised of weekly newsletters, compiled by month, for family child care providers for the year 2003. Each theme-based four-page newsletter contains: (1) creative activities for use with mixed-age groups of 2- to 5-year-olds; (2) ideas on guiding behavior, organization tips, and Monthly Planning Calendar; (3) special sections for infants and after-school students; and (4) at-home learning activities for caregivers to earn continuing education and Child Development Associate credit. In addition, a reproducible two-page parent handout is included with each month of newsletters sharing with parents book titles, songs, activities, and recipes used in the family child care setting. Theme topics include: parent involvement, observing the Surgeon General's call to action to decrease obesity among children, ending the school year with style, helping children develop thinking skills and background knowledge, and reading aloud to children. (HTH)