My biggest worry about keeping children healthy and safe is the factors outside of my control, I trust myself to provide the best care I can and mistakes will be made along the way but my biggest concern is the increasing access that children are having with non developmentally appropriate subjects. With greater access to the internet and…

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Keeping the lines of communication open, approaching the partnership from a stance of you both want what’s best for the child–>problem solving together as a team to create solutions, and finally keeping family’s culture and communication style in mind and being respectful even during disagreements

three things I would want most from my child’s provider

1. providing a calm and supporting environment that got to know my child as an individual

2. Having a physically and emotionally safe classroom environment and providers that had each child’s well being and best interests at heart.

3. Open communication of how my child is doing and any…

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A good way to get children engaged in meaningful learning is providing opportunities to learn in different ways because children have different learning styles. For example if they are learning about cooking having a play kitchen that they can be creative in, then reading a few books on cooking in a variety of cultures as a group, and last…

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Create a simple schedule that children can easily follow, have structure but don’t try to fit a ton of activities in especially for younger children. Also scheduling around set times such as arrival, drop off, meals, and naps can help create structure. Having a more structured activity followed by free time can also be helpful to keep…

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A space where the children feel safe and comfortable, has a variety of activities but isn’t too overwhelming, supports children at different stages in development, has resources and support for special needs children, has a quiet place for children to relax is they get overwhelmed(our center has an area with soft stuffed animals, pillows, and…

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Be aware that this may result in different reactions from different caregivers, go into it with a prepared script, provide specific examples and documentation, be prepared to answer any questions brought up and approach it in terms of shared interest in the child’s well being.