One way to help children regulate their emotions is by asking them how they are feeling. You can talk to them about the emotions they are feeling and work with them to figure out strategies to help them. Many kids may not know or won’t want to talk about their emotions in which case you can observe them and approach them that way. If you notice…

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Communication is key Make sure to have good relationships and open communication with your coworkers and director. They will support you if you become overwhelmed. Also sit for a few minutes and try to clear your mind and calm down. Practice mindfulness and make sure that you aren’t allowing stress to interfere with interactions with children.…

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Helping children through positive and negative exchanges helps develop trusting caring relationships. Babies and young children model behaviors of their family members and care providers. This is why we need to have good behavior and have compassion with children. When we are stressed, it can affect children which is why…

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Attend to the children. When they are playing join them and interact. Instead of watching and observing get in there and play and talk with the kids. Get down with them and start playing with them or ask them questions about what they are doing. They will likely respond. Also practice serve and return. When a child…

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We can create activities and read about healthy habits. We can also play with things like kitchen sets that include healthy foods. We can also engage the children with physical activities like dances, or other fun movement activities. Playing outside with climbing equipment and bikes.

When families enter the building I will point out the precaussions that we have taken to ensure that our children are safe. This includes having furniture that limits dangerous activity, our staff to child ratio, as well as where we keep the emergency contact information and any medicine or first aid equipment. I will…

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If I noticed signs of abuse with a child that I work with I would talk with my lead teacher and the director. If there are concerns of abuse we should contact administration so that they can contact Child Protective Services.

One worry that I have about keeping kids safe and healthy is for someone to get hurt while attending to another student. Even when we have safe and developmentally appropriate environments it is still possible for kids to get hurt. I feel bad when kids get hurt, but I will focus on practicing empathy. I will also make sure that I have the…

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There are different ways to help children get engaged in their environment. One way that can help children engage in the learning environment is by having materials at their level for easy access. This helps them see what is available and might interest them. Something else that can help children become…

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Learning environments must be safe engaging spaces for children to learn an interact with. Good learning environments are nurturing. This means that they have a variety of tools, and equipment that children can use to learn. These areas of the center or classroom should allow development and growth of the domains…

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Approaching families about the development of their child can be challenging. In order to prepare for these types of discussions it could be helpful to practice figuring out what to say with your director or possible coworkers who are aware of the situation. If a teacher doesn’t know what to say preparingThis will be difficult news for families…

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Observing children and their activities can help early learning providers see where each child is at in their development. Watching the children participate in play can help teachers identify certain sets of skills that each child has as well as areas wear each child needs assistance. If a child is deficient in certain areas teachers can…

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What is one activity where serve and return can be used?

In my work we use serve and return with sign language. For many of our nonverbal children this helps us communicate their needs. They use signs such as water, more, and all done to communicate with us. We also do this a lot with books. Often one of our kids will point to the books when…

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Does the guardian have conditions that prevent her from picking up on time? Or is she taking her time getting to the center?

If the parent is continually late I would explain the severity involved with all parties. Their child is probably sad to be the last to leave and is very excited when seeing their parent at the…

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1. Which WACs address diversity and collaboration with families?

2. What big messages do the WACs give regarding diversity and collaboration?

1 WAC 110-300-0160 addresses discusses promoting acceptance of diversity. This explains how the teacher should provide materials that represent different types of racial, ethnic backgrounds and…

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