I think my biggest worry about keeping children healthy and safe is accidentally doing something slightly different then how the parents want it done, and having them complain about it to my boss and then me getting in trouble. I would never intentionally do something to prevent the children from being healthy and safe, but we do have cameras…

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I think having good, open and honest communication with caregivers and parents as the childcare provider helps maintain a good partnership. If you have any questions or concerns, you should feel comfortable to go to the guardian and express those thoughts, in a carefully worded conversation. Same goes the other way around, the parents should…

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If I was the parent of a young child, the three things I would want from my child’s provider are: for them to love my child, for them to want my child to learn, and for them to want to keep my child safe.

The three fears I would have leaving my child in someone else’s care are: Something bad happening to my child, the person taking care of my…

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Ways to get children to engage in active, meaningful learning can be: Singing a song, dancing, playing with toys with the kids, providing learning activities at the table, playing instruments, being active with the kids while being outside.

My tips for maintaining/creating a daily schedule for children are suggestions on what you should put in the schedule: breakfast/lunch/snack, nap time, free play, project time, bathroom/diapers, outside time. It’s important to schedule a few free play times in your schedule in between activities so the children don’t lose interest in what they…

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Components of a good learning environment are:

-Teachers that love and want to help the students grow and learn

-Calm atmosphere

-Activities/curriculum that interest all the children

-Resources that make the kids think

-Classroom space that allows for space for learning, moving around, eating and etc.

At my learning center, the lead teachers have to fill out developmental milestone papers each month for each child. This would be a great way to start the conversation with a parent about the developmental screening of their child. You could bring the sheet with you can say “Hey, I just wanted to show you your child’s developmental milestones,…

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Learning providers can observe and document a child’s development by using that information and understanding how the child think’s and learns. They can then take that observation and plan an activity for that specific child in order to help with the child’s learning. That provider becomes a great teacher for understanding what those…

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I think screen time for children in childcare should be avoided in total, or even used as little as possible. It’s important for the kids to be learning from their teachers and getting that real life experience, verses learning subjects off of a screen. I also do believe there are moments when a screen is used to help with education purposes,…

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Early learning providers can create a serve and return environment in their classrooms by how they play with the children, and even in the learning projects. You can play with the children with a toy by showing how it works, and practice sharing the toy with all the kids so they learn how to play and learn with others. You can so the same…

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Because I’m a closer at the early learning center I work at, I see this happen all the time. If a parent is more then 5 minutes late to pick up their child after closing, I have to go step in for the other teacher, and stay with the child until they get picked up. The parent then gets charged extra by the school. Luckily the parents are…

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The WAC that addresses diversity and collaboration with families is WAC -110-300-0030. The WACS state that early learning programs cannot discriminate based on race, color national origin, sex etc, they have to comply with the requirements of the WLAD, and they have to have a written nondiscrimination policy addressing at least the factors…

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Something I learned about the WACs is a license is required when an individual provides child care and early learning services in their home, if the child or children are not related to the licensee and for preschool age children for more then four hours a day. I am not surprised by any of the WACs since state licensing needs to be through, but…

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