By allowing them to share their thoughts and feelings and listening to them without interruption.

Yes, when emergencies are happening or a family member is inquiring, I believe that it would be useful to have written guidelines to follow/show.

A single-level crib or playpen with no items inside.

I would discuss how children are never left alone an dare always under a watchful eye.

To get children to become engaged in meaningful learning you should gear the subject around their interests and relate it back to something educational.

Observation helps you by allowing you to see and document how a child is progressing and developing. This is important in a classroom setting because it allows you to gear the way you interact with that child depending on where they are developmentally.

Serve and return is done when playing with toys; a child hands me the toy, we play with it together, and then I return it to the child so that they can play with it themselves.

1. WAC 110-300-0085, 110-300-0100, WAC 110-300-0160, and WAC 110-300-0200 address diversity and collaboration with families.

2. The big messages that the WACs give are to respect all backgrounds and diverse people, create relationships with families to understand and promote their child’s wellbeing, and to have an opening environment that…

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1. I discovered that there are way more WACs than I originally thought!

2. I wasn’t surprised by any of the WACs, they all made sense for this field of work.

3. I can see how the WACs will influence my day-to-day practice in caring for children as they are all standards of care that I will need to follow and uphold on a daily basis.