The best ways to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses are through exercises, listening, mimicked behavior (how you respond), and practice.

The first thing I do is identify how I’m feeling. I then analyze why I feel this way. I then implement some me time!

Listening, interacting, intuitively responding, and engaging are all important exchanges with children. Just sitting and engaging in block building could be a positive exchange.

It is often we as teachers forget out ourselves. I find it extremely helpful to exercise daily, and to leave the building for my lunch hour. These things allow me to debrief and take time for myself.

The advice would you give to other Early learning Providers who want to build connections with children in their classroom would be to practice special time with each child. I would advise them to be creative with how this could be implemented.

Absolutely! this would be helpful in the event of any witness abuses. This would help a teacher identify and know when it is necessary to report to CPS.

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I believe the initial set up of the classroom, daily schedule, and planned activities all promote <b style=”background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color);”>creating a developmentally appropriate, fun, and physically active classroom. This could be through…

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We can make healthy habits fun by creating games and songs around them.

I would highlight the different drills we do within the center and how often they are performed.

Can and report the suspect abuse.

My <b style=”color: var(–bb-body-text-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”>biggest worry about keeping children healthy and safe is the influences<b style=”color: var(–bb-body-text-color); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;”> outside of your program that you can’t<b style=”color: var(–bb-body-text-color);…

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Keep the lines of communication open. Be aware. Be willing to help.

I would want, care, safety, and food

dance and song are creative ways to get children engaged.

you do not need to know the individual activity’s in the schedule, you just need to have a schedule created. This will keep consistency in the class and the activity itself can change within the schedule.

I feel art and music are important components to a good early learning environment.

• Sharing observation data with a child’s family can be painful and intimidating. Often you are the first person to acknowledge atypical development about a child. Families may or may not have noticed that anything is different. Often they become defensive and sensitive, making it difficult. Working with a co-worker to script your discussion…

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This allows you see the progression of the child. This also will show areas of improvement. Ultimately, having access to data on each child may highlight many areas.

Screen time is not my preference. I feel it’s ok in moderation and for educational purposes only.

By offering a variety of options to children and giving access allows them to explore. Through exploring, children will show interest. This allows teachers to positively respond and be supportive.

My initial response would be to follow the policy’s agreed to by all families. This could be written notice, fines, etc. This could allow a discussion with the director to find out the issue and allow room to help rectify the situation. Open communication is key.

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I agree. As people we tend to be stuck in our ways. However, I find that more often than not as childcare providers we tend to be more open to others. As we deal with diversity in a heighten sense. I find that we may not change or views but are more open to understanding others. Understanding, exposure, explanation and experience tend to aid…

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1. What did you discover about the WACs while completing the activity? <b style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color); background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color);”>The WAC is very informative however, can be difficult to find some information.
2. Were you surprised by any of the WACs? No, as many of…

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