Learner Fyn Rose
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For creating and maintaining a good routine and daily schedule it is critical to balance activity and rest. It is also important to prioritize child-led time while still incorporating provider-led time. Visuals can be a helpful tool for children, to help them get more familiar with the routine and daily schedule. It’s better to keep time blocks to the shorter side of things than the longer side, and when possible involve children in the planning process.
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A space that is safe and nurturing, as well as attractive and engaging are key. As well I think it is critical to have a quiet zone for children who might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated and need to decompress in a quiet safe space.
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It is good to first have an already strong relationship of communication with the parents, if you already have some rapport than sharing the potentially difficult and sensitive information will likely go over better. It would also be good to script out what you are going to share and say with a co-teacher who is aware of the situation already. It can also be good to share some positive things that you have observed as well as the red flags that you are seeing to show that you are paying attention to the totality of the child and to cushion the potentially disruptive information of your observations. It is also a good idea to go through your observations beforehand and ensure that they are all objective and that there isn’t anything subjective included in your observations.
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It helps the teacher be better in tune with their students and makes it so that they are able to adapt and change their curriculum as needed to meet the needs of their students. It also makes it so that the teacher is better able to respond to abnormal behavior from the children (by making a record of what is abnormal for the child), and helps to ensure that the children are on the right developmental track and that they are not missing any major milestones.
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For children who are in childcare I think it is better to avoid screen time as much as possible, especially since it has been shown to have negative effects on a child’s development. Maybe with older children there might be some contexts in which it might be appropriate to have some screen time occasionally, but I think those would have to be exceptions rather than the rule of thumb.
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Early learning providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classroom by being present and engaged at all time with the children. Ensuring that they are following the lead of the children, and allowing them to guide and shape how each day progresses. It is important to be reactive and ensure that you are focused and intent on being responsive to each child and their individual needs.
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WAC 110-300-030 is the WAC about nondiscrimination. In the WAC it lays out the requirement of every early learning program to have a written nondiscrimination policy that helps to facilitate the implementation of nondiscriminatory policies and practices in all early learning programs in the state. The biggest message that the WAC gives about diversity and collaboration is the discrimination is not allowed, and that every early learning program is held to a high standard of nondiscrimination.
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I discovered that WACs provide a comprehensive guide for Early Childhood Education. I can’t say that I was particularly surprised by any of the WACs as they seem to be fairly straightforward and detailed on what they cover. I definitely see the WACs playing a big role in my day-to-day practice of caring for children, because of the important guidelines that the WACs put in place about being licensed and all of the minutia that comes with caring for children.
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I totally agree with this response, starting out by trying to understand what is happening with Mrs. Hopkins, and trying to meet her where she is at while still emphasizing the importance of having a consistent and timely pickup time is key here. We want to be understanding while still being firm, as being consistently 20 minutes late is not okay, and if an alternative solution needs to be found than we can work on finding one together.