allowing children to name and express their emotions appropriately, we provide many books and posters about identfying our emoitions by how they may make our body feel and appropriate ways to express those emotions

Communicate with my co-workers, management and at home support team to help me to recognize and come up with ideas to help

I go for walks, journal, practice deep breathing exercises, and take long showers or a bubblebath.

I think it’s really important to meet children where they are and upon enrollment work hard to spend time with them, listening, playing, and providing comfort

I defiantly think there are many different situations that written policies help to support staff from child illness and injuries to appropriate diapering and handwashing procedures, and medication management or emergeny preparedness

use a crib or portable play pad with a firm mattress and no blankets

Always provide physical activity breaks throughout the day Use classroom physical activity as a way to reinforce skills learned in physical education. Ensure that barriers to classroom physical activity, such as lack of equipment or available space, are minimized

You can easily make healthy habits fun by creating songs, fingerplays, and games to go along with them

key safety procedures I would highlight would include: <mark>staff training in first aid and CPR, regular safety inspections of toys and play areas, emergency preparedness plans, age-appropriate activities, and strong adult-to-child ratios</mark>

f you suspect child abuse or neglect, the most important step is to report to the proper authorities CPS, DCYF or even directly police if you believe the child to be in immediate danger

My biggest worry keeping children safe aside from any type of physical violence is also emotional damage or trauma inducing events. I think children’s mental health no matter the age is extremely important and caregivers being aware of any major changes within their direct household “world” can be very upsetting to children and is not acknowledged enough

I think one of the most important steps is to be honest with positivity and remember to be understanding and empathetic. Their child is the most prized possession and many parents can easily become offensive in difficult conversations so coming from a place of empathy and understanding often helps to handle these difficult conversations.

The three most important things I would want from my provider would be nurturing environment that aligns with my child’s needs and my own beliefs, qualified staff with enthusiasm and positive attitudes, and deep knowledge of child development.

I feel the most important step in all of this is teacher implementation. Having a teacher who is excited to play and learn alongside the children makes all the difference in the world. Asking open ended questions to encourage their critical thinking skills and provide scaffolding to solve problems as they arise.

When creating a daily schedule it is important to provide large group and small group activities, as well as child led and teacher led opportunities to learn. Its also important to keep in mind the types of activities to put together, example not having a ton of quiet, sitting activities all together but adding in movement activities to give… Read more

I think the most important is a warm, organized and inviting classroom with alot of different choices for self expression and child led learning opportunities

I would kindly remind them of our late pick up policies and that staff have responsibilities to tend to after work as well. But I would also brainstorm with her solutions so that this does not happen again such as having a back up pickup on-call. An occasional emergency is easily understandable and I would probably waive the fee but 2 times in… Read more

Having the WACs in place helps to guarantee a certain level of quality of care throughout early childhood education settings in the state. It gives a great framework for providers to develope and carry out their program and is a needed resource to guide providers and staff for questions and adherence