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  • Itzelll P

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    September 23, 2025 at 10:28 pm in reply to: Expectations from your child's provider

    If I were a parent of a young child, three things that I would want most are for the provider to teach/educate my child, love and care for my child through an appropriate relationship, and observe my child enough that they do not feel neglected.Three things that I would fear are that the provider treats my child differently from others, that the provider does not communicate enough with me, or that the provider doesn’t care enough to help with my child’s development.

  • – Transitioning from one area to another, physical movement.- Showing them what is going to be worked on and introducing it in a tone that catches their attention- Asking for help, a lot of children like to help the teacher out- Ask engaging questions that connect to the activity

  • Itzelll P

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    September 23, 2025 at 9:13 pm in reply to: Expert Tips for Creating and Maintaining a Daily Schedule for Children

    A tip that I have is to see each day as a restart day, and keep pushing a routine for your children. It takes time and patience for a child to understand a routine, especially when transitioning into a new classroom. As long as you keep trying, a child will adapt to your routine over time once they sense that your classroom rules and routine are safe.

  • Itzelll P

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    September 23, 2025 at 7:50 pm in reply to: How to approach a parent about developmental screening of their child?

    Some good ways to approach a parent about their child’s development are to have documented proof presented, a strong scripted conversation, and self-confidence in the fact that you know what you are talking about.

  • Observing and documenting a child’s progress helps the early learning provider in learning their children individually. Documentation will not only help the current provider, but it will also help future providers in getting to know that child, which will make it easier for the child to meet their milestones with the help of a provider’s lesson plans based on these observations and documents.

  • Itzelll P

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    September 22, 2025 at 3:20 am in reply to: Screen time in childcare

    I believe that it is a good idea that screen time is either at 0 hours a day or limited, because having no screen time allows children to be more physically active and interact more with the real world. It allows children to be more aware of their surroundings instead of being stuck staring at a screen all day.

  • Itzelll P

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    September 21, 2025 at 11:52 pm in reply to: What to do when parents are late to pick up their child?

    What I would do is remind the parent why it is important for the child to be picked up on time, even 5 minutes may take a lot of time away from the worker’s time. I would also remind them that their child misses them as much as they miss them. I would then offer them strategies that may help them improve their time managment.

  • Itzelll P

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    September 23, 2025 at 8:31 pm in reply to: Good Early learning environment

    I completely agree, everything being within a childs hieght allows the child to interact with the classroom more!