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  • Jayme Smith

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    August 11, 2025 at 10:06 pm in reply to: What to do when parents are late to pick up their child?

    If the parent was consistently picking up the child late, I would have a conversation with the parents about the importance of picking up their child because it does impact the child’s anxiety but also I understand that sometimes things happen like traffic, delays, or emergencies, but if its a routine, I would repeat to the parent that they need to respect the time displayed for when they need to pick up and if the family is going through something, we could find a ways to support that family and find a solution together that would work best.

  • Jayme Smith

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    August 8, 2025 at 11:06 pm in reply to: WAC Promoting Diversity and Collaboration

    WAC 110-300-0085 states that “an early learning provider must communicate with families to identify individual children’s developmental goals.” WAC-110-300-0030 addresses non-discrimination by stating that early learning programs are “places of public accommodation… and must not discriminate… on basis of race, creed, color, national origin, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, class, age, religion or disabilityState law requires child care employees to honor all children’s race, religion, culture, gender, physical ability and family structure, and to provide families with information on their child’s progress in the center.

  • Jayme Smith

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    August 8, 2025 at 11:04 pm in reply to: WAC Promoting Diversity and Collaboration

    Great insight!

  • I agree! Great tips!

  • I agree with that statement, I think it is important to first ask if the parent has any questions and then going over what you have observed with their child and then ask for their comments and further questions and find a way to work together on how to help the child and give resources to the parents.

  • Observing and documenting a child’s development levels helps learning providers. Find the best tools to support the child and to meet where the child is at their level so that each child can’t feel safe and comfortable in their own types of learning styles and to better get a grasp of How the provider can better work in lessons that would work better overall. Plus with the close observation and the care, it helps the kid feel safe and seen and feel included and strengthens their ability to learn.

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