I think letting the child speak and express exactly how they are feeling in their own words gives them time to feel heard and also gives you an opportunity to validate those feels and give recommendations.

One of the things that works best for me to talking to a trust colleague. Talking to someone who understands the emotional aspects of what you are going through helps tremendously.

I would say always acknowledging the child and show them you are listening, if you are busy tell them that and tell them when you will be able to listen to them. You should also play and speak the the children and eye level, this will make a more comfortable experience

Honestly I am going to have to say taking a deep breath and closing my eyes. In through your nose and out through your mouth.

I would say it’s all about one on one times and taking the time to truly get to know your kids. You can find out their likes,dislikes, and triggers for example. This information will better help you understand the child and give you a better idea on how to handle certain situations with each child individually on their level.

I think things like illnesses, serious injuries, or honestly and unexpected incidents or emergencies.

Safest place for a Safest place for a baby to sleep is a single-level crib, infant bed, bassinet or playpen all with a firm mattress.

Some things I Really enjoy doing is shaking out our bodies to get rid of some of the wiggles. We also like to do small prizes and rewards for positive behavior. This in very encouraging for them. I also really like to do body moving games such as moving in slow motion then as fast as you can for example.

I think the best way to make healthy habits fun is to incorporate them into a game of something that the children enjoy doing. This why they will attribute those fun feelings towards said practices.

I think I would start with all our emergency and health procedures. I would show them all emergency exits and routes for the rooms, and how often we practice these skills. I would then show them things such as our masking policy and hand washing, to provide to comfortability.

I would definitely go to my higher up first just to verify their personal requirements. I would do this to make sure I was also covered in the situation. I would then either way report my worries to the state child protective services. I think this way you fulfill your work requirements and your requirements as a mandated reporter for the state.

One of my biggest worries would probably have to be in gun violence issue occurring in our nation right now. You can prepare for emergencies but something like that is horrific to have to teach young children and a very scary situation.

I was very surprised about the section regarding restraining children, that even in very minor cases of restraint that you do need to make a report. It is good to know where to be able to find WAC seeing as I was not exactly sure before.