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Some of the ways to help children recognize their feeling , emotions and control their emotions:

By letting them speak their feelings out to a person they can tryst and feel safe with. When they communicate their feeling and emotions , they are able to release the stress.

The caregiver can also help the child the learn how to regulate their behaviour when he or she is feeling stressed out. They can help the child to learn the skill of self calming. Self calming practice takes only few minutes to practice everyday and can be helpful. The child can role play what a frustrated and anxious behavior looks like and then practice salg – calming with the child

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As an early childhood learning provider, the things I would do when I start feeling compassion fatigue:

~ Communicate with others and would ask for a little help to get me through this phase

~Might be take a day off, relax, come back with a fresh mind

~ Take a walk in the fresh air

~ Deep breath for a few minutes to feel myself again

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Some of the responsive exchanges that a caregover can make with the child are:

~ Talk to them whenever they need to talk

~ Support them when they are unable to balance their behaviour

~ Do not punish them rather help them get over their emotional problems they are facing

~Provide them with a trustworthy and friendly relationship

~Create a safe and warm environment for their sound mental development

~Train them to build resilience against the harshness of the world around

~Talk to them with a smiling happy face

~ Always offer help whenever you will they are in need of that

~ Use appreciating and nice words.

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Stress relieving is an important thing that needs to be taken care of no matter which ever job you are in.Some of the methods to release stress that I find useful are:

~ Close your eyes an take a few deep breaths

~ Take a 5-10 mins break from the scenario thats causing the stress.

~ Open the window/door or go out , take some fresh air it definitely makes you feel light and relaxed.

~ “Me time” or “Me space” even for a few minutes can work wonders for calming you down and getting you over the stress

~ Listen to a couple of relaxing, soft songs can be helpful

~ Talking /Telling somebody about your stress , help you vent out as a result you release the stress

~ If you do not have somebody to talk with, you can write down in diary that also kind of helps

[Tania]

For building a relationship with children , The providers needs to be supportive, have to listen to them , give them regular time to connect to them , talk to them with a happy smiling face, talk to them when they are upset, tell them positive , rewarding words if they did something good this will encourage thei behaviour of goodness

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For a 2 month old , proper sleep approved equipment is required for the baby to sleep like a crib, bassinet playpen. The mattress should be snuggle so that the baby do not get stuck between the mattress and the crib side rails.

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For creating a developmentally active fun environment for children :

~ Provide them with the right kind of activities like play area which have mountain climbing walls, monkery bars, slides, which encourages them to voe arounf jump

~ splash day – Water play can be fun for kids. This gives an opportunity kids to be physically active while having fun

~ Indoor auditorium /play are – On rainy, snowy days, kids tends to be indoors restricting them opportunity to be physically active which is necessary for them. Indoor play areas can be helpful

~ Songs and dancing on with them. Some songs has lyrics which encourages them be physically active in a fun way like “Bend and touch your toes” “go around and touch your head”

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You can make healthy habits fun by singing songs about them or sometimes rhyming with fun fun words. Just like the clean up song helps them clean up every time faster and with fun, similarly joining them for food times singing some food song can , telling the inspirational stories about good habits also convince them these habits are good to follow .

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First of all, Its important to welcome the parents with happy face. Then give them the tour of the schools giving them all the information they need to decide if the facility is correct for their child – Like tell them about the curriculum, the schedules, the holidays, how the schools deals with with the various scenarios that might take place place sometimes. I would also show them the activities of the classes specially the age- group that particular parent so looking for, the play area, the bathrooms for the children. Also them send home with file which would contain all the important information that they would need to decide on the school.

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There are certain factors that pose risks to the lives of children like random shootings that takes place often. Its scary for me even to think or read about those kinds of incidents. So I always think and feel how can we make a safer and better place for all children .

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For creating and maintaining a positive relationship between families and provider , the provider can do the following thing:

~ Listen out to the parents , whatever they are trying to communicate with you.

~Assure them their child is safe in the childcare centre

~Never make them feel guilty for leaving their child in the childcare centre

~ Be respectful and considerate when trying to communicate to them about their child

~Use the sandwich method- Start and end the conversation on positive note

~Never gossip about their child or culture

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The 3 things I would have wanted from my child’s provider

~Keep my child safe

~Keep my child happy

~Provide proper development and learning all things necessary to my child

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Some creative ways to engage children to think critically

~ Provide them with age appropriate activities which are challenging but interesting which intimidates to think them critically.

~As them thoughtful question , whic encourage them to think critically to give the answer

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When creating a daily schedule or routine for child it should be :

~ Age – appropriate – as the schedule for different age group will not the same .

~ Balance – the schedule should have a balance of lots of things like quiet time , active time, play time , activity time, meal time , etc

~Nutrition intake – food is very important for kids mental and physical development. So what food they exactly need to take in is very important part of the schedule.

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Yes, the environment should be warm, safe and welcoming enough to make the child comfortable

enough to be environment. Also the environment should of various kinds of activities which can match and stimulate the child to engage in doing different kinds of play and activities.