Some of the best ways to help children recognize their emotions and control their responses are to label the emotions as they observe them, use stories and play to explore feelings, and model healthy emotional responses.

When I start feeling compassion fatigue I take time for myself, whether that’s meditating, resting, fueling my body, and listening to others.

some responsive exchanges with children are “serve and return”, so for example a baby is crying we see that they could be hungry so we feed them.

Thing that have helped me to release stress and tension is deep breathing exercises, meditation, going outside and focusing on something else rather than the stressor.

my advice would be to create a safe, responsive, and predictable environment where the children can thrive.

yes, I think the written guidance policies would be useful for many situations when a child is acting out or a staff member is not treating the children in a correct way.

For a two month old infant you should use a single level crib, infant bed, bassinet or playpen when putting them to sleep.

A tip for creating a developmentally appropriate, fun, and physically active classroom is getting outside and encourage playing outside with their friends, or encourage games like tag or physically active games.

You can make healthy habits fun by making a song out of it or a game. For example, when washing hands you can sing the alphabet.

If I was giving a prospective parent a tour through my program the safety procedures I would highlight are the staff and supervision procedures, the building security and access procedures, health and hygiene procedures, Emergency procedures, outdoor play procedures.

I would call CPS if I suspected child abuse or neglect.

My biggest worry about keeping children safe and healthy is making sure nothing bad happens on my watch that would put them in danger and hurt them. I am most interested in learning the tips and tricks to be the most alert and aware when working with children.

My advice for creating and maintaining a good partnership between caregivers/parents and childcare providers is building trust, being professional, good communication, and listening to the parents wants and needs for their child.

As a parent the three things I would want most from a childcare provider would be respect, professionalism, and safety. The three fears I would have when leaving my child in someone’s care would be neglect, unsafe by not being alert and aware, and poor, mean behavior.

Creating activities that are of interest to the children in your care by also incorporating your lesson plan. Asking thought provoking questions as well and having a fun attitude to get the children to engage in the activity. As well as having hands on learning activities, something the kids have to touch and create while learning what you are teaching.

My tips on creating and maintaining a daily schedule for children is having a consistent schedule for the week with activities like nap time, meals, playtime, learning. But also leaving room for children’s needs throughout the day.

I think important components of a good early learning environment are quite area, creative art, dramatic play, blocks, and table toys. Places that are meant for play and exploration and a place to wind down, read a book or listen to the teacher.

Some good ways to approach parents about the developmental screening of their children would be through scheduled meetings, sharing development, documentation, observations of their child. Sharing positives and being supportive and non-judgemental when describing their child’s development.

Observing and documenting a child’s development helps early learning providers by allowing us to create instructions and lesson plans based on the individual needs, interest, and development of the children in our classes.

My thoughts on screen time for children in childcare is that I think screen time should be very minimal. It’s not healthy for children to be in front of a screen all day, it won’t help them learn and grow in a positive way.

I think that early learning providers can create a “serve and return” environment in their classrooms by having multiple activities during the day to share the focus on something and support them while they do the activity. Have the students take turns and have them name what they are doing in the specific activity. After they are finished… Read more

I would politely inform the guardian that this is the third time in the last two weeks that they have picked up their child late and that that is not allowed. I would inform her that we connect have that continue. I would ask in a sincere way, whats going on in her life that is leading her to pick them up late. And then kindly suggest to make… Read more

1. 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,… Read more

I discovered how childcare facilities should be run and how it affects the children and the parents. I was not really surprised by the WACs because they are all very understandable and makes a lot of sense. WACs will influence your day-to-day practice in caring for children because it teaches you how to properly teach and care for the children… Read more