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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 with the activity they move onto another activity.

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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 sure she has someone able to pick them up on time.

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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, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, class, age, religion or disability.”2. State 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

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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 in your care.