When a child is angry and stomping their feet you can tell them you were stomping your feet it looks like you were angry. Are you angry? They may not understand what angry means but if you tell them you’re stomping your feet which shows me that you were angry overtime it will tell them that this is the emotion for angry. If the child is crying… Read more

Lean on your coworkers lean on your friends. Allow yourself to lean on them. If you don’t then you’ll get really tired and cranky and most likely not the kindest of person. Try being positive or giving someone a compliment.

You need to make sure that you were at their level speaking softly. Interacting with them. Helping them out with other interactions with other children. Making sure that they are able to show you what they want or what they mean if they cannot express it. Make sure you take out time out of your day to listen to them. Perhaps something is wrong… Read more

Sometimes just breathing and relaxing maybe taking a break and using the bathroom or getting a drink of water or actually doing a work with the children. It is actually a lot of fun and very stress-free. I love to do meditation. We have a thing called the piece corner which is very helpful and the children love to go over there when it’s quiet…

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First day of school play games. Read books. Tell them about yourself ask them about themselves. Make sure that each child is feeling wanted and heard. Make sure that you have a good listening ears when the children are talking. Get down to the level. Be there for them.

Think when a child gets hurt and what happens to the child then kind of go back and look and be like OK do I need to contact the parents what do I need to say all of that. I think that would be very beneficial.

Single crib with a mattress. It should have no blankets no toys nothing just simple.

Keep a routine every day. Or most of the days. Make sure that they have a prepared environment. Allowing the child to do work as they wish. Making sure that the child is interested in at least one thing in the classroom. Giving children choices. Making the classroom a peaceful environment for the child to confidently how about the classroom…

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To sing songs with them and make them feel like these things are not chores but to understand how good it feels to wash your hands for example or to brush your teeth. You can sing you can dance you can make up rhymes you could even make a car game out of it and be like OK this is what we could do first like the the card that you get this is what we’ll

Welcoming the family. Showing them the classrooms. Explaining to them that this is a controlled environment which means that anything there is their height and anything in there is for them to use because it is appropriate for them to use. We do not allow anything else in the classroom that is not appropriate for the children’s use. We…

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Is your duty to call CPS if you suspect abuse in the home or anywhere else. It can be very scary but it is a must to protect the children and keep them safe. If you are not sure document what you’ve seen or what you have heard take pictures all of that once you call CPS call or tell the Director. They are informed.

Currently have a child in my class who is allergic to peanuts. He is not able to touch or even smell peanuts it will make her sick and she will have to go to the hospital. We have been really good about checking everyone’s lunch about peanuts but it can be tough sometimes because a lot of the food is made from possible factories with peanuts… Read more

Really you need to make sure that you are in communication always with the parents or families. You need to make sure that not all bad things are going home it must be for good things as well to make sure that the families understand that you care about their child and that you have fond memories and want the best for their child. We also…

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I would really want to know that my child is safe so that means to be cared for in a good way. To make sure that their needs are being met as best as they can. And they are making sure that there is equality in everything they do. I want them to make sure that cause I have a biracial child that they will care for that child just the same as…

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These are always my favorite kind of questions I love to engage my children in meaningful learning by playing fun games with them. For example in the language area we have our sandpaper letters. We do a game called knock knock who’s there where you knock on the card and then you flip it over and they have to guess what letter that is or the… Read more

But to create and maintain one is just figuring out what works for example we know that the child is hungry by 11 to 1130 so maybe have a snack at 10 o’clock. Every day. And that way by lunchtime they’re not starving. If you know that they get tired around 1 o’clock. Have the child get inside use the bathroom by 1230 that way they do not rush…

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To be honest to me it’s pretty easy to create and maintain a schedule for children I think that it is important that we have a schedule and routine for each child so they do not get confused and so that they are able to know what happens next and can do for example if they’re having lunch after lunch will be going outside to play so what they…

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In Montessori it is important to meet the child of where they are. The classroom needs to be a prepared environment so the child can succeed in anything they do in the classroom. I think that is a good school you need to make sure that you are inviting and kind and respectful. You need to make sure that the child needs are being met as best… Read more

I actually had to do a screening for a child and it was during a conference when I tried discussing it with a parent it did not go well. So had to bring in a higher person which was actually my mentor teacher. My teacher explain to the parents how important it is for that child and that it is not a bad thing it is just so we can help the child…

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When you are documenting it also gives you insight on where you need to go next with that child. For example I have 15 children in my classroom. That is a lot of children to keep track of and you may not always remember where to go next with that child you could guess but without document you will never really know that is the part we get to…

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When you observe in the classroom you are able to get into a very deep insight on what the child needs. The child for example is working impractical life and is having a hard time holding a spoon or doing a tong work and is having a hard time holding the tongs. That shows us that we need to have them work more with things that have to do…

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My sister went to childcare and would watch a lot of television. it started to show which was not good because she was the smartest child out of all of my siblings at that age including me. It was a big problem. There were some things that we wished would not happen and the childcare person let her do anyways which was watch almost 5 to 8 hours…

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Every day when we do a lesson with a child we are there to show them how things go. They then after they observe and watch then they are able to follow and do it themselves. That is part of serving and returning.

This actually happens quite often actually. A child is left here while the mom does who knows that. She is always coming here smelling like pot. Each minute she is late she gets time added and when her bill comes she has to pay a big fine because she has been late most of the days, if not all days during those week. If it continues to happen…

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STATEMENTS
1. A multicultural education curriculum should be in place in every school. 1. Believe that it is important that all children learn multicultural things in the classroom because it will help us create a normal atmosphere in the future and create open minds.

2. Families should not be expected to be involved in classroom activities.… Read more

1. What did you discover about the WACs while completing the activity?
2. Were you surprised by any of the WACs?
3. Can you see how the WACs will influence your day-to-day practice in caring for children? Why or why not?What did you discover about the WACs while completing the activity?
   Were you surprised by any of the WACs?
   Can you see how the…

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