We will provide child care service for fifty-one children from the age of infancy to four years old. Children will be separated into four different age groups and cared for accordingly. Infants will be nurtured and delicately cared for by a very mindful and devoted staff. Research shows that proper child care has a large positive impact on a child’s language, pre-math skills, self-control, sociability, and cooperative play. Through this program, we hope to help children flourish with positive characteristics by planning daily educational and social activities for each age group. Children of age will also be given indoor and outdoor play and recreational time. Child care services will be offered during the day time hours of 7:30 A.M. until 5:30 P.M. on each day that college classes are conducted. Parents of infants will be required to bring breast milk, formula, or baby food daily. Our program will provide three healthy, well-balanced meals per day for toddlers and pre-school aged children. Children will be given a snack at 9:30 A.M., lunch at 12:00 P.M., and a second snack at 3:00 P.M. (breakfast will not be provided). A thirty minute nap time will begin daily at 11:00…
Choose one of the three nonparental care choices: nannies, center-based, or family-based care. Imagine that you are trying to sell your chosen method of care to a prospective client who is a parent of a toddler. Share the advantages of your childcare setting so that the parent chooses your method to care for their child. Address the following in your post: socialization, cost, turnover, and any other points that you believe are necessary to sell your childcare option.…
The National Association for the Education of Young Children represents the early childhood profession. Their book on developmentally appropriate practice and accreditation criteria define quality programs for young children. Developmentally appropriate environments help children develop in all areas—physical, social, creative, emotional, and cognitive. No one area of development is more important than another in the early years of a child’s life. It is often not possible to separate children’s development in one area from another. For example, as a child masters a physical skill such as climbing, self-esteem grows. The new physical skill makes it possible for the child to learn more about the world and to interact with friends.…
On Wednesday July 2nd, 2014 I visited Wiley Mildred Family Day care center to observe a group of children that I have never met at a house I have never been to. Throughout my hour that I spent at Wiley Mildred I observed a group of children interacting with each other as well as the caregivers as they were having their outside privileges. As I conducted my observation I studied children’s actions and noticed the practicing of the Sociocultural Theory, the Social Learning Theory, the Cognitive Theory, and the Psychoanalytic Theory. All these theories were able to be observed through actions this is due to their environment around them and the activities they were engaged in. The observation taught me how significant an action can be for a developing child and how important it is for a child in a care center to be mentally and physically stimulated.…
In looking at different programs the main foundation or philosophy is that a child can learn to create a positive relationship. An infant/toddler need to learn how to use and manage a relationship internally and externally from their program. The positive and numerous encountered the infants experiences during their life can impact the procedure of how they are able to manage their emotional state. Every person that the child can make a connection with has a role on their day. As soon as a child enters their program they need to feel a sense of welcoming that is warm and loving. Management…
Toddlers Proper nutrition and healthy habits are encourage with daily practice, washing hands, tooth brushing and healthy foods throughout the day. Learning Environment Appropriate physical environments for infants and toddlers include safe spaces a variety of learning materials in door and out door play schedules and lesson plans. Young Infants Are reacting to the new world around them and with security provide experience that encourage of trust .And one-on-one time with infants. And through play they learn eye to hand coordination hold babies often and provides activities like tummy time Mobile Infants Will crawl, scoot, climb and take steps towards anything and everything that is in front of them. Must provide mobile infants with environment are at all times safe clean and stimulating so they can explore and…
‘’Child care (or "childcare", "child minding", "daycare",or "preschool") is the caring for and supervision of a child or children, usually from newborn to age thirteen. Child care is the action or skill of looking after children by a day-care centre, babysitter, or other providers. Child care is a broad topic covering a wide spectrum of contexts, activities, social and cultural conventions, and institutions. The majority of child care institutions that are available require that child care providers have extensive training in first aid and are CPR certified. In addition, background checks, drug testing, and reference verification are normally a requirement…
1.1) Development is holistic. There are many various areas of development and each area of development is individual in its own right. Even though they are individual, all of the areas of development are interlinked and they do not operate separately. To conduct activities and to partake in everyday occurrences, more than one single area of development is needed and involved in order to participate during these everyday events. It is important that as a childcare practitioner, these areas of development are recognised and understood so the services and activities we provide can be adapted and therefore, made appropriate for the child in order for them to grow and develop the necessary skills to develop to their full potential.…
I put together my learning environment for the infants and toddlers by incorporating free play in a well thought-out environment, varying toys, materials and my interaction with the children to meet the developmental needs and interests of each individual child. I keep a daily schedule to maintain order and use daily routines such as feeding, diapering, etc as a time to build relationship with each child.…
The role infant settings can play in supporting infant and family development is it is important for the primary caregiver to understand that even newborns have a part in their own growth and development. Infants…
(C1) It is important for childcare practitioners to consider the individual care and learning needs of every child within their care, which will allow them to plan a challenging and enabling environment which supports all areas of learning and development.…
Within childcare a child centred approach underpins good practice. During a transitional period it is the setting’s responsibility to change the way that they do things to cater for the individual child. It is not good practice to force a child out of their comfort zone and change them to make them fit in with the setting. A child centred approach involves putting the child first. Each child is treated on an individual basis and this means that their needs will be different. An example of this could be a child with additional learning needs. The child may need an individual transitional plan that caters to their specific needs. If these needs were not met then this may make the transitional period more difficult. Therefore it is vital that…
References: Mena, J., & Eyer, D. W. (2012). Principles, Practice, and Curriculum. Infants, toddlers, and caregivers: a curriculum of respectful, responsive, relationship-based, care and education (9th ed., pp. 4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18). New York: McGraw-Hill.…
I believe that each child, infant, toddler and older, are each unique and has the potential to leave their own mark on the world. My philosophy would be to provide a stimulating atmosphere in which infants and toddlers can grow and mature in many areas including emotionally, physically, socially, and intellectually while in a safe environment. This environment will not only be safe, it will allow children’s curiosity to direct their learning, promote respect for things and people, and help the teacher guide the children.…
Care and education cannot be thought of as separate entities in dealing with young children (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). For a child’s development to satisfactory, the care should provide quality cognitive stimulation, rich language environments, and the facilitation of social, emotional, and motor development. These qualities are sufficient for a child’s development and the earlier a child develops these characteristic the better it will be for a child’s learning process. Research also says adequate education for young children can occur only in the context of good physical care and of warm affective relationships (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). Moreover, research suggests that secure attachment improves social and intellectual competence and the ability to exploit learning opportunities (Eager to learn: Educating Our Preschoolers, 2000). Learning is not about absorbing facts, but using new information and relating it to what children already know; also known as fostering prior knowledge. To accomplish all of these suggestions, children should be placed in a setting that supports the needed development.…