CDA COMPETENCY STANDARD -1 Functional Area 1- SAFETY Children do not understand what is safe and what is not and therefore adults have the responsibility to teach‚ reinforce and protect children from risks. I look around the classroom for potential safety risks and hazards‚ ensuring that cupboards have child-safe locks put in place at all times; detergents and chemical cleaners are out of children’s reach by storing them on top of cabinets or locked away. Toys are regularly checked for broken
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children/ toddlers are between ages of one and three years old. As toddlers develop physically their body start to mature. All the others don’t grow as quickly as infants they go through many important physical changes. Toddlers grow at different rates. Toddler go through certain stages such as‚ the physical development intellectual development‚ and social emotional development‚ and there are certain ways to care for toddlers. Most time is the game to walk without support within 2 or 3 months
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COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT IN INFANCY AND TODDLERHOOD The Sensorimotor Stage Piaget based the sensorimotor stage on his observations of his own children The Circular Reaction: a. Circular reactions are the means by which infants explore the environment and build schemes by trying to repeat chance events caused by their own motor activity. b. These reactions are first centered on the infant’s own body. Subsequently‚ they change to manipulating objects and then to producing novel effects in the environment
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Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Career & Technical Education CDA-Ready Certificate Documentation Infant/Toddler (Developed from The Child Development Associate: Assessment System and Competency Standards Infant/Toddler Caregivers in Center-based Programs‚ Second Edition‚ ©2006‚ www.cdacouncil.org ). Student Name: _______________________________________________________________ School: Instructor: ___________________________________________________________ Instructor Contact
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Competency Standard III: To support social and emotional development and to provide positive guidance. As a childcare provider‚ I help children gain a sense of self by labeling their cubbies with their photos‚ names‚ and birthdates. I help them recognize and pronounce their names. I include activities and books about different cultures and different home environments. I provide activities that they are capable of completing and materials that are age appropriate‚ I encourage children to share
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Infants learn best through everyday experiences and interactions with familiar people in familiar contexts. What this means is that‚ each child benefits from learning but when they have a familiar face to to interact with and learn around they are going to open up more than they would with a complete stranger. Having a bond with an individual will allow the infant and toddler to trust who they are around and with that allowing them to put their wall down to learn more. When thinking in these terms
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CDA COMPETENCY GOAL #1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy learning environment Functional Area #1 - Safe: In order to provide a safe environment and teach children safe practices to prevent and reduce injuries I do the following: • I check all toys and equipment the children will be using for broken or missing parts often to ensure they remain safe for use and play. • I ensure that all chemicals and cleaning supplies are put away out of the reach of children or stored in locked cabinets
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Competency Goal II To advance physical development and intellectual competence Functional Area: Physical In our program‚ we have many opportunities throughout our day to promote physical development. Some of the ways we do this are: * At recess‚ students have access to playground equipment. ( We have special equipment for 3 year olds) They climb‚ slide‚ run‚ jump‚ skip‚ gallop‚ balance‚ etc... * At recess‚ our students like to play games such as Tag‚ Follow the Leader or Hide and Seek
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Competency Goal #1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment. Functional Area #1 – Safe - In order to help provide an environment which is safe for the children in my care‚ I do the following to prevent and reduce injuries: • I keep all cleaning supplies and chemicals locked up and out of the children’s reach at all times to avoid any poisoning or other injuries. • I am certified in First Aid‚ CPR and AED use which gives me the knowledge to handle any injuries or
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allows children to be creative (Anderson-McNamee). It provides time for parents to be fully engaged with their children‚ to bond with their children‚ and to see the world from the perspective of their child. This is why I created a toy for the age range 2-3 where parents can be involved if they want to. Children who are two to three years old explore the environment beyond themselves. They have begun to develop loco motor actions that take them places they have been watching for a long time‚ and they
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