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Research has shown that positive guidance teaches children skills which help them get along in their physical and social environment. The goal is to develop personal standards in self-discipline, not to enforce a set of inflexible rules. Giving children understandable guidelines and re-directing their behavior helps them to develop internal control of their actions and encourages acceptable behavior.
Child development research supports that physical punishment such as pinching, shaking, or hitting children teaches them that hitting or hurting others is an acceptable way to control unwanted behavior or get what they want. Children will also mimic adults who demonstrate loud or violent behavior. Rapping, thumping, popping, yanking, and flicking a child are all examples of corporal punishment. Our staff never withhold active play from a child who misbehaves (i.e., keeping a child indoors with another caregiver while the rest of the children go outside or making a child sit out of active play in the afternoon for behavior that occurred in the morning). However, if a child is exhibiting poor behavior during active play, we may separate the child from the group to allow the child to settle down before resuming cooperative play or activities.
It is recommended that a caregiver does not work with a group of children that includes her own child since it may be difficult for the child to understand why he must share his parent’s attention with other children.
We must provide a supervised sleep or rest period after the noon meal for all children 18 months of age or older who are in care five or more consecutive hours, or according to the child’s individual physical needs. We may provide sleep or rest for each child who attends the child-care center for fewer than five hours and whose individual physical needs call for a rest period while the child is in care.
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Volunteers, including parents, who only supplement the ratios for field trips and water activities do not have to comply with the minimum standards that apply to employees and caregivers, but they do have to comply with the relevant minimum standards.
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Fragile! Handle With Care!
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
Fragile! Handle With Care!
Children learn best from adults who know and respect them and with whom they have established a trusting relationship. Individual attention received during the early years of life is crucial to an infant's emotional and social development. Studies of infant behavior show that infants have difficulty forming trusting relationships in settings where many adults interact with the infant. The overall health and well-being of an infant can be positively impacted by providing infants with the same caregiver(s) on a regular basis.
Rolling Along!
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
Fragile! Handle With Care!
Active play must never be withheld from toddlers who misbehave although toddlers exhibiting out of control behavior may need a few minutes to calm themselves or settle down before resuming cooperative play or activities.
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
First-hand experiences encourage children to talk to each other and to adults, to seek increasingly more complex vocabulary, and to use language to express thinking, feeling, and curiosity. Bored or frustrated children may be indicators of inappropriate or insufficient equipment and materials.
Different Learning Styles
Different Learning Styles
Slow and Steady Wins the Race!!!
The National Association for the Education of Young Children reports that a learning environment that supports child-initiated activities and individual learning styles fosters confidence and curiosity in the child.
Ready? Set! Go!
Different Learning Styles
Ready? Set! Go!
Research has shown that school-age children benefit from an after-school care program that provides an enriching contrast to the formal school environment. Activities including team sports, cooking, art, dramatics, music, crafts, and games allow them to explore new interests and relationships. Indoor and outdoor active play enhances fitness and general health and supports creativity, learning, and development. Naptime and rest time for school-age children will vary with each child’s individual needs.
Nap and Rest!
Different Learning Styles
Ready? Set! Go!
Children in full-day care benefit from resting or napping during their long day. A rest period may be reading books or listening to soft music or books on tape.
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