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
Premium Psychology Empathy Behavior
Competency Statement II To advance physical and intellectual competence Reflective Statement To advance physical competence‚ I allow children the opportunity to use their large and small muscles in various capacities. With young infants‚ I allow them the space to kick‚ roll over‚ or have tummy time. Playing music or singing to them allows them to use these skills more adequately. With mobile infants and toddlers‚ I give them activities that allow them to walk or run to use their gross
Premium Motor control Hand Competence
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
Premium
Competency Goal #-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‚ As a teacher I will do the following to prevent and reduce injuries: I will 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
Premium Health Nutrition Illness
COMPETENCY GOAL I TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A SAFE‚ HEALTHY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. A Safe Environment In order for children to feel safe away from home they need a safe environment where they can learn and play comfortably. I am always alert and continuously observe the children at all times. Children must never be left unsupervised. In the class‚ safety precautions such as checking all tables and chairs for damage and sharp edges is done weekly. All electrical outlets that are not being used
Premium The Child Childhood Hygiene
Competency Goal 1 To establish and maintain a safe‚ healthy‚ learning environment Functional Area 1: Safe My goal is to prevent or reduce injuries while the children are in my care. This is important because young children are often not aware of hazards in their area. One of the ways to do this is by supervising the children at all times. You should always be able to see and hear the children. Another way I can do this is by checking the childcare environment‚ both inside and outside‚ every
Free Play Learning Developmental psychology
Competency Goal Six – Class Eleven To maintain a commitment to professionalism dedication is the key to success. I dedicate myself to my job by going online to research what I will put in my lesson plans such as arts & crafts‚ songs and sensory projects. Most of the time I bring work home with me to finish last minute projects that I like to display on my boards. This includes printing out an activity descriptor and pictures that go with the art work the infant/toddler has done. I also like
Premium Project management Plan Arts
it vital for child care teachers to groomed infants to socialize with others. Lack of social skills infants can grow up to live a lonely life in adulthood. This is the same for emotions if infants are not taught to deal with their emotions at an early age they can live a life of confusion. Infants need opportunities to develop a sense of self‚ a sense of self‚ with others‚ and a sense of self-regulation. When developing a sense of self-regulation infants begin to respond nonverbally and with vocalizations
Premium Developmental psychology Childhood Psychology
red‚ pink‚ green‚ and yellow. It includes many forms of learning their shapes and sizes‚ numbers and letters‚ colors‚ small words‚ and the basic parts of the human body in various forms of games. Now all these different categories are all on the toddler education level of course and are displayed in a fun‚ easy way of learning just for the 2-3 age range. The Mega BabyPod can be operated by the child’s finger and also the child’s voice. If a question is asked from the BabyPod‚ the child can either
Free Play Childhood Developmental psychology
COMPETENCY GOAL 6 “TO MAINTAIN A COMMITEMENT TO PROFESSIONALISM” To maintain a commitment to professionalism I must remember that the parents are the primary teachers and I am there to support them. To me professionalism begins at the top‚ therefore in order to maintain a commitment to professionalism I will perform my job to the best of my ability. In order to help nurture the potentials of the children there are goals and activities that must be set forth. My goals for children are to instill
Premium Motor control Developmental psychology Childhood