Providing a healthy indoor and outdoor learning environment is a top priority in today’s society for all preschool teachers worldwide and very important for parents of young children, two to four years old as well. For this reason, when parents enroll their children in any type of early learning school program, they are expecting to have the best teachers who will protect and watch over their children while in their care, which all, will help benefit their child’s well-being in one way or another. Most parents want the classrooms, indoor and outdoor equipments and toys that their children engage in play with are safe and in the best condition for their individual use, that the child day care learning centers learning environments, in general, are clean from top to bottom, and most importantly, the food that is planned weekly and served to their children, daily, are healthy, nutritious and safe for them to eat. With all this said, such expectations require again, all preschool teachers, worldwide, to be very well educated, trained and informed on how to create safe learning environments that protects and promote children’s safety, nutrition and health.
“Health, Safety, and Nutrition are interrelated and dependent on one another due to the status of each, health, safety, and nutrition, having a direct effect on the quality of the others,” (Marotz, 2015, p. 8); in other words, all, are key factors for parents to consider when planning to add a new addition or child to the family. For this reason, parents have to make sure the child will be raised with proper nutritional food and beverages, proper techniques to maintaining good health and taught safety hazards; which if taught properly, will allow the child to both develop and grow ...
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The purpose of this assignment is to critically examine and discuss about the document of National Quality Standard (NQS). This assignment will provide an insight into various theoretical perspectives and demonstrate an understanding of the importance of teacher’s presence as an integral component of the learning environment in facilitating and scaffolding children’s learning. This essay will examine the National Quality Standard and discuss about how physical environment, staffing arrangements, and building positive relationships with children can directly impact on children’s learning and development in the early childhood settings.
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Preschoolers gain about five pounds and grow two to three inches per year, they are a lot more stable. Physically, preschoolers are sturdier and show tremendous improvement in their gross and fine motor skills. Preschoolers learn how to ride tricycles, skip, jump rope, and even throw a ball over head. Although, preschoolers are still in the preoperational phase of cognitive development, according to Piaget they are very intuitive in their though process. Preschoolers bring inanimate objects to life by having imaginary friends and engaging in pretend plays. Piaget believes a pretend play is healthy because it allows the child to determine the difference between reality and fantasies. A major health and concern with patients from this age group is their nutrition. Preschoolers tend to be very picky eaters and find it hard to eat a balanced diet. Eating balanced meals are very important for the preschool stage therefore educating the caregiver on the necessity of their preschoolers eating balance meals and encouraging them to engage in trying different foods items that will help promote health and safety issue with the
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Children between the ages of 8-12 are defined as being within the developmental stage of middle childhood. At this age, the rapid development of previous stages has decreased and the physical changes within this period are slower and more defined. The refinement of gross and fine motor skills is a critical aspect of this stage as the delayed or retarded development can have significant impact on the areas of cognitive, social and emotional development. In order to ensure children are equipped with the correct knowledge and understanding of health, well being and healthy eating, the period of middle childhood is one in which these aspects are incorporated and failure to properly do so can result in long term ramifications and problems.
Having a safe and healthy childcare setting is one of the most important duties in a daycare. Educators practising good healthy procedures is a good way for children to learn about healthy choices as educators are, good role models.
A normal day for a daycare facility is to have many classrooms full of students like a typical public school; however, they are younger children and are being supervised by an adult. That adult is responsible for, on average, four to ten students at any given time, ages ranging from zero to six. During that time, a lot can happen. These busy workers have many responsibilities throughout the day. The most important one is safety. Because these children are so young, they are also adventurous therefore need a lot of attention. Daycare workers have to spend much time supervising these children while performing other tasks throughout the day. Not only do children need to be supervised to be safe, but they also need to have a safe, clean and presentable environment that the daycare workers of the facility are to maintain. One way to keep things clean is to sanitize, in which is a big task of these workers. Children are always putting things in their mouth and then passing it off to other kids; therefore, sanitation is a big deal in these types of facilities. Another responsibility that daycare providers have are to enforce rules. When rules are broken, these providers are to then enforce discipline policies. These can sometimes become an issue seeing that these providers are not the parents of the children thus they have to consult with the parents on certain discipline techniques to use on specific children. On the other hand, these providers are similar to parents in the sense that they wash children's clothing and clean up after every child. In addition to all the other responsibilities, daycare providers also have to maintain current, accurate and confidential client files per child. These files are to consist of observations and r...
Munro (2003) states child abuse is treating a child in a way that is harmful or morally wrong however, goes on to explain it is hard to find a universal agreement of the definition of child abuse. NSPCC (2010) further explains child abuse as maltreatment of a child. This can be done directly by inflicting harm or indirectly by failing to prevent harm from happening. Abuse can be perpetrated by an adult or another child. Working Together to Safeguard Children (2013) states that it’s the responsibility of everyone who works with children to make sure that a child is safeguarded and their welfare promoted. The Purpose of this essay is firstly to discuss risk factors posed to Simone and Sasha through the scenario provided and highlight ways a professional should assess whether a child is suffering from an abusive or neglectful situation. Secondly the appropriate action that needs to be taken, and the support that needs to be given, and what services will be involved with the family in order to prevent a family brake down while safeguarding and protecting the children’s welfare, will also be discussed. Lastly this essay will draw on current legislation, guidance and procedures that promote multi– agency working in order to effectively safeguard and promote children’s welfare.
As an early childhood educator my job is not to simple play with children. I must plan, provide and supervise all while “playing” with my students. The classroom serves as the physical environment for the children for most of their waking hours. These classrooms need to be attractive and function effectively. Concerns for any early childhood educator should always include space, equipment and materials used, outdoor space and the daily schedule to ensure that all students are provided ample opportunities to learn and grow within a safe and secure environment.
A child’s proper growth depends greatly on their nutrition and health. A healthy diet is essential to the developing child. Food should never be used to reward, punish, or bribe a child. Instead children should have three healthy meals with snacks in between. It is also important for children to have good self care behaviors (including bathing, washing hands, brushing teeth), and adequate sleep.
I believe that parents, caregivers, or anyone that has contact with a toddler should know about what nutrition they need and why local produce is better for the toddler. I choose toddler’s nutrition because in psychology class, we are studying their development, so something as simple as what fruits and vegetables they eat can affect all points throughout the toddler’s life. In addition, my sister is pregnant so as the aunt of the child, I feel I have the responsibility in helping my younger sister and teaching her nutrition for her baby. After researching, I know that feeding local produce to my niece or nephew when they become toddlers is vital and can, enhance their development. So let’s learn about toddle...