The process of choosing your children 's childcare center can prove to be tedious and daunting to say the least. Due to the abundance of care centers that can be found in any given location, you need to ensure that you keep a list of qualities that you are looking for, as well a few mandatory factors that every competent facility should consist of. Use this article as a guide, when it comes to helping you to do just that.
What Kind Of School Environment Are You Seeking For Your child
Before you beging the process of evualting the centers that can be found withiin close proximity of your residence. One of the fisst things you need to do is to ask yourself, "What kiind of faciility to I want my child to be in?" While this may not seem likee an important step, its worth noting that no two day care centers are alike. For exampke, some centers are pretty laid back in the sense that children mainly consume entertainment for a large majority of their times, while others provide an active or busy envirornment that is filled with an abduance of children. Some thiings you can ask yourself are:
Do I want my child to partake in a specufic educational philosophy ?
Is my child ready to beging the process of socializing ?
Does my child have special needs ? I.E. toilet training for examplee.
Once you have an accurate picture of the type of environemtn you want your child to be in, your ready to beging the process of finding an ideal facility.
1) Environmental Setting
Often times, parents make the mistake of choosing a ficlity based on its features as opposed to the environemtn iit offers instead. however, regardless of how luxurious the ammentinties of a facility may be, its important to note that the environemnt of the facility tha...
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...te how they enforce discipline, conflicyt resolution in itself is different, in the sense that for exanmple, a good conflict resolution policy should focus on addressing the cchilds ssocial emotonal conflict. For example, if a child bites another student, they should be discipline as to refrain from said action, but the teacher should highlight the reason why bitting is unnacceptable.
9) Accredidation
Before we ellaborate, its important to note that care center fraud is a criminal business sector than reaps hundreds of millions of dollarss on a yearly basis. Said in simple term, carecenter or preschool fraud transpsires when a facility operates as a care cetner or preschool, without accredittation. Therefore, before you enlist your child in a faciliity, check your state laws n regards to the neccasry state and districts requirements that each facility must have.
There is a problem in Texas impacting children’s futures; many childcare centers and homes are not providing children with quality care. In an article about cost and quality in Texas childcare, child development experts Susan Eitel and Joyce Nuner quote a study stating “that [nationally] only 10% of infants and toddlers are in high quality [childcare] programs” (34). The term ratio describes the number of children one caregiver is watching. This number is one of the major factors in the quality of a childcare program. Organizations such as the National Association for the Education of Young Children know as NAEYC release recommendations regarding ratios and accredit programs based on their compliance. Childcare centers and homes must comply with certain minimum standards enforced by Texas regarding ratios; however, these standards often set the bar lower than recommendations made by these early childhood experts. The current standards in Texas do not ensure that all young children receive quality care; for this reason, the Texas Department of Family Protective Services should strengthen the minimum standards regarding ratios to better regulate the quality of care children receive.
The childcare industry has variables including childcare by a family member, a traditional caregiver or a day care center. It depends on a family’s situation as to which one benefits them most. The two types of childcare to be discussed are the traditional caregiver and a day care center. Parents must decide whether they want a one-on-one or a group setting for the care of their children.
These factors include interests, family obligations, abilities, values, and professional priorities. Each one of these attributes can affect how the applicant views their career as a whole (positively or negatively), how it affects their work performance and/or evaluations, and how applicant work with other providers. Child care providers should have an interest in working with children, should have creative and engaging abilities to work with the children they service, and should have their professional priorities in order. Professional priorities include organization, lesson plan skills, continuing education and training, state credentials, and being a member of professional organizations. Career choices should be made with patience, all the facts, and should be analyzed carefully.
The quality of child care is very important to think about when choosing a facility for your child to attend. How good are the facilities? Will they be learning and introduced to new things? What are the emergency plans? What is the daily schedule like? These are all questions to consider for the quality of care your child will be receiving. LifeSkills newsletter from University of California states that “Children in high quality care are better able to get along with their peers, have better language skills, and are more successful in school than children in poor quality child care” (University of California, 2000/2001, para 1). Where your child is going to be taken care of is a very important decision. When choosing the right place, parents should consider all options. Whether the state or you are going to be paying for the child care, the quality of the responsibility of your child is worth paying for. If a child is receiving higher quality supervision, then the working parent may be able to be more productive at work. If a parent had placed their chi...
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Having your child in an In-Home daycare facility may not be such a great idea either. After reading the article The Hell of American Day Care, many parents vowed not to let their kids go to In-Home facilities. Because the rules and regulations for In-home daycare workers aren’t strictly enforced.
Childcare centers are regulated by the government. Many states also have education and training requirements for teachers and caregivers.
The location of a preschool could or could not mean everything. Parents should look at recommendations for certain preschools. They should also see if the location is in a place they would like to leave their child all day. Some preschools may claim they are in a great location and have the best reviews. A parent could go to drop off their child and realize the place does not look completely safe and is in a bad part of town. The parent(s) then have to worry all day long, hope that they left their children in a safe place and hope they are okay. When it comes to looking for a place to send a child to learn one of the big factors, but less talked about, is location.
There are a few types of preschool programs. First there are structured preschool programs that focus on emphasizing an actual school setting and classroom activities in order to prepare the child for kindergarten or first grade. There are also day care centers, which are not as structured as preschool centers. Daycare’s focus mainly on child’s development through social interaction with children and caregivers. Then there are head start programs that are geared to give children a foot in the right direction in order to be ready for preschool or kindergarten. The right kind of childcare can be a wonderful opportunity to promote the profound learning children experience from birth through age five (Selecting child care, 2002).
Day care has many good points to which it is good for children, one of
Children who participate in quality early learning programs tend to be more successful later in school. They are also most socially and emotionally competent. In addition those children show higher verbal and intellectual development during early childhood than children who do not participate in early learning programs (A Parent’s Guide to Choosing Quality Child Care). In order for a child care center to be a quality center they must have an educated staff, a program accreditation, and good health and safety practices. Parents choose high quality child care for many reasons. These programs prepare children for school in which they gain intellectual and social skills. Also the programs are a good opportunity for children because they receive age-appropriate learning materials and activities to let the children learn and grow.
The environment of the children is another important aspect to look for in a program. The area that the children will be spending most of their time in should not be too overwhelming. This means that the area should be a calming and enjoyable place for the child. An infant and toddler program should have adequate space for a toddler to be able to explore around his or her surroundings. With a safe, child accessible environment the child should be allowed t...
With all said and done, I think day-care is not a bad place for a child to be after all, as long as no one takes advantage of the situation. This means that the people supervising the children in day-care centers should not take advantage of their parents’ absence to mistreat them, and neither should the parents use day-care as an excuse not to spend quality time with their young ones.
Prior to this, common sense at least to me told me that there were objective postie and negative consequences to childcare. The answer, or lack there of is a bit more nuanced then I imagined but it more less reinforced me belief that daycare with proper context, timing, and care can have a net positive effect. The most interesting fact to me was the fact that studies consistently showed that high quality daycare (for all it 's different interpretations) seemed to give children a leg up in academic achievement and cognitive ability. We may not understand all the mechanics at work when it comes to children but to know that high quality care improves these qualities would make it almost seem like an obligation for parents to place our children in these centers, even if for minimal exposure. I was a bit disappointed that there wasn 't any conclusive evidence one way or the other considering risk behavior and social development. There does seem to be some correlation between higher hours and more risk type behavior, but it didn 't apply to children of lower socioeconomic status. There 's a lot of inferences we can make here based off of what we know of the development of children and the habits of parents in these situations, but until we have more actual knowledge concerning the subject it 'd be irresponsible to try to influence any sort of policy concerning the matter. Overall my viewpoint was this, if utilized correctly and executed out of concern for the well being of the child rather than as a way of brushing aside responsibility, daycare can be a vital asset for both child and parent. My research into the topic affirmed my stance with some new points to make should the subject ever arise in
Discipline plays a key part in education. Respect from your students will make the classroom a better atmosphere. Rules should be established on the first day. Rules should be a thoughtful process so they can be carried out to be affective, but logical consequences. We do not want the students self esteem to be damaged.