Childcare assignment help?

Childcare assignment how can you help settle children into childcare?

• hi i need some help doing a assignment in childrens services cert 3 i have to make a brochure on tips on settling your child into childcare can people help me think of some ...show more

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  What you are describing is called: Transitions Hope this helps. The most important transitions and often the most difficult are at the beginning and end of the first days of schools. These are the times when toddlers say good-bye for the first time to their parents. However, any transition can become a problem if children don’t know what to do, or, if they are required to wait long periods of time between one activity to another. When children are made to wait while teachers get organized (find material and set-up) disruptions ( restlessness, pushing, biting, crying, screaming, hitting, kicking, throwing things, and calling the teacher repeatedly to tattle tale) are bound to occur. WHAT ARE YOUR TRANSITIONAL STRATEGIES? BEGINNING OF SCHOOL: Transition from home to School (What’s your strategy?) BEGINNING OF SCHOOL HELLOS & GOOD-BYES Toddlers usually arrive at your programs with their families. Each day your programs begins with families and children saying hello to you and good-bye to one another. Each day ends as families and children reunite and say good-bye to you. Learning to separate from and reunite with people we love is a life-long process. It is not a goal to be achieved in the first week, month or year of child care. Separations and reunions can bring out deep feelings in everyone involved. Some of these feelings can be uncomfortable, and it is natural to want to avoid them. It is not surprising that you and children’s parents may often conspire to get through the beginning and end of the first days of school as quickly as possible. In part because hellos and good-byes arouse such strong feelings, they can be a valuable learning tool for toddlers. Toddlers can learn about what it means to be a separate person who has deep attachments to others. You as the caregiver/teacher can support this kind of learning. QUESTIONS CHILD CARE EDUCATORS SHOULD CONSIDER 1. What do you find most challenging during the first days of school, OR MORE SIMPLY PUT: what do you really hate about it? 2. How do you set the stage for hellos and good-byes the first day of school, OR MORE SIMPLY PUT: how do you get rid of the parents, so you can start working with the children? 3. How can I support children and families when it comes time to saying hello and good-bye. CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING IDEAS (Check prior with Director to see if these ideas coincide with the centers polices and procedures) First, take a look at your program through the eyes of children and their families. 2. Plan to spend some time with each child and his or her family before the child is left in your care for the first time. Invite parents and other family members to visit your program with their child. When parents get to know you prior to the first day of school, they feel more at ease when they leave their child(ren) with you on the first days of school. Then too, children will feel more at ease when they see you spending time with their families. 3. Hang a welcome sign up at the beginning of the year with names and photos of children and members of their families. It’s a good idea to keep the sign up for a month or two. In addition to communicating the message of welcome, photos will help families get to know one another’s names and the names of each other’s children. You can also make a list of names for families to take home. This will prove especially helpful when children enter your program during the year.