Child Care Center Observation

There has many pictures they put in the wall for the children and their family every child has a pictures on his or her cabinet.

The Kids Learning Centre is a privately-owned day care facility and non-formal educational institution for children up to 12 years old. It is located at the heart of the City of Downtown, just behind The Business Building, a convenient place where parents and guardians can drop off their children safely. It operates from 6:30 AM to 6:00 PM daily, and closes only during major holidays.

I got an appointment for observation on July 13 at De-Anza Child Development Center. I chose room No. 26 for observation. I observed one child from 3:26 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. There are total 10 children present in room no.26 at the time of my observation. Out of 10 there are 4 girls and 6 boys. They range from 3 to 5 years of age. There are three adults in the room, all are female. One adult for every 3 children- 1:3. When I entered kids are doing free play. I settled myself and started to observe a kid named Aaron. He is around 3 and half years of age.

Through interviewing Joyce I gained insight into a strong philosophy, leadership style, and how her background experiences have created the director she is today. When deciding to become a director of a daycare, there are two options: opening and owning your own center or directing an established or corporate owned daycare. While I have done much research on owning my own daycare, I have little experience about what it would be like to be the director of an established center. Financial responsibilities and budgeting are also two aspects that are important, but the level of responsibility is drastically different in each scenario. Lastly, legal and ethical responsibilities exist in either scenario as well.

At Children’s Discovery Center the daycare is split into two buildings, one building is for the children in pre-school and the second building is for infants to three year olds getting ready to start pre- school. The classroom I observe is for children 18 months to 28 months. They are about fourteen children in the class with two teachers. The way the class is set up the younger students and their two teachers share one classroom, but the teachers and their toddlers are not in the same room until lunch time and nap time. The classroom has a kitchen, reading area, girls and boys bathroom, activity tables and there is a connecting room for the children to have bible time and free play. The discovery center has three separate playgrounds for the

The place of observation took place at my work, before I clocked in for the day. I work at Oakwood Methodist Preschool/Daycare. I went in to the daycare at about 9:00, which is just free play/ breakfast time in the infant room. The infant room I observed in was a little different than the CDRC, because the infant room is from 7 weeks old to 18 months old. There was not really a place for me to be

For the classroom observation assignment I was able to observe at Stepping Stones Family Childcare and Preschool Program. I conducted observations for five hours each on the dates of September 24th and September 25th of the year 2015. This licensed home-based daycare and preschool program is located in a quiet suburban neighborhood on 4103 Bryant Street, Blasdell, New York. The facility allows for a twelve-child capacity (ages 6 weeks to 12 years with four additional school age) and is owned and founded by Kim Bannister. When I observed, there were two additional staff present. Therefore, there were a total of 3 adults and 12 children at the center when I observed. New York State Senator Marc C. Panepinto was also present on September 25th as he read to the children and toured the home. I chose this specific setting as I personally thought it would be an interesting dynamic to study how a home-based preschool program is run.

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I observed in the preschool class for two hours, there were a total of 12 children in the class Most of the kids that are in the preschool class were four years old, but there was one five year old. When I first arrived at the preschool, the kids seemed very shy towards me and they did not seem like they were very sociable. I was a stranger to them, and I would have to guess that all of the children were experiencing a little bit of stranger anxiety. I talked to the teacher about how the children reacted to all “strangers” She said that the children often become very uneasy. As I sat down to observe the children, I noticed one thing right away. The boys in the group were very wild and rambunctious, and the girls seemed to be shy and

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I moved to Missouri from Texas after graduate school is because I much-loved the state of Missouri and having the privilege to serve its unfortunate populations unquestionably is a plus. I have been employed by the Missouri Department of Social Services, Children’s Division, as a Children’s Services Worker. My time as a Children’s Services Worker at Hillsboro has been filled with outstanding, memorable days involving the imperative work of serving our children, our families and our staff with the kind of love, compassion, energy and intense devotion it takes to make a positive transformation in the Jefferson County community.

This child care center flourishes with creativity. The environment is molded by family orientation and the thriving of learning. The building is red brick all the way around with black roofing. The outside has a look of professionalism and welcoming to all who enter. The flowers and shrubbery change by the season and the cleanliness of the area is inviting to all visitors. Upon coming in the front door, the warmth of the lobby is immediately comforting. The art work of the children grace the walls and the smells of the kitchen indicate the chef is at work preparing the meals of the day. All classrooms are open door and to all who wish to visit, with permission of

Observation is very important in young children because that is how you get to know a child better. While observing how a child interacts with their peers, adults, and how they behave in different settings, you are getting to know the child without speaking to them.

The caregivers did attempt to tell him to play with something, but it did not seem to have much affect on his actions as I continued to watch this little boy simply wander the room without any direction. I was really hoping to see some type of interaction between this child and some of the others or even with his environment, but for the most part he just wondered. This did change however at around 1:07, two men came in and the head daycare lady quickly spoke up, stating that she had forgot today was “chess club day”. She and the other caregiver attempted to end the various activities around the room and also tried to push the tables they used for lunch together as the two men waited at the door. The girls and younger kids, for the most part were able to stop what they were doing fairly quickly, but the boys were very reluctant to quit their game, and in fact a few did not quit. The ones who did, were asked to take a seat at one of the tables. Again, I watched as the girls and boys founded their own tables, with only the younger kids being the ones to mix in with the other

When I was a child my parents placed my sister and I in child care centers. There was also a year when we were placed in a family day care. My parents both worked and had no other choice but to have somebody else take care of their children. I remember both good things and bad things from my time in the child care centers and family daycare. The good memories do out way the bad memories so my thoughts and feelings of leaving my three year-old child in a facility would be positive based on my personal experience as being a child who was raised in child care centers.