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Child Care Observation

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For my observation on daily health checks, I got the opportunity to arrive early at 8:30 A.M. during arrival for my class and physically witnessed the health checks. I saw first-hand how the teacher took about two minutes to greet the child and parent and ask a few questions about the child’s well-being questions like: “How are you feeling today?” In addition to the physical daily health checks, I noticed the minute I entered the school area that there where posters about the process of daily health checks and other ones like a “keep your child at home” poster in the check in area, and the front doors of each classroom. The final thing I observed was that the check in area is at the front desk and unless the child is checked in by a parent or guardian and received by their teacher …show more content…

Next, the main care taker of the child also made sure to take time to discuss the well-being of each child after the parent of the child was cleared at the front desk for check-in. Furthermore, it compares to a few of the practices described in the textbook for example, the program did have daily physical health checks up to at least 2 minutes long, they informed the families, and as I observed the classroom I noticed the main care taker would constantly observe children who had been absent during that week due to an illness. Therefore, this health practice, for daily health checks, influences the quality of the program because children’s well-being is always a main priority and the safety of others. In my opinion, this program takes the regulation of health checks very seriously, which I came to appreciate a lot. In addition, this health practice would support the child’s and other children’s physical development by keeping ill children from coming in close contact with other children and spreading the illness and it will also protect their own physical development by allowing their body to heal and rest when the child is sent home. Second, this

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