Running Daycare

Working at a daycare taught me that children, although crazy, are unquestionably innocent. They would say they needed to use the restroom and urinate right then and there on the floor with no explanation given as to why they could not wait thirty more seconds. Some would scream and pretend to be dinosaurs while flapping their arms, and others would watch and observe more than they would speak. Sometimes the same child that would repeatedly run into me with his play car would be the child that ran to sit in my lap at story time. I found that the child that would not stop asking questions about anything and everything only wanted me to help him learn. I was given the opportunity see these children still bursting with ideas,

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

I am currently an owner/ director of a childcare center. God’s Individuals (Gigi’s) Clubhouse is the name of the childcare. The childcare operated out of my home. Running a childcare center consist of making decision as a manger and a leader. The childcare consists of 27 children as of now. We are always looking for children who are in need of a homely childcare environment. Gigi’ clubhouse came about some years ago due to the fact so; many children were getting hurt in a childcare center environment. So, as an early childhood educator I decided to make the childcare center like little cottages and use the Montessori method and

The community experience that I will be focusing on for this part is NWCC daycare. The age range of the children at NWCC Daycare are 13 months to 5 years old. The two Piaget stages of development that were present in most of the children at the daycare are sensorimotor and preoperational. The three Erikson’s stages of development that were present in the children at the daycare are trust vs. mistrust, autonomy vs. shame and doubt, and initiative vs. guilt.

Have you ever thought why won’t the schools develop daycare programs at the school? The daycare center at the school for young teen mothers who dropout of school to start their career early without furthering their education and young teen fathers won’t feel the need to drop out to get a job and support his child. There are some on site daycare’s in some states but there’s just a few, there needs to be more. Although having on site daycare center has some bad to it, to others it has some good to it like teen parents feeling of security can be satisfied knowing that their child is in a safe place, create more jobs, and teens save up money and welfare won’t be an option.

Not later than 180 days, the Assistant Secretary for Aging shall produce and make publicly available a summary report on the results of the survey. Such report shall include establishment of grant programs and eligible entities; Understanding of the issues experienced by family caregivers who assist a family member with neurological diseases or conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury, or other similar diseases or conditions. (Impulse, 2017)

The three programs I chose to analyze were the transportation program, the Day Away program, and the Stepping on program.

We went to visit Immanuel Baptist Daycare which is located in Hannibal, MO on March 23, 2016. Linda Youse is the director at Immanuel and she was able to take time and answer questions that we had for her and give us a tour of the facility. This year is Linda’s 8th year as the director of Immanuel Baptist Daycare. She also has an education degree where she can teach from Kindergarten to eighth grade. During the time where we asked her questions, she was able to give an answer to all and explain them to us. At Immanuel, their number one job is to make sure all the children are safe.

Todays’ fast paced life style and the need for both parents to work to make ends meet seems to have created the daycare dilemma. The reality is that parenting - the most important job a woman can have - is not valued enough. No one should ever feel like she is "only a mom" – but should be more highly valued than any other profession. No job is as important; no job has the possibilities for improving our world by raising up the capacity to love and trust others. According to Canadian psychiatrist Elliott Barker, "We have to change a lot of established patterns or ways we do things - our priorities - so that nothing gets in the way of attachment in the earliest years. The capacities for trust, empathy, and affection are in fact the central core of what it means to be human, and are indispensable for adults to be able to form lasting, mutually satisfying co-operative relationships with others." Our culture belittles motherhood and encourages the mother to leave her children and go to a job. If mothers’ felt the importance of being a mother and society wasn’t pushing for them to work, many would stay at home with their children. Some evidence shows children benefit if their mothers stay home with them until they are one year, the welfare law does allow states to exempt new mothers from work requirements for a year. So far, states do not seem to be taking advantage of the provision set apart for this program. In Wisconsin, a leader in welfare reform, mothers are required to start looking for work when their child is 12 weeks old. Those in favor of these reforms say a mother who has a job will be a more responsible parent, and some studies suggest that children do benefit if their mother receives earned income rather than a government check for the same amount. If mothers are out working, however, the quality of child care provided by others will largely determine how the children fare under the states' new plans. Many mothers will rely on relatives and friends, some will be loving and attentive and some will not. Also, the strain on the daycare system is a matter of serious concern to child-development and childcare experts. A recent study found that 40% of daycare centers for infants and toddlers gave less than

For the collaboration portion of my project I chose to collaborate with the daycare director and 10 parents of the children who attend the daycare. The role of the director was to inform me and help me to better understand how their policies work and how they respond to policy change. The parent’s role in this collaboration process included giving me feedback and ideas on what changes they would like to see and what they already like about the current policy. In order to obtain the information I needed for this project, I met with the director and parents of the children on many different occasions to observe and interview the parents and staff members. Also when meeting with the director and parents we discussed my observations and ideas that

My first care worker that I've chosen is a childminder. I have chosen this role because childminders have a significant impact on the education of infants and children. Furthermore, they are capable of looking after these young children while their parents at work while also educating them. They have a challenging role with certain activities on a daily basis.

Ever since I been in the field of early childhood I always wanted my own daycare facility. When I first started early childhood education the food used to be so good if we did family style there was not a reason for me to go out and eat on my lunch break. But for the pass couple of years their food menu has changed. Nowadays, you would be surprised if you saw children with chicken nuggets or pizza.. I was doing my business plan just in-case I have my own business I wanted the food menu to be something children like and it would be healthy. I see a lot of children wasting food because they don't like the food item. Whenever I created a menu I would think about I would eat and I wouldn't give them anything that I wouldn't eat. When you think about creating children menu you also have to think about the cultures,religions,values, and beliefs. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have seen daycare owners and the cook give children food items that they would not think twice about eating. When I created the menu I made it age appropriate for infants,toddlers,school age, and the youth. There are four meals throughout the day because majority of daycare facilitates does not serve dinner anymore. It is important to give the children the nutrition that they need for their bodies to grow and develop. Not having a balance meal can make you obesity , have unhealthy eating patterns , and have medical problem. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. I learned that breakfast was broken down into two

In one year, teen pregnancy increased by 1.4 percent in the U.S. Pregnancy can cause the teen’s life to be a bit more of a struggle because they don’t have as much time to concentrate on their education. The reason for most students dropping out is because most students don’t have much money to afford a babysitter. Usually students need a caretaker for 8 hours so they can attend school.

On October 4 and October 6, I observed a Pre-k level daycare class. On the 4th I observed from 8:00 to 10:00 in the morning and on the 6th, from 9:00 to 10:30 in the morning.

I would recommend a few additional benefits that will be available to all employees. These benefits are meant to motivate and improve the quality of life for employees and their family. When an employee feels their contribution matters morale, performance, and employment turnover increases.