Daycare Essay

My observations both did and did not reflect what I learned in this course. This could be due to the fact that this daycare center may not be the best learning environment. A perfect daycare center would be everything that is described in the Petersen & Wittmer text, but how often do you get somewhere that is perfect? I feel my quality could have been better for this observation because I filled out of checklist with a majority of it is “NA.” I wish I would have had this checklist when I started

The daycare environment challenges the children to respond deeply to the natural world and inner world by encouraging risk taking activities and setting up different materials for the children to explore. The environment does not challenge children to respond to their cultural heritage but the environment does encourage diversity. It is the educator’s job to prepare “a stimulating environment that fosters play and exploration is an essential part of the work of a teacher of preschool children” (Fraser

What You Have to Do to Run a Daycare 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

be in close contact with each other and use their hands to wipe their faces thus spreading infection. Health checks help reduce the transmission of infectious diseases in children by identifying and isolating the infected child. The problem the daycare workers face is there

At this daycare in Cincinnati, there is a big room that the kids can play. In the big room there are different sections labeled with fine motor toys, sensory toys and etc. The toddlers and kids have about a half hour each day to explore and play with those toys. According to Gonzalez- Mena & Eyer (2015) " Promoting motor development in toddlers follows the same principles as those for infants. Toddlers need freedom to move and experience a variety of ways of using the skills they posess" (p.146)

child with enough shelter to be safe and enough food to curb a growing appetite yet daycare costs can match if not, exceed the monthly costs of living. American adults, who choose to raise families, make the ultimate sacrifice in leaving their small children with strangers just to earn a living so why can’t their employers cover the added expense? Firstly, According to Payscale, the average hourly pay rate for a daycare employee is $9.53 per hour. This is very similar to the wages that many single working

The daycare centers are overrated Outline of the Speech 1.The daycare centers a.The purpose of day care centers b.Types of daycare centers 2.Why day care centers are a need? 3.Are day care centers regulated? 4.Why not to trust day care centers? 5.The alternate solutions a.Attending baby at home b.Availing workplace child care c.Leaving the child with grand parents 6.Why the mom should stay home? 7.Conclusion THE DAYCARE CENTERS The day care center is a facility that takes care

The place I decided to observe at was Watermark Community Church, where I work during the week at there weekly children's ministry care. The atmosphere they create is like that of a camp, instead of a typical daycare. The staff spend numerous amounts of time to create curriculum for the kids. The curriculum includes a bible story, a craft that goes along with the story, music/video time, coloring pages that continue on with the theme and of course games and recreational time. I enjoyed being able

The group of three children I assessed in the daycare were four and five years old. I had one girl and two boys in the group. I picked these three children because they wanted to do the assessment with me. The host teacher was nice enough to set up stations that had to do with what I needed to assess such as blocks Play-Dough cutting and beading. I had to follow around a bunch of the children and do the assessments kind of at the same time because it fit better in with the centers that they had set

and times they are able to work as well as take care of their children. With these facts in mind, I reach out to my fellow peers to take action and take part in my petition for child care companies to have special price packages available to make daycare affordable for families who have very low incomes. The parents who would benefit from my petition