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10 Commandments of Interactions with Children
The things that you should and should not do…
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Are Daycare Requirements And Day Care Regulations The Same Thing?
Let’s not confuse daycare requirements and day care regulations. One is the building block upon which the other is built. Day care regulations are in place in order to ensure that minimum standards of care are adhered to. Thereafter you are required to ensure they are applied in a relevant fashion within your day care.
The health, welfare, safety and wellbeing of the children are covered by the regulations which are the law and therefore a given in any day care. If you desire an exceptional, above average child care center to be your domain then you need build upon the legal requirements. You need to consider that you might be in the wrong business if you haven’t already gone above and beyond that which is writ. Read on »
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Compensating Child Care Staff
Anyone who runs a child care business knows how important your staff are. The right staff are invaluable, priceless. They are the face and backbone of your day care business. Without them you wouldn’t have a business. You want to reward them, to thank them for doing what they do but you can’t afford to pay them any more. Fear not…there are other, non-monetary ways to show your appreciation and brighten up their day.
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Day Care Child Safety Do's and Do Not's
The Do's!
1, Neatness and cleanliness is paramount with kids.
2, Clip nails carefully and regularly.
3, Promptly change dirty diapers and ensure area is thoroughly cleaned.
4, Ensure genitals are clean and dry at all times in order to avoid fungal infection.
5, Dermatitis and fungal infections can be minimized with correct care of the scalp.
6, Ensure clothing is loose and airy as tight clothes can be irritating to the skin.
7, Child's room should be well ventilated and lit. Keep clean and dustfree.
8, Arrange a appropriate sized bed with a waterproof undersheet for the child.
9, Have soothing music toys near child's sleeping area.
10, The neck muscles in a young baby are weak so always support the head with your hand.
11, Breastfeeding is the great nutrition for baby, strengthens the emotional connection with mom and should be on demand. Ensure nipples are clean. Lactating takes a lot out of mom so she should eat well. Read on »
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Day Care Daily Necessities
There are certain things that either your child care facility will provide or you will ask the parents to bring in (or a combination of both). These are the necessary items each chld requires every day and which should be brought to day care or child care service.
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Day Care Nap Time Routine
Our child care service has a set nap time everyday from 12 noon for a couple of hours. We find this works really well and the children thrive on this routine. Exhausted from their early starts and active morning they eat dinner and eyes are closing as the last spoons go in.
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Day Care Worker Role, Responsibilities And Relationships
If you are searching for a cushy career then swerve steadily away from childcare because this is one career that involves a lot of work and responsibilities as well as the ability to nurture various relationships and roles. A safe and effective day care environment depends upon the intricate role of the day care worker and all the complex relationships inherent in same.
The first major relationship that springs to mind is that of the worker/child. A worker should never be content to simply be a caregiver but should see their function as encompassing the enrichment of the child's experience through facilitating the creative, learning and play environment. A caring, warm and consistent personality is essential and should be cultivated. Read on »
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Daycare Menus
The mere thoughts of formulating daycare menus can send the most sane, intelligent day care operator into a tailspin as they contemplate food pyramids and daily nutritional requirements and all thoughts of common sense go out the window. There is no need for panic when the steps involved are as simple as ensuring that the food is nutritious, prepared hygienically and easy to cook in large quantities. Read on »
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Dealing With Late Payments
You’ve got a number of parents who are consistently late with payment and quite a few who are in arrears to the tune of two or three weeks. You’re stressed out about it, fearful of a confrontation, feeling out of control and can’t see a way to resolve the situation. Sound familiar?
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Designing Your Day Care Toddler or Wobbler Room
The Woddler Room is for children from 1 year upwards in small intimate groups (childcare regulation ratios should apply). The environment should conform to the physical needs of the children, both in the size of the furnishings and in the opportunities for motor development. Ensure maximum natural light and defined spaces to challenge co-ordination of movement.
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Diaper Changing Routine for Your Day Care
It’s important to have an established and clear diaper changing routine in your day care or child care business. I recommend having set diaper changing times and regular checks in between. We have changes at 11.15am and then again at 4pm. Have a clip board by your diaper change area upon which you should have your diaper change sheet documenting each child, times changed and whether they were soiled or wet.
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Driveway Safety At Your Child Care Facility
It's unavoidable. Whether you run a day care center or a child care service from your home you will face parents driving in and parking outside your facility in order to pick up or drop off their children. The motorised vehicle has become, like it or not, a necessary requirement of our modern lives.
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Generating Extra Income at Your Day Care
If you have a day care or provide a child care service (or are thinking of starting a child care business) a great way to enhance your service is to consider extracurricular activites.
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Ideas For Circle Time at Your Day Care - Part One
An overview of group activites for any child care service.
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Online Invoicing - The Easy Way to Get Paid
The best way to manage your daycare business is to have an easy system, one that makes it easy for you to tell parents exactly how much they owe, and makes it very easy for parents to pay you. Also, you should have a delicately way to remind parents when they haven’t paid their bills. Ideally, the system would be all-in-one, so that you don’t have a lot of handwritten notes and reminders, and you don’t have to personally discuss matters with every parent that owes money. Read on »
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Parent Newsletter for Your Child Care Service
Whatever form your childcare business takes - creche, preschool, day care center, child minding service it is always a lovely idea to have a quarterly newsletter. Parents really appreciate being able to read about events and activities at their child's child care service. If you baulk at the idea of putting together a piece of literature…don't worry. A newsletter doesn't have to be anything fancy and you can enlist the help of all your staff to write little pieces about activities in their particular rooms.
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Parental Involvement At Day Care
Day care providers should grab every available opportunity to involve parents and welcome their input. When parents participate in a child care service it makes for a very rewarding and positive experience for all concerned including the children. You can share insights that you have gleaned from observing the child at day care and in return parents can provide a wealth of valuable information giving you a holistic picture of the child. Read on »
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Personal Toys, Soothers and Pacifiers
Every day care owner and child care professional knows the world wars waged over personal toys and soothers brought to day care. Have a strict policy on this. No personal toys to be brought into the classroom.
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Role Of The Day Care Key Worker
The key worker system should be in place in order that each age group have adequate support and representation within the day care. This person builds critical relationships with both families and children and coordinates information pertaining to their charges sharing it as needed with parents and other staff. The emotional and physical health of the child, and the foundations for their overall development are supported thanks to this consistency and continuity of care.
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Smooth First Day at Child Care - Tips for Providers and Parents
The first day at day care is a big one for all concerned
mum, child and carer. It is exciting and terrifying at
the same time. Here are a few tips on how best to prepare
all of you for the big day and help make that transition
a smooth one.
Mom Start gently preparing your child in advance
mentioning what a great adventure day care will be
with lots of friends and games. Keep it low key though
do not overdo it as this could overwhelm your child.
Provider You could provide mom with first names of
children and carers at the day care and suggest role
playing with dolls so everything is not completely strange
on that first day. Read on »
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Summer Outdoors Day Care Playground Tips
Summer is coming at last and the sun is starting to shine on our day care playgrounds. Time to dust them off and prepare for long, safe days outdoors. Every year I find that I need to do a walkabout in the playground and assess what needs to be updated, tidied or added to. I call it my ‘ playground springclean’ and every child care facility should do this as often as possible.
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The Do's And Don't of Parent Message Boards at a Child Care Facility
Parent message boards are a vital part of communication for any day care center or child care service. Here are some tips for maximizing your day care parent message board:
1. Purchase and paint wooden craft letters, or foam craft pieces, spelling out “Parent Board” and whatever other header you want to include. These look much better than the cut-out letter paper stencils, and should never fade.
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The Green Day Care
Both my day care and personal abode have seen my attempts at being as ‘green’ as possible in recent years. It’s not that long since I was making the glorious fortnightly trip to the recycling center with my meticulously divided waste before the advent of curbside collection. Read on »
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Toilet Training For Child Care Providers
If you have a child care service you’re going to face toilet training sooner or later. While this may seem quite daunting it really can go relatively smoothly letting the child take the lead.
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Transitioning Children
Can you move children from one activity to
another, or from one place to another…
Efficiently?
Effectively?
Educationally?
.. Happily?
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