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| Child Care Checklist
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Caregiver:
- Is warm, friendly, positive, and accepting
- Listens and talks with children, gives individual attention
- Makes eye contact and is on the floor playing & talking with children
- Uses positive words when speaking with children
Curriculum:
- Provides places to play actively and quietly including a quiet place to read & relax
- Provides the opportunity to play outside in a safe, age-appropriate area
- Supplies a wide assortment of age-appropriate toys to encourage interactive, hands-on learning, such as building blocks, props for dramatic play, books, art materials, pegboards and puzzles
- Provides learning activities about different cultures
- Encourages curiosity and questioning
Staff/Parent Relationship:
- Provides daily feedback about each child’s day
- Encourages parent involvement and input
- Makes families feel welcome
- Schedules time to discuss each child’s progress periodically
- Addresses needs and concerns of families promptly
- Offers an open-door policy, parents are encouraged to visit
- Provides written policies, such as a parent handbook
- Staffing is consistent & staff turnover is low
- Staff has education, experience & receives on-going training in child development
Environment:
- Group size & child to teacher ratio allows for individual attention
- Is safe, cheerful, comfortable, neat & clean
- Is large enough for all children to move freely and safely
Meals:
- Provide well balanced nutrition
- Serve as a time to develop good eating habits and social skills as caregivers sit and interact with children
- Babies are held during bottle feeding
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