Make sure that the classroom is maintaining an accurate daily attendance. Each child should be signed-in when they arrive in the classroom and signed out when they exit the classroom. Complete a name-to-face count of the children frequently and before exiting the classroom. Complete a second name-to-face before the classroom door is closed toContinue reading “How to Eliminate the Chances of a Lost or Misplaced child”
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Preventing Lost or Misplaced Children
When are children most frequently left behind or misplaced? Children are frequently lost, misplaced, left behind, or allowed to walk away from the group during transition times. Transition times are when children are moving from one activity to the next or from one location to another. Such as, from the classroom to outside or toContinue reading “Preventing Lost or Misplaced Children”
Transition Time
Transitions are a trying and frustrating part of child care but they don’t have to be. Some advance planning and a few tips can truly change the way the children respond to the in-between time. Use this handout to better equip yourself for the next transition periods.
Maintaining Daily Attendance in the Classroom
Maintaining accurate daily attendance is important and necessary to keep the children safe. The last thing that any parent wants to hear from a teacher is that “they do not” or “did not know” where their child was for any period throughout the day. The teacher or assistant in each classroom should always know theContinue reading “Maintaining Daily Attendance in the Classroom”
Bullies
According to dictionary.com, a bully is “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people”. Bullies come in all shapes and sizes, as well as any age range. Bullies frequently harass, abuse, and intimidate those they see as inferior, less able, or just for no reason at all. Bullies areContinue reading “Bullies”