However, it is important to avoid offering too many materials since a cluttered room can overwhelm children. Regularly rotating materials is helpful. This way children have a balance of familiar materials and new materials, which helps them maintain their interest and provides age-appropriate challenges. Consider these examples:. Manuel has just started to crawl and is happy to be moving around the room.
He enthusiastically explores every inch of the classroom throughout the day. His teacher, Ms. Kara, notices that he is starting to reach up to grab the toy shelves as though he might want to pull himself up to a standing position. She decides to take some sturdy bins, which have been previously used for book storage, flip them upside down, and move them to various places around the room.
Now Manual has several places where he can happily pull himself to a standing position and see the room from this exciting new point of view. Marcus and Leanne work together as caregivers in an infant classroom and have learned that the children in their care like to get ready for their individual naptimes in different ways. For example, Leila and Samuel like to be rocked and sung to while Leanne gets them ready to sleep. Carlos and Leo prefer to lie on their backs in their cribs, while Marcus gently rubs their tummies.
Sharice often resists sleep and her father shared that she is sensitive to light and sound. Leanne has learned that dimming the lights and securely attaching a thick blanket to the wall next to her crib to reduce sound helps her fall asleep. The napping area also has a rocking chair in a nearby corner and a music player with lullaby music on a shelf near the cribs. Marcus and Leanne continue to pay attention to how the infants in their care are transitioning to sleep and, over time, they continue to adjust the environment.
As you reflect on these examples, consider your infant and toddler setting. Think about the following:. These adaptations are not complicated, but they are an important part of respectful and responsive care. There is specific information for infant and toddler child care settings. Bergen, D. Learning Center. Search Submit. Close this message. Free Registration - Sign Me Up. Photo: Kiwi Street Studios. Read more about: Child Care Policy. Back to top.
Tool Early Care and Education Systems that Support Quality Care for Babies and Toddlers: Key Elements This paper presents an overview of key early care and education system elements and the characteristics that reflect how such a system can offer quality child care to infants, toddlers, and their fam….
Tool Strategic Planning for Child Care Programs Tool Kit This tool kit provides resources, tools, and process suggestions to assist states and territories with strategic planning to support quality child care for infants and toddlers. A great classroom is laughter-filled, engaging, and packed with rich learning experiences at every turn. So is great professional learning. COR Advantage is the leading research-backed assessment for all children from birth to kindergarten.
Provide a complete picture of child growth for your schools and families. Infant-Toddler Curriculum. Adult-Child Interaction Nurturing, responsive teachers practice primary caregiving and continuity of care by scaffolding the individual needs and temperaments of infants and toddlers.
Learning Environment The physical space is safe, flexible, and child oriented to provide comfort and accommodate the changing developmental needs and interests of the earliest learners.
Observation Ongoing child and program assessment is an underlying component of the HighScope Curriculum. In the HighScope Infant-Toddler Curriculum, learning is focused on these six content areas: Approaches to Learning Social and Emotional Development Physical Development and Health Communication, Language, and Literacy Cognitive Development Creative Arts Infant-Toddler Curriculum Content Early learning and development in these six content areas is guided by 42 key developmental indicators KDIs — the skills and behaviors at each stage of development that pave the way for school and adult success.
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