This is the first step in our diapering procedure.
What is wash hands?
The infant room is a street-shoe-free room, meaning staff and other adults who enter the room are required to do this.
What is wear socks, slippers, or shoe covers?
These permits are required for all staff that prepare full meals and are encouraged for all staff.
What are Food Handler Permits?
Children under 2 years do not get any of this type of activity. Children 2-5 years are limited to 1 hour per day (including at home).
What is screen time?
Child care providers are _____ and must immediately report suspected or witnessed child abuse or neglect to Child Protective Services (CPS).
What are state mandated reporters?
If a parent/guardian has completed a medication authorization for diaper cream, these should be worn before administering.
What are clean gloves?
Infants time in restrictive devices such as swings, bouncers, and infant seats or saucers is limited to this.
What is 15 minutes?
Hot food must be held at or above this temperature until served.
What is 135 degrees F?
These tactics are part of a responsive problem-solving approach with children. Name 1.
What is coaching, modeling, offering choices, and/or redirection?
The No Smoking, No Vaping Policy includes 5 rules for staff. Name 2.
What is staff will not smoke or vape while at work in the presence of children or parents; no smoking or vaping within 25 feet of an entrance, exit, operable window, or vent in the building regardless of whether or not children are on the premises; no smoking or vaping in a vehicle that transports children; staff must smoke or vape away from the school property and out of sight of parents and children; no using, consuming, or being under the influence of cannabis on licensed spaces?
What is a covered, hands-free, plastic-lined garbage can, and a plastic bag to be returned to the family?
Providers must understand infant cues and respond in a reliable way. This means always responding when a baby does this.
What is cry?
Signs that infants might be developmentally ready to introduce food, usually around 4 to 6 months. List 2.
What is sits with support, holds hady steady, can close lips over spoon, can keep food in mouth and swallow it, begins up and down chewing motion, or shows interest in others eating?
Infants and Toddlers spend this many minutes per every 3 hours of programming outdoors.
What is 20 minutes?
Emptying indoor trash cans daily, keeping the program grounds clear of food and trash, and repairing window screens are some of the steps we take as a center to prevent this.
What are pests?
These tips in our health plan can help encourage toilet training. List 3.
What is develop a detailed plan of communication with the family, use the same words at school as at home for consistency, pretend play with a doll and talk through expectations, watch for nonverbal signs that a child has to use the toilet, encourage the family to dress the child in easily removable clothing, and encourage positive reinforcement?
Floor time encourages brain and muscle development. All infants are given this many periods of supervised tummy time each day, each lasting this long.
What is 3 5-minute periods?
Formula left over from an infant feeding must be discarded if not used within this timeframe.
What is 1 hour?
The Health Plan provides these options for offering a daily developmentally appropriate toothbrushing activity. Name 1.
What is reviewing the steps of brushing using a large mouth model, reading books or singing songs about toothbrushing, or pretending to brush teeth during a group activity?
If there is a fire drill, what do you do?
Stay calm, follow directions, go outside.
This is the procedure for a stand-up diaper change for older children. Name at least 9 of the 12 steps.
What is wash hands, gather supplies, put on gloves, coach the child to pull down their pants and remove diaper/pull-up, put soiled diaper/pull-up in garbage, coach the child in cleaning diaper area front to back, put soiled wipes in a plastic bag and dispose, remove gloves, wash hands, coach the child in putting on a clean diaper/pull-up and pulling pants back up, then use 3-Step Method on the floor where the change occurred, and wash hands?
Our center follows Safe Sleep Practices for infants. Name 4 best practices.
What is infants are always placed to sleep on their back up to 12 months; infants do not sleep in car seats, swings, strollers, or infant seats; no blankets, sleep sacks, bumper pads, pillows, soft toys, cushions, etc in or on cribs; swaddling is not necessary or recommended in a childcare setting; do not allow infant to overheat during sleep; and bibs, hats, necklaces, an garments with ties or hoods will be removed before sleep?
Mealtime and snack environments are developmentally appropriate and support development of positive eating and nutritional habits in these ways. Name 3.
Curriculum and classroom materials should promote the following as part of supporting the social-emotional health of the children. List 3.
What is imagination, creativity, language development, numeracy, spatial ability, discovery, and exploration?
What does this sign mean? 
Warning or caution