Prep for Night
How will you get ahold of the parents in an emergency?
ask for their phone number in advance
This age:
• Explores by putting things in mouth• Learns to let go of and drop objects • Remembers people
infant 3-6 months
• Soft mobiles • Rattles • Soft fabric swatches • Stuff ed animals are appropriate toys for what age group?
Infants
Children should always wear these when riding bikes, skateboards, scooters, roller blades or other vehicles
Helmets
This age:
• Speaks well and asks lots of questions; memory improving • Understands most sentences • Understands counting and knows several numbers • Is able to tell stories (at about 4 years) • Is familiar with common shapes and primary colors
3-4
• Building blocks • Large plastic toy people and animals • Action toys like telephones, trains, planes, cars and trucks • Simple puzzles with knobs • Puppets are appropriate toys for what age group?
Toddlers (1 and 2 year olds)
Holding hands, looking both ways and using the crosswalk are necessary when...
crossing the street
What is a good "Girl Scout" way to leave the house at the end of the night?
Neat and tidy, better than how you found it. Pick up all toys
This age:
• Has interest in clubs and group activities • Plays competitive sports and games • Becomes more independent and self-reliant
8, 9, 10
Books, puzzles, dolls, coloring and other activities that involve little physical activity are ways children do what?
Calm down. These are examples of "quiet play"
Only give children medication with permission from...
their parents
Name three questions to ask before the parents leave:
when they will return
what to feed the kids
any medication
how to lock the door...
This age:
• Shows affection for others • Has favorite soft toys or dolls • Likes being read to and looking at picture books
toddler 1-2 age
This age group likes to play with sports equipment, bikes, remote control cars, construction sets
older school aged kids, (8,9,10 year olds)
alcohol, drugs, medicines, vitamins, lighter fluid, lamp oil, hair and beauty products, baby oil, tobacco, cleaning products, paints, bug and weed killers and car products are examples of...
household poisons.
Always keep children away from household poisons!
When should you communicate what your pay rate is?
This age: Is becoming more coordinated as arms and legs are growing • Dresses, bathes (with supervision) and eats on own • Loses baby teeth; permanent teeth coming in • Operates electronic devices such as computers, TVs and radios on a regular basis
Young kids (5,6,7)
name three games for younger school aged kids (5,6,7 year olds)
anything...red-rover, what time is it Mr. Fox, red light/green light, mother may I?, tag, Simon says
A fire starts in the oven, what do you do?
keep the door to the oven closed, gather the kids and go outside. Call for 911 immediately.