Health & Safety
When should you be sanitizing tables/trays?
Before & after meals
What is the policy on lights in the classroom when you not in the room?
Classrooms should be tour ready at all time which means lights on and classroom picked up any time you are not actively engaged in play & learning.
EXCEPTION: Nothing should be picked up during an emergency or drill
When/what should you write an incident report for?
What if there is no mark?
Any time a child injures themselves or another child.
Incident reports should still be written if an injury occurred, even if there is no mark.
A childcare center in PA must have this item in every childcare space and take it on field trips, playgrounds, and bus trips.
What is a first-aid kit?
What steps should be taken for the following scenario?
Oliver was playing with a wood truck and pushing it around the room. While pushing it he slipped and hit his head. When a teacher checked on him, he had a bruise and was bleeding above his left eye. The cut was significant and may require stitches.
1. Call a code Megy (medical) or Percy (emergency - 911 needed) depending on the severity
2. Calm child and clean area as best as possible
3. Accident report filled out with a director
What 4 items should you bring with you anytime you leave your classroom?
1. Walkie Talkie
2. Backpack
3. iPad
4. Safe School Plan
What foods are NOT allowed to be served at Primrose?
-Hot dogs (or round sausage products)
-Raw carrots, celery and green beans (may be steamed for younger children)
-Whole grapes
-Round Hard Candy including jelly beans
- Goldfish under the age of 3
Whole cherries with pits
-Nuts
-Seeds
-Raw Peas
-Hard Pretzels
-Chips
-Peanuts
-Popcorn
-Rice Cakes
-Marshmallows
-Chunks of meat larger than can be swallowed whole
-Children under the age of one year may not be served HONEY
Does Primrose allow coloring sheets?
No!
What are "typical" signs of illness that warrant further investigation?
- inconsolable
A parent is extremely upset about their child getting hurt by another child. They come in the room and demand to know who bit and scratched their child today. They think their child is being targeted.
How do you respond?
- Unfortunately we cannot disclose who injured your child
- The leadership team is at the front and I think it would be easier to discuss this outside of pick up time.
- Call for the leadership team on the walkie if needed
What are the 4 steps to sanitizing a table/tray?
1. Soap & water
2. Weak bleach
3. Let it sit for 2 minutes
4. Airdry or wipe down
Where and how are things able to be hung in the classroom?
All artwork should be hung on bulletin boards.
Artwork should not be hung on walls.
String cannot be used to hang things in the classroom.
All calendars, menus, etc. can be put on the INSIDE of your cabinet doors NOT the outside.
What are the 4 Principles of Service?
Approach Each Day with Joy
Build Trusted Relationships
Connect with Warmth & Sincerity
Deliver the WOW!
Pennsylvania requires child care centers to practice this emergency procedure regularly.
What is a fire drill?
What are items in your classroom that must be kept out of reach of children at all times?
What are
drinks, scissors, permanent markers, bleach sprays and soap and water sprays, lotions, medications, sunscreens, personal belongings
This item should be worn when caring for a child with a bloody nose or scrape.
What are gloves?
Name 3 specific things that Primrose does not allow in regards to managing difficult behaviors. What can be done instead of time out?
Things that are NEVER allowed
-Physical punishment(hitting, restraining, shaking, etc)
-Withholding things(food/water/playground time etc.)
-Humiliating a child verbally, or visually
Instead of being punished, young children need to be taught appropriate behaviors and use positive guidance.
A great way to help children is to offer “time-away” to calm down. (out-of-group activity by sending the child to a calming activity such as puzzles, sensory table) However, children should never be isolated from the group. The teacher should follow up by asking the child about his/her feelings and suggest appropriate behavior.
What year was Primrose founded?
What is 1982?
What are germs?
What are the weather regulations for outdoor recess?
What is 25 degrees or above in the winter and in the summer with the heat index (real feel) less than 90 degrees. There is no precipitation and no air quality alert.
This is the first thing you should do before serving food or after helping a child use the restroom.
What is washing your hands?
Name all 12 puppets & their character traits and/or their place in your curriculum.
Erwin - Friendship - Birthdays & Art
Molly - Respect for Others - Math & Calendar
Katie - Cooperation - Life Skills
Benjamin - Generosity - Science, Nature, & Weather
Libby - Fairness - Plan for the Day
Billy - Keeping Promises - Harmony & Heart
Og - Caring - Og's Story Time
Peanut - Honesty - Reading Readiness & Vocabulary
Megy - Conservation - Technology
Percy - Courage - Happy Hearts
mia - Citizenship - Thumbs Up!
Ally - Responsibility - Noggin' Joggin'
What are the items that are required to be in your first aid kit?
What is soap, bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, scissors, tape, disposable non-porous gloves, and water bottle.