Children are Worth It!
These are types of abuse, neglect and household dysfunction that happen before the age of 18.
What are Adverse Childhood Experiences?
Children are engaging in this when they climb trees, use real tools such as hammers and knives, play with sticks, swing on ropes etc.
What is risky play?
This is the art of motivating a group of people to act toward achieving a common goal.
What is leadership?
An item introduced to the classroom on a table or in a learning centre to entice the children's interest.
What is a provocation?
UCCC demonstrates this by offering tools and resources that help build successful partnerships throughout our childcare communities.
What is support?
A child with a parent that suffers from addiction is exposed to this.
What is toxic stress?
We can allow children to engage in risky place in an environment safely after doing this.
What is a risk assessment?
The ability to step into the shoes of another person, aiming to understand their feelings and perspectives, and to use that understanding to guide our actions.
What is empathy?
An educators record of observations of a child/children which includes photos, videos and interpretations of the learning they have seen over a period of time.
What is a learning story?
UCCC demonstrates this by practicing our profession in collaboration with one another, demonstrating a commitment to advocacy, ethical conduct and continuous professional learning.
What is professionalism?
This gives us the ability to control our actions, behaviours, and emotional responses.
What is self-regulation?
While playing outdoors in nature with twigs, stones, fallen leaves, pinecones that they gather, sort, build and arrange help a child builds these type of skills.
What are math and problem solving skills?
This is an energy exchange between people who are paying attention to one another and it has the power to deepen the moment, inspire change and build trust.
What is connection?
Educators use this to help guide the experiences they provide in their childcare program to encourage, enhance and extends children's ongoing learning through play.
What is a pedagogical reflection?
We foster a culture of integrity by establishing consistent expectations and clear boundaries while acknowledging the competencies and capabilities of children families and staff.
What is trust?
By practicing this can support resilience in children, their families, ourselves and the community.
What is building relationships?
This is greatly strengthened by engaging in outdoor nature play through learning how to cope, adapt and relate to the world around them.
What is well being or mental health?
This is the process of people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal.
What is collaboration?
This tool allows us to document, share and and celebrate the children and their families, the staff and our program.
What is Storypark?
We provide an environment that promotes active exploration of the world ensuring physical well-being and emotional security.
What is safety?
Activities and practices that we deliberately choose to engage in on a regular basis to maintain and enhance our health and well-being.
What is self-care?
Research shows that children suffer considerably less from allergies and asthma as a result of this.
What is environmental diversity?
We are all at different learning stages and commit to reach these together through supporting and encouraging one another along the way.
What is a goal?
We use this tool collaboratively each day to document and share the learning we see and utilize it to plan ahead for future experiences based on the interests we see each week.
What is a weekly program plan?
We cultivate meaningful relationships by honouring diversity and engaging in authentic communication.
What is respect?