Playtime
This type of play encourages creativity and imagination.
What is open-ended play or free play.
These household items should always be kept covered around young children.
What are electrical outlets?
Playdough activities help strengthen small muscles and what skills?
Answer: What are fine motor skills.
Instead of yelling, caregivers should use this kind of voice.
Calm and quiet
You should never leave a young child alone near this:
Answer: What is water?
What is an open fire, like a campfire or fireplace?
What is the road?
So many possible answers!
Children typically begin parallel play during this stage of development.
What are the toddler years
Mandated reporters should make a report even if they are unsure abuse actually occurred because investigating is the job of this agency.
What is Child Protective Services (CPS) or DHHS?
Singing songs and reading books help build this skill.
Answer: What is language development?
This technique helps children learn expected behaviors by watching adults.
What is modeling behavior.
Before a parent leaves, you should always know this important information in case of emergency.
Answer: What is emergency contact information?
If the child has allergies?
Name the seven areas of child development.
What are social, emotional, cognitive, physical, language, sensory, or cultural development?
You should test bath water temperature before placing a child in the tub to prevent this.
What are burns?
Running, jumping, and climbing develop this type of skill.
Answer: What are gross motor physical skills?
When a child is upset, helping them identify their feelings supports this area of development.
Answer: What is emotional development?
This important document may include allergies, medications, and emergency numbers.
Answer: What is a babysitting information sheet or check list?
What is it called when children learn to calm their bodies and emotions?
Self Regulation or Regulation
These should always be locked away from children.
What are medicines, cleaning supplies and weapons?
Discriminating between size, shape, color helps to strengthen this?
Answer: What is cognitive development.
When giving a child two choices the options should both be what?
Choices that work for the caregiver.
Are reasonable and do-able.
If a child is hurt, your first job is to stay _______.
Answer: What is calm?
A preschooler pretending a block is a phone is demonstrating this type of play.
What is imaginary play or dramatic play?
This type of abuse may include constant belittling, threats, humiliation, or rejection of a child.
Answer: What is emotional abuse?
Water play, filling and dumping and using a funnel supports the development of what area?
Sensory AND fine motor physical development
Children respond best to rules that are this:
Clear and consistent
The “School Family” concept is designed to build this within a classroom community.
Answer: What is community, connection (or belonging)?