Safety
True or False: You can leave your bag out, as long as there are no choking hazards or dangerous items inside.
What is False?
This activity should be performed as soon as a child enters the classroom.
What is Daily Health Check?
True or False: The use of a "Time Out" where a child is isolated for a period of time from the entire class, is allowed.
False: The use of "Time Out" is prohibited.
Children cannot be left without _______ _______. This includes an awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child.
What is Competent Supervision?
What certification do you need to administer medication?
What is MAT certified, CPR certified, and on our license ( Medication Administration Training)?
Protective caps, covers, or installed devices must be used to cover these.
What are Electrical Outlets?
This is the distance cribs/cots must be apart from each other while children are sleeping.
What is 2 Feet?
An operable ________ must be kept in the child care area. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.
What is a flashlight
Any item and food brought from home must be labeled with this.
What is the childs name and ingredients.
True or False: Withholding food, rest or sleep, or eliminating outdoor playtime is allowed due to unruly behavior from a child.
False: All of these are prohibited and are not allowed as "punishment"
Every staff member has signed this form, which states the use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet or social media, sending emails or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited.
What is our electronic device policy?
New staff must receive this many hours of training within the first 6 months.
What is 15 hours?
Programs must offer daily supervised _____ _____, except during inclement or extreme weather.
What is Outdoor Play?
How often we change children's diapers.
As needed
This document needs to be posted conspicuously next to every doorway.
What is an Emergency Evacuation Plan
Programs must maintain and follow this written health related document.
What is the health care plan?
_______ must promote positive self-esteem in children and guild children in such a way as to help each child develop self-control and assume responsibility for his/her actions through clear and consistent rules and limits appropriate to the ages and development of the children in care.
What is Discipline? (or Behavior Management)
-Preset children of expectations daily especially before outdoor/gym play
-if age appropriate, have the children tell you the rules before transitioning to new area
When a child day care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified staff must be on duty to insure the health and safety of the children in care. These are called _____.
What is Ratio?
6 weeks old to 18 months is 4:1 (Max 8)
18 months to 36 months is 5:1 (Max 12)
3 years old is 7:1 (Max 18)
4 years old is 8:1 (Max 21)
5 years old to 9 years old is 10:1 (Max 20)
10 years old to 12 years old is 15:1 (Max 30)
*DAILY DOUBLE* What is the ratio when you have six 3 year olds and five 4 year olds together and how many teachers are needed?
All staff must be cleared through this system before working with children.
What is a background check? (SCR)
The program schedule should have these two types of activities.
What is structured and unstructured activities?
What is the maximum size for toddlers in a classroom?
What is 12 toddlers?
Peeling or damaged ________ must be repaired.
What is paint toys, and furniture
Children may not ______ in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats.
What is Sleep or Nap?
_____ ______ means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting, or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or the like.
What is Corporal Punishment?
This must never be used to replace direct supervision?
What are cameras or monitors?
Staff must receive training every 2 years on this topic to prevent discrimination in child care.
What is training on child abuse and maltreatment (mandated reporter)?
Staff and volunteers must take suitable precautions to prevent children from receiving burns caused by contact with _____ _____.
What is Hot Liquids?
Except while sleeping, awaking, or going to sleep, an infant must not be left in a crib, playpen or other confined space for more than ______ at any one time. Other than at meals or snack time, a child must not be left in a high chair for longer than ______.
What is 30 minutes and 15 minutes?
These are the two requirements before a child can be released to an unfamiliar adult.
Photo Identification and Authorized Pick Up List. You must check the photo ID and verify the correct adult name is listed on that child's paperwork.
Staff must complete this type of training every 2 years in order to safely manage medical emergencies.
What is CPR and First Aid training?
Physical ________ is permitted. Physical _______ is the act of using bodily contact as a short-term immediate response to prevent children from incurring substantial or serious injury to themselves or injuring others.
What is physical Intervention?
Children may never be left here without direct supervision.
What is a classroom, bathroom, and playground?
At least one staff certified in this must be on site and available at all times children are in care.
What is CPR?
Evacuation drills must be conducted at least ______, during various hours of operation. When conducting Evacuation drills, the _____ _____ must be varied to ensure that all approved means of egress are practiced.
What is Monthly & Exit Route?
*DAILY DOUBLE* What do you need to bring with you during an Evacuation Drill?
Bottles must never be warmed using this method.
What is a microwave?