Basics Of Childcare BY CARMEN MCCLAIN STARS TRAINER

Basics Of Childcare BY CARMEN MCCLAIN STARS TRAINER ID #113696249

Introduction to Basics What Is My Role In Caring For Young Children? This introductory course is designed to answer this question. This course has 10 modules- each module is expected to take 3 hrs Total course hours = 30

Module 1 - Valuing Each Child & Family Valuing each child and families diversity, culture, ability and unique personalities, ethnicity, and gender differences From your licensing Guidebook: Discuss Licensing regulations regarding discrimination pg 215 & 69 -70 Section 7 How should staff interact with children? P 53 -68 Section 3

Diversity Video & Handouts “Supporting Cultural and Linguistic Diversity In Early Intervention and Early Childhood Special Education” http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=XWg-Zr. V 3 w. Pk What are the attributes of culture? Gender Race Cultural & Family Background Language Religion Abilities Life Experiences Sexual orientation SES- Social Economic Status

Family Culture & Background Contemporary families today include: blended families, single parent, adoptive, step and foster families, two fathers, two mothers, grandparent-headed families and multigenerational and extended families It is important to keep an open mind while working with children and families and respect differences. . Blaming them for children’s problems doesn’t work.

Activity 1 – On Mother’s Lap http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 Fq. Zy. BDsv. E&feature=player_embedded Click on link above or cut and paste to your browser Please write a short summary of why you think reading to children and mother’s bonding is important and include with Module Assessment 1

Development of Identity Support each child’s sense of self and family Acceptance of differences & similarities Help children better understand beliefs & customs which are different from their own Know your own attitudes, beliefs, identity and culture Deliberately include culturally relevant activities

What does a non-welcoming, noninclusive program look like? Imagine you are a child and only Spanish is spoken at home, and you spend all day at a care center. Imagine you are new to this country and everything is different and overwhelming when you take your child to daycare. Write a brief summary to include with your assessment module 1.

What does the WAC Say about Diversity? Please review the Child Care Center Licensing Guidebook to find which WAC # addresses diversity Please include this WAC # and summary statement with Module 1 assessment

Partnerships With Families Fundamental for children’s success in school, and future Our role is to support families by developing genuine partnerships Family members bring a wide array of information, feelings, beliefs, and expectations relevant to their child’s experience You bring to your program unique experiences, knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes.

Communication with Families How Do You Talk with Families? Start with the families’ perspectives Be positive and specific with your information Be descriptive and share interpretations Support the parental competence Open up to families’ emotions The next slides review role play scenarios and communication techniques

Sharing information with families in a respectful and supportive way. First think about the families’ perspective. Be positive and specific. Be descriptive without being judgmental.

Role play scenarios Activity This is the third time this week that Lily (15 mo old) was bitten Write how you would respond A mom is angry because her child’s shirt is dirty every day she picks up Write how you would respond Grandma doesn’t want to drop her grandchild off because he cries Write all of your responses and submit with your module 1 assessment

Complete Module 1 Assessment Fill in the blank (questions 1 -10) 1 Cultural diversity is the ____ in America. 2 We need to begin embracing by exploring our own______. 3 Our attitudes and values _______the children in our care. 4 Providers must connect with _____to bridge the gap between home and school experiences, and build partnerships with families in order to create strong programs and pathways for success for all children. 5 _____patterns and expectations are sometimes spoken aloud, but very often are demonstrated, and “taught” to the child through modeled behavior they observe from the adults in their lives.

6 Children start to notice differences as early as age____; they start developing their attitudes about other and themselves by the age two; and by age three the child will be happy to repeat what they have heard from others about differences. 7 The partnership between families and early learning professionals is fundamental to children’s current and future success and their _____ for school. 8 Not all materials produced for children are _________. 9 Before sharing data about a child, consider why this information is important to you. Ask _______ whether this information will be important to the child’ family in the same ways. 10 Staff members can build strong ______ with families by listening for these emotions and working with families to understand them.

True/False (questions 11 -20) 11 Culture is an integrated pattern of knowledge, beliefs and behavior that weave a group of people together. 12 It is important that young children develop a positive sense of their own identity. 13 Children as young as 3 -6 begin to notice the visually apparent aspects of racial difference. 14 Providers can help children to develop respect and appreciation for people with ideas and experiences that are different from their own. 15 All materials produced for children and purchased for classrooms are appropriate. 16 Culture includes only the things we see, hear, and experience.

17 Neither WAC nor Washington State Competencies for Early Learning Professionals provide guidance on issues of accepting differences in children and families. 18 There are many types of learning materials that can help increase children’s awareness of other people and to be more comfortable with their own identity. 19 All observations or data shared at parent conferences will support the parent-child relationship. 20 Staff members can build strong partnerships with families by listening for these emotions and working with families to understand them.