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EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
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• What Does a Young Child Need?
• What is the Caregiver’s Role?
• Lessons That Last
• Caregiver Hints
• Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Early Childhood Programs
• Early Childhood Resources
• Car Seat Informationwww.invectura.com
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What Does a Young Child Need?
• EVERYTHING…• Assistance to meet
– Physical Needs:• Food• Clothing• Cleanliness• Shelter • Safety / protection• Play
– Emotional Needs:• Security• Care• Nurturance• Love• Hope
– Social Needs:• Interact with caregiver
and others, including children the same age
• Opportunity to play with others
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What Does a Young Child Need? continued
– Psychological Needs:• Know he/she is important
to the caregiver• Learn who he/she is• Develop a positive self
esteem
– Cognitive Needs:• Read to the child• Build language skills. Talk
with the child, even when they are too young to know all you are saying.
• Play with the child
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What is the Role of the Caregiver?• The caregiver is the significant person who
meets the child’s needs on an ongoing basis.
• Provides love, care, and nurturance for the child.• Makes sure the child is safe and healthy.• Engages the child in play, conversation, singing, and activities that expand learning.
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Lessons that Last a Lifetime
• Young children learn from infancy about the world.
• Many of the lessons are taught by the caregiver.
• Some of these lessons relate to...
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TRUST The Infant Knows His/Her Needs
will be Met
• It is vital to babies under one year to develop a sense of trust; knowing the caregiver will meet their needs.
• Trust is born from having the baby’s needs met by a consistent caregiver.
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INDEPENDENCEThe Young Child Explores and Learns What He/She Can Do
• The caregiver provides a safe environment with supervision and encouragement for the child to explore.
• Exercise their will and learn self-control.
• Desires to test independence.
• Walking is step toward independence...
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INITIATIVEYoung Child Takes Action When
He/She Feels Capable and Confident
to Do New Things• Preschoolers begin
to imagine• Learn skills through
play• Increase in ability to
follow directions• Gain new skills• Feel capable to
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Caregiver Hints
• Things to do together:– Talk (even to a baby)– Read books daily– Play with blocks, balls,
trikes, puppets, and more
– Draw (big crayons)– Teach a song
– HAVE FUN...www.invectura.com
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Refers to behavioral indicators that show that a child is not developing at a normal range. These behaviors are areas of concern when they are seen consistently over a period of time.
Some children are “early bloomers” and others may be delayed
in some areas but still within the normal range of development.
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Infants under 6 months:– Failure to gain weight– Unable to make eye
contact or follow objects
– Failure to hold head up– Failure to hold on with
hands– No response to loud
sounds
– Failure to show anticipatory behavior at feeding
– Lack of interest in social stimuli
– Does not grasp or reach for objects
– Tight muscles or muscles appear stiff
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Infants 9 to 12 months -
– Does not gain weight
– Lack of affect
– Not able to say single words, such as “mama”
– Does not look at caregiver for social cues or comfort
– Does not crawl
– Cannot stand when supported
– Does not use gestures, such as waving or shaking head
– Drags one side of body while crawling (for over one month)
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Toddler 18 to 24 months-
– No speech– Excessive body rocking– Sleep disturbance– Out of the ordinary play– Withholding and other
bowel problems– Retarded development
or persistent regression
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS• Three-Year-Olds -
– Frequent falling and difficulty with stairs
– Persistent drooling or very unclear speech
– Inability to build a tower of more than four blocks
– Difficulty manipulating small objects
– Inability to communicate in three word sentences
– No involvement in “pretend” play
– Little interest in other children
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Four-Year-Olds -– Cannot throw a ball
overhand– Cannot jump in place– Cannot grasp a crayon
between thumb and finger
– Has difficulty scribbling– Shows no interest in
interactive games
– Ignores other children– Resists dressing,
sleeping, using the toilet– Does not use sentences
of more than three words– Cannot copy a circle– Lashes out with no self
control whenever angry or upset
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Developmental RED FLAG ALERTS
• Five-Year-Olds -– Extremely fearful or timid– Extremely aggressive– Easily distracted and
unable to concentrate on a single activity for more than five minutes
– Shows little interest in playing with other children
– Severely unhappy or sad much of the time
– Seems unusually passive
– Cannot talk about daily activities
– Has trouble taking off clothing
– Cannot wash and dry his/her hands
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What to Do When Red Flag Alerts are Noted?
• Have the young child evaluated by the child’s pediatrician.
• Obtain input from the childcare center professional.
• Request a developmental assessment.
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Early Childhood Education ProgramsComponents of Quality Childcare Programs
• Care center is licensed
• Care provider is caring and focused on the needs of every child
• Number and ages of children allow for good childcare practice
• Area is clean and SAFE
• Foods are nutritious
• Equipment is appropriate to care for the child’s age
• Toys and activities are appropriate for the child’s development
• A routine is established for rest and play
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Early Childhood Programs
• HEAD START– Federally funded to serve children 3.9 years– Some communities have programs beginning
for young children as early as 18-24 months.– Services available at NO COST– 3.5 hour daily programs - Monday through
Friday– Lunch and snacks provided
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Features of HEAD START Programs: • Assessment screening
for special needs – Speech therapy– Developmental
milestones, etc.
• Emphasis on school readiness
• Literacy Development• Field trips
• Provide family support services– In home visits– Parenting classes
• Individual Education Plan developed for each child
• Assistance transition to a new school
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ALL YOUNG CHILDREN MUST BE BUCKLED IN A CAR SEAT
for EVERY RIDE
• Birth - 1 year, under 22 pounds must be in rear-facing child safety seat, 5-point belt harness is best
• 1 to 6 years of age, under 60 pounds, forward-facing child safety seat, 5-point belt harness is best
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