Sunday, October 28, 2012

Journal 12

Parent-Teacher Conference

Child: McKenna

The child McKenna has made the mos progress in the following areas: Language-speaks in sentences of 5-6 words, speaks clearly enough to understand, cognitive-correctly names colors.

The activity the child enjoys the most is: Large group time activities reading, story time, singing, and large motor activities

The child is most excited and attentive when she hears the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear and when she is able to name all primary colors correctly.

The best form of redirection for this child is to use verbal clues to encourage her to find another area.

One objective the family could work on at home with this child is Math Concepts to promote mathematical concepts encourage your child to help you cook dinner at home. Cooking provides a concrete foundation for mathematical concepts. It involves amounts, fractions, and measures. When you are cooking, have your child help count how many spoonfuls it takes to fill a 1-cup measures etc.

Journal 11

How can you reach parent's who are visual, auditory and kiniesthic? A way to reach parents in all of these categories is by doing the focus portfolios semi-annually in your program. Portfolio's is a way to document or keep track of a child's ongoing development by saving samples of a child's work and writing their interactions. Other source of communication is daily sheets to provide parents with information about their child daily. Pictures of children's art work throughout the classroom is anothe r way parents can see their child's progress. Kiniesthic you can invole parents by having a make-it-take-it work shop for parents on differnt ways to make childrens crafts. Parents can come and read to the children in your program.

Journal 10

Helath Alert
CHICKENPOX
What is it?
Chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by a virus.
How can it be recognized?
The four stages of the rash are:
·
A red papule (bump);
·
A vesicle (clear blister) appears on top of the papule;
·
The vesicle becomes a pustule (its content becomes gray); and
·
The pustule dries into a crust.
They appear in crops, over a period of up to four days. Several stages may be present at the
same time. The child may have papules, blisters, and pustules up to four days. They may leave
permanent scars, especially if the blisters get infected by bacteria. Fever can be anywhere from
none to very high, and may appear a few days before the rash.
How long does it take, from exposure to development of the disease (incubation)?
Two to three weeks.
When is it contagious?
From five days before the rash appears until six days after the appearance of the first crop of
blisters, or until the spots are all dried and crusted, whichever is longer.
How is it spread?
By droplets from the nose, mouth or throat, usually expelled by a cough or sneeze. It can also be
spread by direct contact, such as eating, drinking, or sharing personal items, or from the fluid
from the blisters of an infected child (respiratory and direct contact spread). The scabs are
not
contagious.
What should be done?
·
Isolate the child from other children.
Chapter 5 Childhood Injuries & Illnesses
Good Health Handbook
108 July 2007
·
Notify the parents to pick up the child.
·
Wash articles soiled by discharge from nose, throat, and blisters.
·
Watch closely for early symptoms in others for up to three weeks.
When can the child be re-admitted?
Six days after the appearance of the first crop of blisters or when all blisters are scabbed over and
dry.
What can be done to prevent the spread of Chickenpox?
·
Make sure all children are immunized.
·
Anyone coughing or sneezing should cover his or her nose and mouth.
·
Do not allow eating or drinking after others.· Careful hand washing may help prevent the spread.

Journal 9

i implemented into the parent handbook for the school year of 2012-2013. in order to foster concepts of a fun fill curriculum, all children must be in the classroom by 9:15 a.m. parents has to inform staff member about any appointments with 48 hours in advance. This will help the children get into a routine when coming to school. It will also allow the director to schedule staff according to the amount of children in their classroom ( staff/teacher ratio). The policy will help children to participate in all the activities in their classroom, and not feel like they missed something.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Journal #8


D. A. L. Child Development Learning Center

November’s Newsletter
Thank you so much for helping with can food drive!!!! We collected over 100 cans and that will help many families this holiday!!!!

Dear Parents,
We will be having our annual survey over our center available first week of December. The survey will help us know what comments and feeling about the staff, center, and quality of our program. Please be honesty so that we can improve your children learning environment. Your opinions counts!
                              Center Director
                                    Ms. Andi
We will be closing for Thanksgiving November   Wednesday 21 – 25, 2012. We will be closing early on Wednesday 21, 2012 at 4pm 
Planning for our next trip to he park and Oklahoma City’s Pet Zoo December 7, 2012. Please sign up to help with this day. We need volunteers!! Thank you in advance. *** If weather is too cold we will reschedule.**


1234 Sugarfoot Lane Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73132 Phone: 405-678-4567 Fax: 405-678-6688

Journal #7


Dress

Dressing for success is not hard, unless a person makes it hard. You must think about your audience and how you want them to percept you. Do you want them to think you don’t care what you look like or that you are a professional and you know what you are doing? Clothes tell a lot about a person. Being in the child care field is hard, but if you can about how you look parents and fellow co-workers will develop more respect to you, also the children, too. Clothes are without wrinkles, holes, or missing buttons. Also clothes are clean and smell good.

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Journal #6

Page 66
1.  Talking about her child in public and posting contact information up for everyone to see.
2.  Labeling the child with a diagnosis and giving personal informational out to the parents.
3.  No, but the parent should have talked to the director and the teacher to let them if he had a disability.
4.  The parent, teacher, and the director.
5.  I think the teacher should have introduced the child and guide him to play with others.
6.  I would have let him keep his Elmo and let him know it was just for today and let him eat in the office with his lunch.
7.  It was not right. She should have been in a not so public place.
8.  Staff should not discuss personal information about a child to one another unless they are in a classroom together and it is important for them to know.
9.  I would have a staff meeting about what is ok to discuss with other fellow workers and how we respect out families.
10.                 Yes, because there are too many things that were discuss with fellow workers and parents.
11.                I would have moved Eric to another center. Sometimes children need special care that certain centers cant not provide.