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QUALITY CHECK LIST FOR PARENTS: The Three Main Features For Child Care

QUALITY CHILD CARE THREE MAIN FEATURES:

  1. A CAREGIVER who promotes the child’s best interests and a warm and caring relationship.
  2. A SETTING which offers a safe, happy and enriched environment.
  3. ACTIVITIES which are varied and developmentally appropriate to each child’s needs and interests.

DOES THE CARE GIVER…

  1. Promote self-esteem, self-help skills , responsibility and confidence in children?
  2. Develop a warm and supportive relationship with parents and child?
  3. Share attitudes about childrearing and discipline similar to your own?
  4. Have training and experience in early childhood education?
  5. Maintain adult/child ratios which facilitate interaction and supervised, constructive activities among children?

IS THE SETTING...

  1. Healthy, secure and nurturing?
  2. Large enough, indoors and outdoors, to encourage free movement and varied activities with safe equipment?

ARE THE ACTIVITES...

  1. Varied, stimulating and appropriate for the age and developmental stage of your child?

 


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