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The Learning Environment
The Importance Of The Learning Environment
Staying Competitive In Today's Market
Today's parents not only want their children to be safe, but they want them to learn something every day from their provider. It is just expected, and if you don't have something to offer, it will be very hard to remain competitive with other providers.
The Ever Changing World
Keep in mind that we live in a rapidly changing world. If your business does not change with it, you will soon find that your clients are disappearing. Keeping up with the times is more important than ever if you hope to succeed in the very competitive childcare industry.
You Must Have A Curriculum
Prospective clients want to see a well spelled out curriculum and want to be personally involved when ever possible. Yes, this is sometimes hard to deliver, especially for the in-home provider that are working alone. I realize that there are meals to prepare, dishes to wash and baby's that need changing.
It's when you do have the time, perhaps after breakfast or after lunch that you make the time for some fun, yet learning for the kids. If done right, even the hardest to handle child will be able to learn from the experience. Children want and need a schedule and will soon look forward to this "Learning Time".
Get the Kids Involved
The most important thing you can do is to pay attention. Children are just like adults, some are self starters and will learn anything easily. These children are easy to handle, but they must be kept busy with something that interest them. Other kids will have a hard time even sitting still. These kids will do better if you give them more of a hands on activity. If you watch and do pay attention to what each child likes best you can develop a program that will benefit all the children in your care.
Trial And Error
The old expression, if at first you don't succeed try again, certainly applies when it comes to developing a curriculum that works for all kids. A cookie cutter approach simply won't work. However, studies have shown that all children can learn to be patient, and can tolerate doing an activity they really don't care for if they know that they will be rewarded for it later.
This approach works well. It's simple logic and children at a very young age can and should be taught that patience will be rewarded. Simply put, it's like this: Eat all your vegetables and you can have some desert later. Granted, that's kind of old school, but it does work well. When you have different ages all at the same table and you have no helper, you need to implement this type of program to keep things from getting out of hand.
Be Consistent
Whatever activity you are doing with your kids, be consistent and you will be well rewarded with well behaved children. Just like adults, children want and need consistency in their lives. The easy to handle kids are easy, they will do well, even with an activity they don't especially enjoy. So, always save the activity that the impatient or hyper child prefers for last. If you do the activity that the impatient child likes first, there will be no motivation to behave, because they've ate their desert before the meal.
I realize that some children are just hard to keep busy enough, but if you give this proven system a try and be consistent it will work quite well. Below you'll find some of our sites sponsors that are highly recommended sources for developing a well structured curriculum for your facility.
Today's parents not only want their children to be safe, but they want them to learn something every day from their provider. It is just expected, and if you don't have something to offer, it will be very hard to remain competitive with other providers.
The Ever Changing World
Keep in mind that we live in a rapidly changing world. If your business does not change with it, you will soon find that your clients are disappearing. Keeping up with the times is more important than ever if you hope to succeed in the very competitive childcare industry.
You Must Have A Curriculum
Prospective clients want to see a well spelled out curriculum and want to be personally involved when ever possible. Yes, this is sometimes hard to deliver, especially for the in-home provider that are working alone. I realize that there are meals to prepare, dishes to wash and baby's that need changing.
It's when you do have the time, perhaps after breakfast or after lunch that you make the time for some fun, yet learning for the kids. If done right, even the hardest to handle child will be able to learn from the experience. Children want and need a schedule and will soon look forward to this "Learning Time".
Get the Kids Involved
The most important thing you can do is to pay attention. Children are just like adults, some are self starters and will learn anything easily. These children are easy to handle, but they must be kept busy with something that interest them. Other kids will have a hard time even sitting still. These kids will do better if you give them more of a hands on activity. If you watch and do pay attention to what each child likes best you can develop a program that will benefit all the children in your care.
Trial And Error
The old expression, if at first you don't succeed try again, certainly applies when it comes to developing a curriculum that works for all kids. A cookie cutter approach simply won't work. However, studies have shown that all children can learn to be patient, and can tolerate doing an activity they really don't care for if they know that they will be rewarded for it later.
This approach works well. It's simple logic and children at a very young age can and should be taught that patience will be rewarded. Simply put, it's like this: Eat all your vegetables and you can have some desert later. Granted, that's kind of old school, but it does work well. When you have different ages all at the same table and you have no helper, you need to implement this type of program to keep things from getting out of hand.
Be Consistent
Whatever activity you are doing with your kids, be consistent and you will be well rewarded with well behaved children. Just like adults, children want and need consistency in their lives. The easy to handle kids are easy, they will do well, even with an activity they don't especially enjoy. So, always save the activity that the impatient or hyper child prefers for last. If you do the activity that the impatient child likes first, there will be no motivation to behave, because they've ate their desert before the meal.
I realize that some children are just hard to keep busy enough, but if you give this proven system a try and be consistent it will work quite well. Below you'll find some of our sites sponsors that are highly recommended sources for developing a well structured curriculum for your facility.
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