Caregivers's Principles For Infants And Toddlers

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Caregivers need to follow the ten principles when they interact with infants and toddlers at a center. It is important to pay attention to these principles because these are the base to infants and toddlers have a good intellectual and physical development in their daily life. Caregivers are the example for infants and toddlers because infants and toddlers sometimes imitate what others do specially their teachers who have more time with them than their parents There are five principles that I choose because these grab more my attention in base of the ideas that these give. The first is Principle 3: Learn Each Child’s Unique ways of communicating and teach yours. This means that as caregivers have the opportunity to teach new vocabulary to …show more content…

The idea is to be aware about the infants and toddlers necessities. As caregivers do not assume that children do not have feeling because they are little. Infants and toddlers require to be treating as any other because they have feelings and rights. It is important to value infants and toddlers and treat them as an adult because children deserve the same treatment. The third is Principle 6: Be honest About Your Feeling. Caregivers have the right to express their feeling to the infants and toddlers when they are not behaving as caregivers expect. It is essential to explain to the children the reason about what the caregiver is mad or happy to children. Infant and toddlers comprehend what others say regardless if children speak or not. The fourth is Principle 8: Recognize Problems as Learning Opportunities, and Let Infants and Toddlers Try to solve their own. Caregivers are the support only for the infants and toddlers when children face a problem. Caregivers should let children to find a solution with they situation that the infants and toddlers are encounter. Moreover, if the caregivers see that the infants and toddlers do not find a solution to their problem …show more content…

Parents are the first teachers after the caregivers for this reason according to Gerber, “The caregiver talked directly to Caitlin about what she was going to do, using body movements that matched her words” (p 9). The communication is the base between the caregivers and children because infants and toddlers use their body to sent messages about what they want. Here is when the parents and caregivers introduce new vocabulary to teach the children about what the body’s message means, but it should change depending of every culture where children develop. Through communication, parents and caregivers show respect for the infants and toddlers for example “Before the caregiver did anything to Caitlin, she explained what would happen” (12). In others words, the caregivers use words to express what they need to do. The caregiver demonstrates that she is aware that the child has the right to know what will happen with them. Another is letting children express their feeling without judge them because everyone has this right. Then, “Children need to be around real people, not warm, empty role-players. Part of being a real person is getting angry, scared, upset, and nervous now and then.” (14). Caregivers are the model for infants and toddlers that everyone is able to express their feeling and nothing bad happen around them. Expressing the feeling is a best way to say to the others

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