Child Care Center Observation Essay

We were able to observe at our local child-care center, Nana 's Playhouse and Learning Center.
I guess I’m blind because I didn 't see anything hanging up, but I did hear the teachers telling the kids that there is no snatching, no hitting, no biting, and no running. I didn 't know this until we started observing, but the child care center that we observed at has a bitting system. In the older classes since they know better than to bite their friends. They have a three bite policy, so if your child bites their friend on purpose that gets put against you. It is different in the infant and eighteen month old rooms though because their teething, and they very young. Of course the teachers tell them over and over biting is not nice, but once they get into those older classrooms it gets put on your record. If a child has all of their biting strikes they …show more content…
When the weather is too hot or too cold the children stay inside and do different activities, most of the teachers just allow their children to play in the centers until it is time to go to something else. The teachers just try to keep them busy. Once they start to calm down they end up crying because they miss their parents so the teacher always has something for them to do. In the four year old room the teacher would have them play in centers while she set up the next learning session. I think it was nice that the children weren 't as scared to come and talk to us as we observed. I remember the first time we went they were all shy and would stare at us the entire time we were there. Now they were wanting us to play in the centers with them, and play outside with them. I really did enjoy seeing them outside playing they just look so much happier outside, but then again what child doesn 't like going outside.