Assignment task: Provide care for babies and toddlers in Australian Childcare
Topic 1: Care Routine: Provide an example of how you as an educator to meet the child's individual needs in the following:
1. Settling Routine:
2. Mealtime Routine:
3. Sleep Routine:
4. Hygiene Routine:
5. Play:
6. Transitions:
Topic 2: Arrival Routines (Babies and toddlers under 24 months)
1. Document the arrival routine for children and families.
2. Describe how the educator supports children to settle into the day, including strategies used to minimise distress at separation
3. Why it is important to ensure that the arrival routine is predictable and supportive?
Topic 3: Transitions (Babies and toddlers under 24 months)
1. Document how the transition routine is undertaken.
2. Describe the strategies the educator uses to manage the transition and support children through the change.
3. How does the educator cater for individual children's needs through the transition?
4. Why it is important to ensure that transitions are predictable and supportive to individual children?