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How to Choose a Quality Daycare

It’s challenging to choose a daycare center emotionally and logistically. There are several reasons why parents look for daycare facilities, such as fulfilling personal and professional duties, fostering social skills, and others. Whatever their reasons may be, all of these parents are looking for a sanitary, high-quality daycare facility with a motivated, qualified staff! This task may seem a bit overwhelming, so we have put together some criteria that quality daycares/preschools should have.

The Qualities of a Good Daycare

Parents should look for indicators of a high-quality childcare business when researching and touring daycare centers. Employees of quality daycares should be energetic, friendly, and exude a good rapport with children. The facility should be secure, and have protocols in place for student safety.

Education and Experience of Directors

The facility director should have a strong educational background and be able to demonstrate experience in either academic administration or early childhood education.

Our director has a master’s degree in early childhood education from Regent University. She began at our facility as a school age summer camp teacher. She did such a great job, we wanted her to move into a permanent position, therefore she began teaching our two year old class. After serving as the lead teacher in the two year old class, she expressed interest in moving into the pre-k classroom, so that she could become familiar with Kindergarten preparedness lessons and activities. In the year 2020, she moved into the assistant director role, and eventually landed the role of Center Director.

Check the website for biographical details, then schedule a tour while keeping an eye out for framed credentials. The state license should be prominently displayed.

Staff in the classroom should be trained and educated in the areas of early childhood development. The staff in the classroom should be knowledgeable and skilled. Lead staff personnel must have the required training and education acknowledged by the standards set forth in the state of Virginia. . Ongoing staff training opportunities are another trait to look for; take note of how the company collaborates with its workers to continuously enhance experience and care.

Licenses & Certification

The minimum threshold for care regulation is state-level licensing. A license is only authorization to conduct business; it makes no direct claims about the caliber of care. Daycares in Virginia now fall under the umbrella of the Virginia Department of Education. Standards of quality are part of their leadership. In addition to regular inspections, we have state employees visit our facility and provide feedback as to how our pedagogical practices are measuring up, and how we can continue to improve and grow in our field. We encourage all of our staff members to embrace a growth mindset, and encourage professional development even when we have reached our threshold of required training for the state.

Detailed Sign-in and Safety Procedures

The privacy and safety of each family’s children should be valued by facilities. Children entering and leaving the facility must follow clear, detailed processes that are followed by a quality organization. Indicators showing the policies are being followed, such as an active sign-in/sign-out book, access code usage, etc., should be sought out.

We use an app called Himama. Each parent is required to sign their child in and out via the computer. Upon entering, children are required to wash their hands before entering the area where children are playing.

Healthy Teacher-Child Interactions

Parents will wish to watch the interactions between kids and teachers/staff during a drop-in. Are the kids comfortable in general? Do they interact with faculty and staff freely and openly, or do they exhibit excessive timidity? Child conduct is a reliable indicator of the dynamics in the classroom.

Regular Schedules

Nursery rhymes are so successful because repetition and structure are the best ways for children to learn. Therefore, in a daycare setting, a regular routine works best to encourage youngsters to interact with and comprehend their new environment. The routine should be placed on the walls together with other family-friendly photos and text materials, in addition to keeping a timetable.

Everyday Story Time

A daily story time should be a regular part of the classroom routine in addition to motivating kids to read. Additionally, “research has indicated that reading storybooks to children is one of the most significant activities for building the knowledge necessary for ultimate success in reading. Reading to children fosters trust and bonding. It has been discovered that reading to preschoolers is associated with language development, emergent literacy, and reading achievement.

Director Communication

The director of the center should be approachable and responsive. Parents may reach their child’s teacher and director via email, phone call or the Himama App.

Checklist for Questions to Ask on a Daycare Tour

Parents should begin formulating specific and specific questions to ask during prospect tours once they have narrowed down their top two or three daycare options. When parents are experiencing anxiety and stress during daycare tours, writing down their questions can help them focus. Here are some examples of queries to think about:

• • What is the general approach to child care at the facility?
  • What are the alternatives and costs for full/half days and full/half weeks?
  • Are all instructors and teaching assistants trained in first aid?
  • How frequently are all the toys sanitized in the classroom?
  • What options and rules apply to meals?
  • Do kids bring meals from home or is it given for them?
  • When food is served, how frequently is the menu changed?
  • Talking about any dietary allergies or sensitivities at this time is also a good idea.
  • What rules govern discipline at the center?
  • What rules apply to parents visiting the center?
  • Is the center flexible with pick-up and drop-off times?
  • Are late fines charged?
  • Do all of the kids at the center need to be immunized?
  • What procedures or demands are there for potty training at the center?
  • Does the center provide a discount for siblings?
  • How will the center encourage ongoing, honest communication with parents?
  • Conferences? Newsletters?

We want to answer all of these questions and so much more. Give us a call today at 757-238-8278 or visit us on our website at www.lflckids.net to schedule your tour and to see what makes L’il Folks Learning Center the top choice for your child!

Giveback – L’il Folks Learning Center

I have always believed that it is important to give back to those less fortunate, or to support a cause that benefits those in need of help or support. Because of this, I support CHKD and the Ronald McDonald House. We are very fortunate to live close to the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. It is a highly respected children’s hospital that operates in Norfolk, Virginia which is relatively close to our facility. This hospital is close to my heart for two main reasons. My first experience with CHKD was when I had a scare with my youngest child. When he was 18 months, he became very sick. He lost a lot of weight, and most of his hair fell out. I was taking him back and forth to the doctor, but no one knew what was going on with him. Over a few months time, he continued to struggle until he was almost two. At this time, I took him to his 2 year appointment, and the doctor listened to his heart rate, and said you need to get him to CHKD now. After many tests, the doctors there concluded that my son had a virus that had attacked his atrium and ventricles. This messed up the electrical system in his heart, which caused his heart to beat at a lower than normal pace. They told us that he now had a complete heart block, which meant he needed a pacemaker. Needless to say, we were devastated. I will never forget the feeling of helplessness that I felt. In the minds of the doctors there, it was a simple fix, but to me it was so upsetting. Once my son’s surgery was scheduled, I realized that this was a simple surgery compared to what other children had to face. There were children there that needed heart transplants, open heart surgery, and other more invasive procedures. Several of the families we met had flown in from other areas and were given a place to stay at the Ronald McDonald House free of charge. I felt fortunate that my family lived close enough to this wonderful hospital to be able to travel back and forth easily. Brendan is 23 now, and doing great. He has to get his pacemaker replaced every 7 years or so, due to the battery life. Technology has come a long way since he received his first one at two. He lives a very normal, energetic life, so I am super grateful for that, and so is he. My 2nd experience with CHKD, and the Ronald McDonald house was in 2011 when my first grandchild was born. My middle daughter Katie was inspired by the nurses she witnessed during Owen, my grandson’s time, in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Because of this inspiration, she decided to become a pediatric nurse practitioner. This is an essay she wrote for a scholarship that she ended up winning for Obici Hospital.

Was there a defining moment in your life that made you want to pursue a nursing career?

In April 2011, my older sister found out she was pregnant. Naturally, the entire family was surprised, but excited and anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new addition. In November 2011, our precious Owen Sawyer Price was born: eight pounds, eight ounces of pure joy. He was nothing short of perfect through our eyes. When Owen was born, the nurses told our family that he was having difficulty breathing due to meconium aspiration. As if that was not scary enough, they transported him to the closest neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the area, the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia. Luckily, the transport from his birth hospital to CHKD was only thirty minutes. Upon arrival, he was placed on oxygen and given antibiotics in hopes to help him regain full lung capacity.
Owen was in the NICU for a little over a week. During that week, I visited every day enabling myself to see how the nurses in the NICU worked as a team. While visiting, I was able to see how they completed their assessments, administered medications, managed time between their other patients, helped with grieving family members, but most importantly, I witnessed their passion for their job. Before Owen was born and placed in the NICU, I thought I wanted to be a nurse. Once seeing the NICU and being a part of the team, I knew that being a nurse was my calling. Being in the neonatal intensive care unit is my ultimate goal as I pursue my career in nursing. I am beyond grateful to have found my passion so early in life and to have this defining moment that I can reflect on as I further my education to become a nurse.

The best kindergartens in the Murmansk region were chosen

Komsomolskaya Pravda

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Natalia LOBANOVA

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2022”, in which all the municipalities of the Kola Territory took part.Photo: Anton ZABIROV

The results of the contest “The Best Kindergarten of the Year in the Murmansk Region – 2022” were summed up in the Arctic, in which all municipalities of the Kola Territory took part.

More than 30 competitive works were presented in three nominations, four out of nine prizes were awarded to institutions in Murmansk. This was announced by the head of Murmansk Igor Morar.

So, in the nomination “Native expanses of the Kola North” the Murmansk kindergarten No. 122 won the first place, the third place – at the kindergarten No. 50.

Also, two Murmansk women became the first in their nominations at the regional stage of the competition “Educators of Russia”. Kindergarten teacher No. 97 Vita Zakharenko won in the nomination “Inclusive education”, and Natalya Ankudinova, teacher of kindergarten No. 128 – in the nomination “The best teacher – a professional working with health-saving educational technology.”

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