Wednesday, June 27, 2012

CFSA Review: June 1, 2012


Day Home 1:
On May 31st a Child and Family Services Authority representative conducted a day home provider review. During the review she noted the Standards being met, such as;
  • Variety of toys and materials available indoors and outdoors easily accessible to the children
  • Individual mats and bedding used for each child
  • Individual change pads used during diapering and used appropriate supervision
  • Daily program and menu is posted for parents
  • Fire drills are practiced monthly and emergency evacuation procedures are posted
  • All safety requirements were in place (ie, medication under lock and key)
  • Pet vaccinations up to date, no pet food or water accessible to the children

As a result of the review, the CFSA representative identified that this Day Home is non-compliant with one provincial standard for the family day home program. The non-compliance is as follows:

Family Day Home Standards
Standard 3: Portable Emergency Information Records;
  • 3 of 4 children's portable records reviewed were not up-to-date with current information.
Hemel House took immediate action in investigating this non-compliance. Immediately after the CFSA review at the Hemel House office on June 1st, a Hemel House Child Care Consultant reviewed all child information over the phone with the provider who made immediate changes to her records ensuring all information is up to date.
June 7th a Child Care Consultant visited the day home conducting a monthly visit to ensure all information was up to date. Hemel House initiated a policy change in using the child registration form as the portable emergency record to minimize on additional paperwork. 
June 8th we received a letter from the CFSA stating, "The information provided demonstrates that the Family Day Home has come into compliance with Provider Standard 3 as of June 7th, 2012. This matter is now closed. Thank you for your timely response."
  

Day Home 2:
On May 31st a Child and Family Services Authority representative conducted a day home provider review. During the review she noted the Standards being met, such as;
  • Variety of toys and materials available for children of different ages
  • Individual mats are used for children who nap
  • The daily program is posted on the board at the entrance for parents
  • Children were in hearing distance at all times and provider checked on children frequently when not in sight
  • Child Guidance policy on site and signed by both parent and provider
  •  Fire drills are practiced monthly and emergency evacuation procedures are posted
  • All safety requirements in place

As a result of the review, the CFSA representative identified that this Day Home is non-compliant with one provincial standard for the family day home program. The non-compliance is as follows:

Family Day Home Standards
Standard 3: Portable Emergency Information Records;
  • 2 of 5 children's portable records reviewed were not up-to-date with current information
Hemel House took immediate action in investigating this non-compliance. Immediately after the CFSA review at the Hemel House office on June 1st, a Hemel House Child Care Consultant reviewed all child information over the phone with the provider who made immediate changes to her records ensuring all information is up to date.
June 7th a Child Care Consultant visited the day home conducting a monthly visit to ensure all information was up to date.
June 8th we received a letter from the CFSA stating, "The information provided demonstrates that the Family Day Home has come into compliance with Provider Standard 3 as of June 7th, 2012. This matter is now closed. Thank you for your timely response."
 

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Make-It Topic: Camping


Imaginative:
  • Set up a tent, sleeping bags, and a fire for a camp site
  • Set up a fishing hole with poles and fish
  • Place out a large box for the children to create a cave to explore or a boat for fishing
  • Set up lawn chairs beach towels buckets for a day at the beach
Language:
  • Place out several puppets of various animals that one would see camping allow the children to explore
  • Do the finger play “5 little bear cubs”
    • Five little bear cubs eating an apple core
      One had a sore tummy and then there were four.
      Four little bear cubs climbing in a tree
      One fell out and then that left three.
      Three little bear cubs playing peek-a-boo
      One was afraid then there were two.
      Two little bear cubs sitting in the sun
      One ran away and then there was one.
      One little bear cub sitting all alone
      He saw his mommy and he ran home. 
  • What’s missing; place out several camp objects and have the children explore then take something away see if they can guess what is missing
  • Read camping books (fiction and non)
Art:
  • Paint with leaves, sticks, flowers, rocks
  • Place out scraps of paper to make a camp scene
  • Place a picture of a tent use glitter, stickers felts to decorate
  • Make a camp collage of shapes
  • Make a tackle box-use egg cartons place pipe cleaner for a handle and plastic worms inside allow the children to decorate
  • Place out tubes and tissue paper make fires
Water/Sand
  • Fishing poles and fish in the water
  • Place sticks and rocks in the sand
  • Blow up balloons a small bit place them in the water table with nets to catch the fish
Gross Motor
  • Place out paper tube binoculars, children can pretend to be various animals while others watch through the binoculars to guess the animal
  • Set up items and have a scavenger hunt
Science/Curiosity
  • Place out different bugs for viewing
  • Place out objects of camping do they sink or float
  • Place out bug catchers and magnifier glasses
  • Make a worm aquarium
Blocks
  • Add tents, people, and animals to wood blocks
  • Place out cabin logs for building
  • Place out different types of wood for exploring; branches from different trees, pieces of maple, fir etc

Conceptual/Table top/Fine motor
  • Use a tent shape and place out different colors for matching
  • Lace a tent
  • Use pictures of forest, water, campground have pictures of animals and camp stuff to sort
  • Place out different size hiking boots, for sorting, matching, sequencing
  • Place out play dough and animals
  • Use different size sticks and stones for sorting

Music
  • Sing “A camping we will go”
  • Pretend to sit around a camp fire and sing different songs

Quiet
  • Make pigs and a barn for a flannel board in the quiet area

Cooking
  • Make some S ’mores for everyone to enjoy.
    Place a marshmallow on a square of chocolate on top of a graham cracker place on a baking sheet place in the oven 250 degrees for about 5 min or chocolate melts remove cool and enjoy
  • Go on a trail mix hike walk place baggies of trail mix ingredients around the yard then have the children hunt for them for a great snack

Field trip
  • Go to the local department store and learn about different camping equipment
  • Go for a picnic in the park
  • Explore a trailer/motorhome possibly at a dealership