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Child Care News for Parents & Carers
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May 20, 2020
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Kia ora, this week learn all about the benefits of home based care and about the quality standards in place to ensure excellent education and care is delivered in a more homely setting. Also, how to support your child to take more risks, and why you should!
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What does quality home-based care look like?
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Home-based early childhood education (ECE) caters to all ages under six and adds a 'family feel' to child care.
It involves an educator looking after a group of up to four children in their own home, in a child's home, or in any other home chosen by the children's parents.
The educator must belong to a licensed home-based service, and this service provides them with support and leadership via a coordinator. Coordinators are qualified and certificated ECE teachers, and practically-speaking:
- Educators look after the day-to-day needs of children; and
- Coordinators have primary responsibility for overseeing the education, care, comfort, health and safety of children.
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How parents can support young children's risky play
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It's the job of parents to raise, nourish and nurture our children, but while we're busy protecting our little ones from serious injuries and educating them about possible dangers, it's also important to give them room to spread their wings.
There's much to be gained when children get out of their comfort zone, embrace their growing independence and experience cause and effect first-hand; and although there may be some bumps along the way, many parents feel that the benefits of risky play outweigh the potential risk of harm.
Around the world, there has been a rise in the popularity of forest schools, where under fives are given opportunities to wield whittling knives, light fires and play in all kinds of weather. And close to home, lots of parents are encouraging youngsters to climb higher, spin faster and launch into risky endeavours for the good of their mental and physical development.
Here we look at the benefits of risky play in early childhood, and see how parents and care-givers can support under fives in taking calculated risks.
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