The Learning Ladder

A Reading and Writing Curriculum for Early Care and Education Teachers, Children and Families

Module 5: Health and Safety in Early Care and Education Programs

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Part 5

What do you already know?

Are the children in your classroom(s) safe and healthy? Look at the list below. Click in the boxes next to sentences that describe your classroom(s).

Teachers supervise when children use scissors in the art area.

Teachers don't let children use blocks to build very tall buildings and towers that can fall down.

Teachers ask children to wash their hands regularly.

Bathrooms have liquid soap and paper towels.

We cover electric outlets in the classroom and put electric cords out of children's reach.

Our classroom has a fire drill once a month.

We regularly wash table tops with a mixture of bleach and water.

Writing Activity

If children are with you all day, they are going to need time to rest or nap. Most children need some help in preparing for naptime. With your word processing program, write a paragraph that describes your classroom's naptime routine. Include a description of the following:

how you get the children ready for nap
where you put the cots for a nap
where you keep the cots when the children are not napping
how you prepare children to get ready for a nap
what you do for children who are having a hard time slowing down

Save what you write in your disk portfolio.

This is how much of Module 5 you have completed:


Now you are ready to go to Part 2.