12 must ask questions

Here are the 12 must-ask questions you should bring with you when you visit a nursery , so you can leave with all the vital info you want...

STUDENT A

1. What’s the staff to child ratio?
2. What qualifications do you have?
3. How long have you worked here?
4. What’s a typical daily routine?
5. Will my child have a key worker ( one nursery-care worker who is based in my child’s room)?
6. How do you manage children’s behaviour?
7. How will you keep me informed of my child’s progress?
8. Where can my child rest?
9. How many weeks a year is the nursery open?
10. What’s the policy on taking children for extra days – how much does it  cost?
11. My child has allergies and/or special needs. How will these be managed?
12. Can I see the nursery’s registration certificate and latest inspection report?

STUDENT B

You are a parent who needs all the info before registering the kid on your nursery

Adopted from http://www.madeformums.com/baby/12-questions-you-need-to-ask-when-you-visit-a-nursery/10041.html

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What to do

CARD 1  POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

What would you do as a nursery assisstant if....

 

• A child stands up and walks away before an activity is finished
• The children start fighting over a toy
• A child starts to play roughly—throwing, swinging, or pounding toys.
• A child begins to cry and whine. When you try to give comfort, he or she says something like, “I don’t like you” or “You’re not my mother” and pulls away.
• A child will not sit quietly and listen during the lesson
• He or she distracts or upsets the other children

Adopted and adapted from  http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/manuals/behold-your-little-ones/2010-05-03-introduction-eng.pdf

CARD 2  POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

What would you do as a nursery assisstant if....

• A parent brings a child to the nursery class, and the child cries when the parent tries to leave.
• A child clings to you and demands your constant attention
• A child seems afraid of you or the other children, wanders aimlessly around the nursery, or will not interact with anyone
•   A parent refuses to pay for an extra activity the school plans to carry out
• A child  is brought to school with a high temperature      
• A child has bruises all over the body
• A child refuses to let go his /her pacifier

 Adopted and adapted from  http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/manuals/behold-your-little-ones/2010-05-03-introduction-eng.pdf

   

Baby Food

FOOD CHARTS 

DISCUSSION

• What type of food  babies eat?
• What is pureed food?
• When do babies start to eat solid food?
• How should babies eat?
• Is it important to introduce table manners?
• What food should babies NOT eat?
• What can you do when a baby does not want to eat at school/nursery?

TASK: Go to this site homemade baby food and scan the text for

1. three things you didn´t know
2. three things that are a "must" when feeding a baby
3. Any other info UR group wants to share?

PUREE

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Dropping the baby in the morning

 

MEAL TIME


 BABY SHOWER

Allergies

ALLERGIES

1. Do any of your family or friends have allergies?
2. Do you have any allergies?
3. Can people be cured of allergies?
4. Which would be worse for you, an allergy to milk, alcohol or animals?
5. What do you think would be the worst thing to be allergic to?
6.  Why are some people allergic to eggs, wheat or peanuts while others are not?

 

READ  All about Baby Allergies and ANSWER the following questions:  

• What are the smptoms of a baby allergie?
• What  happens when a baby has an allergic reaction
• Are allergies hereditary?
• What are the differences between a cold and an allergie?

 

 

1. Can you name different types of allergies babies can develop?

 

1. What are the symptoms of allergies?

 

Another clue to look for is when symptoms occur. Colds are more common in the winter, but indoor allergies (such as a dust mite allergy) may be present all year. A food allergy can manifest itself anytime from a few minutes to a few hours after the offending food is eaten.
From http://www.parents.com/baby/health/allergy/all-about-baby-allergies/


 

1. How can you make children with allergies feel better?

OTHER

1. Some people say children who don’t like taking a bath are allergic to soap. Do you have a similar saying in your country?
2. What new allergies might be found in the future?
3. Are you ever allergic to speaking English?
   

   
   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MY BODY

THE BODY

• Two basic activities to revise vocabulary englishexercises.org 1 and englishexercises.org 2
• Songs with baby body parts , kididdles.com lyrics, more songs and poems at  preschoolrainbow.org