Read Barbre (2013)
Barbre (2013) chap 1Read Responsive Caregiving (2016)
Responsive Caregiving (2016)Review the Power Point (I narrate the Power Point in this video)
Answer the questions below citing evidence from the reading and Power Point (this video explains how to cite):
- What does it mean to be a teacher?
- What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
- If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
- Why?
- How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
- Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
1) What does it mean to be a teacher?
To be a teacher it means dedication and knowledge. Educated knowledge is important for teachers to learn. For instance, the techniques and ways of how kids understand things make it important that knowledge is mandatory as a skill on a teacher. All kids learn at a different pace and some are able to pick up some topics faster than others so coming up with different ways of solving problems for different age groups is important. Also, providing love and care is important when becoming a teacher. Remembering to show your kids you care for them and love them helps with developmental stages in their lives. Some other characteristics to keep in mind while teaching are being reliable, consistent, flexible and also very important is having humor. I find this to be the first main characteristics a teacher should have. This is because young children enjoy fun and if a teacher has humor this makes part of education fun for them.
2) What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
When becoming an infant teacher your main focus is brainstorming creative ways on how to keep an infant’s interest. In the article Foundations of Responsive Caregiving: Infants, toddlers and twos Barbre say that offering, “them activities that stimulate growth across the social-emotional, physical, cognitive, and language development domains” (Barbre, 8) providing fun activities help with these areas of development in babies. When concluding your ideas of how you plan to teach the babies in your classroom using fun developmental activities keep in mind that you alway want to also help babies grow mentally. Start off with objects they can easily cope with and then start to challenge them with other objects such as puzzles. Increasing the challenge in things like this gives them the opportunity to to learn at their own pace. While providing these kills it also very important that you treat the infants and toddlers in your classroom with love, care and nurture. When you perform these characteristics it helps the child develop cognitively. Creating a safe environment is also very very important when being a teacher under the care of children. Other than creating an environment it is also important you create relationships and communication with families. Barbre agrees that, “when parents and caregivers work well together, their efforts help children grow and develop to their full potential”(Barbre, 12).
3) If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why?
How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
If I were an infant, I’d like for my teacher to prioritize patience as a routine. I strongly believe this is one of the most important characteristics teachers should learn and become successful in. When having patience, you are also learning how to be careful. This makes a child feel safe. Imagine having your diaper changed and your teacher is rushing. Being lifted off the table at a speed that can make the baby feel unsafe at the moment with sudden movements. Providing patience doesn’t only secure a safe environment but it builds a trustful relationship between the baby and the teacher. Being held with caution and being approached with gentle movements, will help the child become comfortable in his/her environment.
4) Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
Respect is something to consider when it comes to feeding a baby, putting a baby down for a nap or when changing a diaper. Do not force a baby who does not want to eat or sleep. Keep in mind that you can always try again at another time. Over the time you will see that the baby will eventually wind up eating or going down for its nap. When it comes to diaper change, have communication with your baby. Although they are small they are still humans. Explain to them you would be changing their diaper and offer to pick them up to place them on the table. While proceeding with the process of changing their diaper, inform them each step you will be taking to change their diaper. When keeping respect in mind this helps the teacher to create attachment and trust with the baby with him/her which would help in developmental stages.
Answer the questions below citing evidence from the reading and Power Point (this video explains how to cite):
What does it mean to be a teacher?
What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why?
How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
1. Answer: Being there, giving everything you can, making sure you as knowledgeable as you can be about the content and about the students’ lives;. I feel it also means to sacrifice for the sake of helping kids in need and it also means caring about students unconditionally.
2. Answer: Provides a safe and enriching place as a home away from home. Duties like organizing activities, playing games with children, reading aloud, encouraging interaction, serving snacks, and reporting to parents. “Through uncountable interactions, you teach infants, doodlers, and twos the fundamental of language, navigating the world, and forming relationships and acquiring independence and sense of self” (Barbre 8). It gives a sense of security and stability. Routines help infants and toddlers feel safe and secure in their environment. They also gain an understanding of everyday events and procedures and also learn what is expected of them as routines make their environment more predictable.
3. Answer: If I was a infant , one of the routines would to make sure my naps is always at the same time. Make my naps super comfortable because once that is placed I would be able to trust the caregiver with me. So if my mother has me on a bedtime routine that includes feeding with cuddles, bath, book, massage and lullaby my caregiver/teacher can abbreviate that (include just a book or a lullaby, for example ) before naptime.
4. Answer: for feeding I would feed each infant on their own schedule and don’t expect all babies to be hungry at the same time. They grow rapidly and hunger needs change quickly. Hold the baby when iam feeding them. Holding infants during feeding helps them feel more safe and secure. For sleeping discuss an infant or toddlers sleep patterns with a parent before they start care. When you understand how and when a child sleeps at home you can use that information to plan when they will sleep in care. Meeting each child’s individual needs for sleep, Setting up a good daily schedule with plenty of physical activity so the infant can be tired when its time for nap time, Making a smooth transition to rest time, Planning where rest time will take place, Creating a calm mood for sleeping and quiet play. Diaper changing since babies are very aware when they use the bathroom and do get uncomfortable when having a wet or poop diaper. I would explain to the child want im doing each step while changing their diaper. This builds trust. Its important for the child to know that his/her caregiver will be there to help them.
1) What does it mean to be a teacher?
Ans: To be a teacher must create a positive and safe environment for their students. Must be willing to teach , provide knowledge, you must be loving, caring, dedicated, understanding, and compassionate. Help accomplish the students goals to succeed.
2) What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
Ans: To be an infant teacher you must have patience, must be loving and caring, must create a safe environment, provide learning activities that will stimulate their minds and let them explore as well. create a routine where the children will look forward to when entering the classroom.”Through uncountable interactions, you teach infants, toddlers, and two’s the fundamentals of language, navigate the world, and forming relationships and acquiring independence and a sense of self” (Barbe,8).
3) If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
*Why?
*How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Ans: if i was an infant the routine that would be most important for me is diapering because i would to be clean properly and not be rushed when i’m getting changed. i feel like that teachers/caregiver shouldn’t be impatient when changing an infant, they should communicate with me to let me know that they are finish cleaning me and ready to put on the diaper and when they are finish wait for my response just don’t pick me up and put me down. give me the independency to get up by myself and reach for you after all is said and done.
4) Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
Ans: feeding i would feed each child on their own schedule because not all infants going to eat at the same time, while feeding i would hold the infant in my arms and interact with them still making sure that they feel secure. when it comes to sleeping i will communicate with the parents to find out what’s the sleeping routine at home so i can implement it while they are in my care, every child has their own sleeping schedule so forcing them to sleep will mess that up. For diapering i would be very patient and not rush when changing any of the babies, i would communicate with them first asking who needs to be changed and inform each of them steps that you changing their diapers, observe their cues and so fort in order to know who needs to be change. Also i would give them the opportunity to be independent as well. Building trust with them is great because they know that their caregiver are there to help.
1:What does it mean to be a teacher?
When I think of the question, what does it mean to be a teacher I am automatically transferred back to SOME of my teachers throughout my school days. A teacher is a person who goes beyond for their students who is willing to make sure that his/her students are all understanding the materials and are looking out for their children learning styles. Teacher in general need to be able to learn patience , unconditional love , love for making a difference.
2:What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
A infant teacher to me means some who is selfless because they know these babies are depending in his/her attention, warmth, care. An infant teacher has to be responsive with her children at all times. In Barbre (2013) caregivers are caring, nurturing, knowledgeable, patient (to me this a big one because everyday is a brand new and child love to test and see how far you can go), reliable, consistent( also a big one because if you are always calling out and not there for your children. Children will not be able to make a positive attachment or relationship and this will create instability), flexible, and humorous ( Children need to see you always laugh especially infants because they are looking for those type of interactions. Being always grumpy and annoyed will have a negative impact on the infant. This will make the infant not look for you which will negatively impact development.) I also believe infant teacher are the teacher who are the most important because you are open the child’s interest in learning exposing them to new interest or ideas that will be crucial to their development when they leave you and if you are starting with a “bad vibe” and not caring you are setting (in my opinion) the child for failure.
3:If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why?
The routine that would be most important for me is hygiene/diaper changing /bath. As a 26yr old my mood consists of me smelling good and looking good in the outfit that I have picked out. As an adult, I get upset and uncomfortable when my mother wants me to wear a blouse instead of a regular shirt. I might wear it to make her happy but the whole entire time my mood has changed. So as an infant it will be x10 even more overwhelming because I cannot verbally tell them “Change me now or I really do not like this outfit”.
4:How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
In my own classroom I will make sure that I create a meet and greet with the parents before enrolling the child into the classroom. This will be a time to get to know the parents, speak about any concerns or questions they are having and I will call it ” Initial Parent Interview or Initial Parent teacher conferences. This is a time to set up schedules that are appropriate for our program that can make the child’s transition and needs well taken care of. For example, if I know that Ush needs a teddy bear to sleep. I will make sure that the family is bring two just in case. I know that Ush will not feel comfortable with a classroom teddy because maybe his teddy smells like mommy or daddy. Each child will have a little notebook or profile where all teachers know what that child needs but the primary caregiver is the person who will be making sure everything is met.
1) What it means to be a teacher is to offer the stimulate growth across the social-emotional, physical cognitive, and language development domains. (Barbre 2013) Teachers provide kindness to students, models compassionate characteristics, show empathy, provide a positive attitude, and inspire others to become a better person.
2) What it means to be an infant teacher is influencing the lives of young children, experiencing the creativity and curiosity of young children, frequently getting to work one on one with children, play a formative role in shaping the mind of young children, and continue to learn and experience the mind and life of young children. Teachers create and lead a supportive, nurturing learning environment that encourages responsibility and motivation.
3) If I was an infant, the routine that would be most important for me would be hygiene. Hygiene is an important factor for infants, Changing diapers and cleaning them provides them comfort and lets them know that the caregiver cares about them. I would want my teacher to communicate with me through the process of changing me to create that attachment.
4) How I would go about individualize feedings, sleeping, and diapering routine is first communicate with the parents and ask questions regarding the normally timed schedules of the infant between feedings, sleeping, and diapering. Feeding would be on the time in which an infant would be comfortable to start eating, or even going by the time the parents feed the infant. Sleeping would also be determined by their schedule at home or even letting the infants nap whenever they feel to not force them to sleep when they aren’t. Diapering would be determined by the shift in emotions from the infant, during changing to communicate with the infant with words or even cooing.
1. What does it mean to be a teacher?
To be a teacher is to be loving, nurturing, stable, providing a responsive learning environment. Responding to the needs of children in a timely and appropriate matter. A teacher has the full responsibility of a child while their in their care, infants and toddlers are dependent on their caregivers to care for them and keep them safe. They also have the duty to set up a positive learning space built on trust and the development of early attachment. Also, providing a learning space where children can grow and develop in their own pace.
2. What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
To be an infant teacher is to be responsive, to have a deep love and desire for infants. Caring for them continuously, monitoring, holding and comforting them. Being attentive to their every need while providing routines and environment for them to develop and grow comfortability. Also, engaging in practices such as, key teachers, continuity of programming, multiage/mixed age groups, seamless transition, open door policy. To better help in supporting infant teaching.
3. If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
The most important for me would be to individualize my sleep routine. i’d need the room to be cool and dark or dimmed enough that the light isn’t intense for my eyes.
Why?
because, light seems to make it difficult for me to fall asleep and cool because i tend to sweat a lot while i sleep and it can cause me to wake up on the cranky side.
4. How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
I’d observe and communicate with the infants families and learn about their routines at home. Then i’d implement those individualized routines while they’re in my care. For example, one child may be use to sleeping with their stuffed animal with a bottle of warm milk and another baby may just need her/his sleep sack and a pacifier to aid them right to sleep. With that information i’d document each infants routine and structure it in a way that works for each infant individualized in a timely and organized manner.
1. What does it mean to be a teacher?
To be a teacher means to be passionate about educating a new generation. Being a teacher means to show kids their capabilities of creating the best life they can no matter their experience.
2. What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
To be an infant teacher means to take care of babies like they’re your own. Creating a safe environment where babies can grow just like they would at home. An infant teacher takes on the role of a parent for 7 hours of the day and because of this an infant will and should feel protected and cared for. “Infants are highly dependent upon the adults who care for them. In order to thrive, they need caregivers who are responsive to their needs, interests, and abilities”(Barbre, 3) supports this because it states the needs infants have and require from their parents and other caregivers.
3. If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why? If I was an infant I would want my hygiene to be the most important because I remember as a child wearing three outfits a day, and I think it’s important for a baby to always be well taken care of as well as making sure diapers are changed. I’ve been around families and I’ve seen babies wear a hanging diaper and it’s just sad to see.
4.How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Communicate with the parent to see the last diaper change and how often I need changing to keep up the routine.
5.Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
I would consider each child and talk to the parents about their routine if they were at home. See what times the infants eat and how far apart they eat. It’s hard to keep infants all on the same routine however I think there are ways to effectively get a routine if you monitor each child. This will apply for feeding and sleeping. Diaper change will be different for each child, it’s important to always have extra diapers just in case an infant runs out.
What does it mean to be a teacher?
to be a teacher is to love helping others grow, to be a teacher is to have patience, to be a teacher is to have a passion to teach, to be a teacher is to help students become the best they can be in life.
What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
To be a infant teacher is to provide a safe and enriching place as a home away from home. To be an infant teacher is to help babies develop the best they can.
If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why?
If i was an infant I would like to be very clean and fed all the time. I would like my diaper changed frequently, I would like my clothes to be clean. Overall hygiene is very important for me because as a child you can easily get sick and catch rashes due to not being clean.
How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Communication is very important, so I would communicate everything with the parents about the diaper change, how many times to feed the child.
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
One I will ask the parents on how many times there child eats, then ill ask how many bottles they drink in a day, then ill ask how many times do they normally change the Childs diaper. For every child I would have a chart and I would wrote down the time in gave the child a bottle and the time I changed their diapers, so I can have a easy routine.
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How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
Being a teacher means being the child’s caregiver. Teach them everything that will help with their growth and development. To be an infant teacher means putting the child’s needs before your own. Being as knowledgeable as you can be and making them feel safe as they would feel at home. If I was an infant I would like to be fed when I am hungry and changed into a clean diaper when it’s time to be changed. Being fed it is important because no child likes to be hungry, they get upset and angry. Having a clean diaper can prevent rashes, irritation and most importantly infants feel comfortable when their cleaned. To individualize routines one has to communicate with the infants families and find out their routines at home and learn what is best for the child. To individualize feeding, sleeping and diapering routines in my classroom I would gather as much information I can about all my children and their routines at home and try to organize times on when to perform the routines based on what I gathered.
1. What does it mean to be a teacher?
Being a teacher means to be dedicated and committed in providing children with the best possible educational experience you can offer (Barbre 2013).Doing so supports them in their future endeavors as unique individuals in society and their contribution to it.
2. What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
Being an infant teacher is being the child’s responsive, nurturing, and loving adult in their lives (Responsive Caregiving 2016). Providing them with the things they need to grow and develop into the best possible individuals they can be.
3. If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized? Why? How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
If I were an infant the most important routine for me to have individualized would be my eating routine. This routine is the most important because I don’t have a set time to eat, I like eating when I’m hungry. I don’t like eating when I’m not, It makes me feel icky when I’m forced to eat. I would want my infant teacher to individualized this routine by allowing me to go to a spot to eat when I’m hungry.
4. Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
The way I would individualize feeding, sleeping, and other routines in the classroom would be having a chart for each child with their own list/schedule of their routine. Which will be made after observation of the child and conversing with the parent about it. There will also be a station for each criteria and will be at this station if the child needs to have a certain routine fulfilled.
What does it mean to be a teacher?
-Being dedicated and committed to provide children with the best education experience you can offer them (barbre 2013). Helping children become the best version of themselves and if it is done well it will leave a dent in the child memory and will always remember what that teacher did to help them.
What does it mean to be an infant teacher?
-Being an infant teacher means helping the baby become a better adult in life. Loving caring and nurturing the baby will help them long term in life, they will become the most caring and loving adult because that’s what they were receiving when they were an infant.
If you were an infant, which routine would be most important for you to have individualized?
Why?
-The most important routine would be feeding and diaper change because if I am hungry and do not eat I will be cranky and cry until I get something to eat. Food help feed the brain. Diaper change because sitting in your feces or pee can cause skin damage and rashes.
How would you want your infant teacher to individualize the routine?
Explain how you would individualize feeding, sleeping, and diapering routines in your infant classroom. Be specific in your explanation.
-I would draw a chart with different times on it( like a everyday routine) for example at 8am when they arrive check diaper, 8:30am feeding time, 9:00am diaper change, then eventually nap time. Everyday when they come the chart will be drawn out and hung on door so not only I know what the schedule is for today the caregivers will know as well.