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CHC30113 Certificate III in Early Childhood Education and Care , CHC50113 Diploma of Early Childhood Education and Care, Australia
Physical and Emotional Wellbeing
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
1. Access the Australian Children’s Education & Care Quality Authority (ACECQA) website and answer the questions below.
a) Browse the Guide to the National Quality Framework document and search for the objectives of the NQF. List the six (6) objectives of the NQF.
b) List the three (3) NQS quality areas relevant to the provision of care for babies, toddlers and children. Use the Guide to the National Quality Frameworkdocument as a reference. Your answers must include what educators must focus on to support each quality area.
2. Access the Belonging, Being & Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) for Australia document from the link below:
Being & Becoming – The Early Years Learning Framework
Answer the questions below using the EYLF document as areference.
a) What is the aim of the EYLF document?
b) Which EYLF outcome best guides early childhood educators in the provision of care for babies, toddlers, and children?
c) Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) provides guidance to early childhood educators in reinforcing in their daily practice the principles laid out in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. List the two (2) principles being reinforced by the EYLF.
3. What is the fundamental professional responsibility of early childhood professionals according to the Early Childhood Australia’s Code of Ethics?
4. Being aware of babies’ and toddlers’ sleeping patterns and routines will help you recognise sleep/rest cues and respond to these cues appropriately. Fill out the table below to show the different sleeping patterns and needed hours of sleep of babies and toddlers. The first row is completed to serve as a guide.
5. Complete the table below by providing the possible meaning and appropriate response to the given infant/toddler signs/cues.
6. In the table below, list one (1) appropriate interaction for babies and toddlers, which you can use to foster the social development of babies and toddlers.
7. In your role as an Early Childhood Education and Care worker, you need to understand the dietary requirements and nutritional needs of babies and toddlers.
a. What is the perfect food and best source of nutrients for babies 0 to 6 months?
b. What are the approximated formula requirements for bottle-fed infants? Fill out the table to show the approximate formula requirements for bottle-fed infants:
c. When is the best time to introduce solid foods to babies?
d. To meet the nutrition and dietary needs of babies 6 months onward, different types and consistency of food should be provided.
Identify the type and consistency of food that should be given to the following age groups and give two (2) examples of each food type/consistency.
e. Which foods should be provided to toddlers and which foods should be given in limited amounts?
f. Fill out the table to show the general dietary patterns for toddlers aged 1 to years.
8. List five (5) food safety guidelines to implement when feeding:
a. Babies
b. Toddlers
9. Carers are also tasked to promote good oral health care of babies and toddlers by implementing oral hygiene practices and healthy eating choices.
The Australian Dental Association (ADA) developed the following guidelines and tips to assist in the care and promotion of good oral health:
Oral Hygiene for Babies and Toddlers
Healthy Eating Equals Healthy Teeth
Answer the succeeding questions using the above guidelines as references.
a. How should you brush a baby’s primary teeth that have just started to appear?
b. What is the proper way of flossing for kids about 2 ½ years old? List the steps.
c. How would you promote babies’ and toddlers’ oral health through diet and nutrition? List two (2) ways.
d. What is the rationale behind restricting (feeding) bottles during meal times only?
10. List the two (2) guidelines that can be used by educators as a basis for implementing infection control in education and care service.
i. Hand hygiene
ii. Cleaning environment
11. What are the most common procedures that can help prevent and control the spread of infections in the childcare service setting?
12. Briefly explain why hand hygiene is one of the best ways to minimise the spread of infectious diseases.
13. Identify whether the following practices for caring babies are safe or unsafe. Write “S” for safe and “U” for unsafe in the space provided.
14. In order to provide appropriate activities and routines that adequately address babies’ and toddlers’ developmental needs, you must first be aware of their emotional, physical and language development.
Fill out the table with the appropriate milestones that you may observe at a certain age range. List three (3) expectations for each area.
15. Explain the attachment theory. Provide the reference you used in answering this item.
16. What is SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)? Provide a brief description and give three (3) risk factors.
17. Below are descriptions of the brain development of babies from birth to 18 months. Write ‘True’, if the statement about brain development is correct and ‘False’ if the statement is incorrect.
18. As carers, it is important that you are aware of and able to include familiar routines that are practised by an infant or a toddler’s family.
In the table below, give two (2) examples of practices and routines used by families that you are aware of or have learned about during your vocational placement. On the next column, give the underlying cultural or personal rationale of each practice/routine. An example is provided as your guide.
19. According to the National Physical Activity Guidelines for Australia, what are the recommendations for physical activity for children:
a. Birth to one year
b. Toddlers (1 to 3 years) and pre-schoolers (3 to 5 years)
c. 5 – 12 years
20. List five (5) impacts of changes in routines and environment that children may experience.
21. All child care centres are required to follow strict sun safety guidelines and have a policy stating the procedures for their centre. List five (5) ways carers must implement to reduce the risk of sunburn and future skin cancer when children are out exposed in the sun.
22. List five (5) strategies and routines that you could implement to minimise distress relating to the separation of parent and child.
23. Answer the following questions about the basic principles of child physical and emotional development.
a) What is a child’s normal direction of growth?
b) What is a child’s normal pattern of growth?
c) What is the normal directional pattern of physical development of children? d) What is the core relationship supporting a child’s emotional development?
e) What other key relationships contribute to the child’s emotional development? Give two (2).
24. Fill out the table below with examples of common organisational standards, policies and procedures related to the care of infant, toddlers and children and are relevant to Early Childhood Education and Care. List two (2) of each.
Q25 . How can you encourage children to participate in physical activities? (100–150 words)
Q26 . What should be checked when designing programs, activities, equipment and materials? (100–150 words)
Q27. Quality Area 3 requires that physical environments contribute to children’s wellbeing, creativity and developing independence. How can indoor and outdoor spaces ensure children are not always dependent on adults? What are the benefits of children playing indoors and outdoors? (250–300 words)
Q28. Explain the term creative play. (75–100 words)
Q29. What is the purpose of monitoring and regular review of children’s support programs? (75–100 words)
Q30. Make a list of at least 10 do’s and don’ts that relate to safe sleep practices.
Q31. It is a very hot day. What might you need to do to implement a sleeping environment to help children sleep? (25–75 words)
Q32. What should be done to hygienically fit disposable nappies? (75–100 words)
Q33. What should be done to hygienically change and clean cloth nappies? (75–100 words)
Q34. How do you know whether a child is ready to start learning to use the toilet? (100–150 words)
Q35. Why are routines important when children are learning to use the toilet? (100–150 words)
Q36. A child who is learning to use the potty wets their pants. How would you positively and sensitively respond to this event? (100–150 words)
Note : You need solution of page no. 17,19,23,24,26,29,30,31,34,37,38,39,40,41,42, 43, 44, 45 only.
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