Understand the physical care needs of children.
Produce a comprehensive leaflet/guide for parents describing the physical needs of children.
This must include ages from 0-7years covering the importance and value of the following:
Rest and sleep
Fresh air
Food and water
Protection from injury/illness
A section on the rights of the child with regard to the United Nations Convention Human Rights.
Task
Explain the role of the early years practitioner during each of the key personal needs of the child, you must include the importance of individual care plans for children in relation to the above aspects in liaison with parents/carers and other professionals, benefits of working in partnership with parents/carers in relation to individual care plans.
Nappy changing
Toilet training
Washing and bath time
Care of skin, teeth and hair
Meal times
Task 3.3, 3.4
Explain the rest and sleep needs of children at all the ages below, include the importance of routine, working in partnership. Current safety precautions that can minimise the risk of sudden death syndrome.
A baby aged 6 weeks
A baby aged 7 months
A toddler aged 15 months
A child aged 2 and a half years
A child aged 4–5 years
A child aged 6–7 years
Task : Understand the impact of the early years environment on the health and well-being of children.
Describe factors within the early years setting which may impact on the health and well-being of children.
To include the following:
Valuing the individual child, parents and carers and providing a nurturing environment.
The impact of providing a positive environment for individual children, parents/carers, and EYE practitioners
The impact of an environment that does NOT value individual children, parents/carers and EYE practitioners.
How to encourage family involvement in EYE settings, the benefits of involving the family in the child’s learning and development.
How to empower the child. Develop confidence, self-esteem, and positive self-image. Encourage resilience, value, and self-worth. Respect and acknowledge differences and child’s preferences, interests.
Review this against a local and national initiatives in EYE to promote children’s health and well-being, emotional well-being, physical care, nutrition and exercise. How these initiatives can ensure maintaining the EYE practitioner maintains a healthy environment for children.
Task
Analyse the role of the early years practitioner in maintaining a healthy environment for children including the following:
Partnership working with parents/carers
Meeting individual physical care needs of children
Promoting emotional well-being
Promoting healthy eating
Promoting exercise
Inclusive practice
Task
Evaluate benefits of working in partnership with parents/carers in relation to children’s health and well-being include the following:
The contributions that can be made to a child’s health and well-being by working in partnership with parents/carers
What information early years practitioners need to know about from parents/carers
Implications of not working in partnership with parents/carers.
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