Daycare Questions
Page 1 #1 Describe how sense of self begins to develop in infants and toddlers.
#2 name three things you do to support the diverse children and families i
#3name three things you do to support the diverse children and families i much she can do
to nurture an infant or toddlers’ sense of self. How do you respond?
#4 Describe two things you do as an infant and toddler caregiver to support military
families in your care. Families with challenges such as frequent travel, incarceration…
#5 your job as an infant and toddler caregiver can be stressful. How do you release stress
so that can give your best self to the children in your care?
#6 Eight-Month-old Marissa has started becoming very upset when her mother gets ready
to leave her your care Marissa cries and sometimes screams for ten or fifteen minutes.
How can you help Marissa and her mother work through this transition?
#7 What are some signs that you are feeling stressed in your work as an infant and toddler
caregiver?
#8 Name three ways you help families feel proud of their culture and Identity in your care.
Competency
Reflection
My plans to achieve these goals.
I want to strengthen my practice in:
My plan to achieve this goal:
Notes
Page 2 #1 Define social- emotional development in infants and toddlers.
#2 Name three things you do in your classroom to support infant’s and toddler’s social
development.
# 3 Name two social emotional developmental milestones for a six- month-old, 18-monthold, and 36-month-old respectively.
#`4 Six-month old Ella has started crying every day when her mom drops her off in your
classroom. What do you think is happening in this situation and how can you support Ella
and her mom?
# 5 Describe two strategies you can use to support infants and toddlers who are
experiencing social and emotional difficulties.
#6 you have been asked to share information at an in-service training with colleagues on
how environments can promote healthy social-emotional development. What are the three
things you will include?
#7Name three ways the environment can help prevent Challenging behavior.
#8 you have noticed that Sophie seems fussy before nap time. How can you engage
Sophie’s family in her social-emotional development by discussing this behavior?
#9 Describe how the philosophy ‘goodness of fit’ impacts your work as an infant and
toddler caregiver.
# 10 Name three strategies that support play and friendship skills among infants and
toddlers.
# 11 Name three things you can do to be a responsive infant and toddler caregiver.
#12 Describe what it means to be a socially and emotionally competent infant and toddler
caregiver.
#13 Your trainer, coach, or administrator has asked you to share ideas about engaging
families to cultivate Social-emotional competence in your program. Name three ideas you
will share.
My plan to achieve this goal.
Page # 3
# 1 Describe Three ways you serve as a manager in your role as an infant toddler caregiver.
# 2 Why is it important to implement culturally sensitive practices in your work with infants’
toddlers, and their families?
#3 how do you collaborate and work as a team in your practice with infant toddlers and
their families?
# 4 A parent in your infant – toddler program asks why you believe your program’s is
effective. What do you say?
#5 discuss how to stay current in your field and remain responsible for your own
professional development.
# 6 Name three ways you implement family- centered practice in your classroom.
# 7 Your colleague asks for ideas of how to help family members feel welcome and involved
in their infant or toddler care. What suggestion do you make?
# 8 Give an Example of a type of formative evaluation that is used in your program.
# 9 Name three things you do in your classroom to evaluate your own practices which will
ultimately benefit your program.
Page 4
#1 Name three areas in your practice as a direct care staff member in which you strive to
maintain high professional standards.
# 2 Describe a difficult ethical situation you have encountered in your work as a direct care
staff member and share how handled it.
#3 What are four important elements of professional behavior?
# 4 Discuss the issue of confidentiality in your work with children, youth families, and
colleagues.
# 5 Your colleague Nia who works in the school age program, lives next door to three-yearold Stefan who is in your classroom. Nia comes to you and asks how Stefan is doing. His
parents are concerned about his behavior at home and want to make sure he is behaving at
preschool. How do you respond?
#6 Continuing to learn and grow in your practice as a direct care staff member enhances
your work with children, youth families, and colleagues. Describe three ways you will
continue learning and growing in your practice.
#7Your co-teacher, Jayce, shares with you that he is feeling very stressed at work and at
home. He asks you for suggestions on how to cope with stress.
# 8 How do you use visualization in your work as a direct care staff member?
My plan to achieve these goals.
Page 5
# 1 A two-months old infant is dropped off in the morning. You notice right away that her
eyes aren’t focusing, and she doesn’t seem like herself. Her mother seems upset and say,
‘she fell of the coach she’s fine.’’ You don’t think she is fine, what should you do.
# 2 Name the 5 protective factors that can strengthen families and help prevent child abuse
and neglect.
# 3 What does it mean to be a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect?
# 4 Name at least three possible signs of child abuse in an infant. 5. What is institutional
abuse?
# 6 what is a sign of possible physical abuse in your program ( i..e. institutional abuse) ?
# 7 What is a sign of possible emotional abuse in your program?
# 8 What is a sign of possible sexual abuse in your program?
# 9 What is a sign of possible neglect in your program?
# 10 How do you make a report of child abuse or neglect? describe specific procedures for
your installation or state. Include information about who you call and? Or notify.
# 11 list the discipline procedure that is never acceptable in your program.
# 12 Your co-worker is nervous about making a report of child abuse. She wants to know
what might happen if she makes a report. What would you tell her based on what you
learned in this lesson?
# 13 Choose one of the five protective factors and discuss how you can use it to manage
your own stress level. Parental resilience: Knowledge of child development and parenting;
social connections: concrete support in times of need: Social and emotional competence
of children:
# 14 Brianna’s family is recovering from a recent trauma, her mother is taking parenting
classes and often seems nervous when she drops Brianna off. What can you do to support
Brianna’s mother and strengthen this relationship?
# 15 A parent asks what procedures your program has put into place to prevent child abuse
and neglect by staff members. What procedures do you share with this parent?
# 15 Twelve-month-old Cheyann has been crying most of the morning. Your co-worker,
Nora, picks Cheyann up roughly, shakes her, and says, “quit crying! You are so spoiled!” is
this an example of child abuse or inappropriate caregiving practices? Give rational for your
response.
Page 1 #1 Describe how sense of self begins to develop in infants and toddlers.
#2 name three things you do to support the diverse children and families i
#3name three things you do to support the diverse children and families i much she can do
to nurture an infant or toddlers’ sense of self. How do you respond?
#4 Describe two things you do as an infant and toddler caregiver to support military
families in your care. Families with challenges such as frequent travel, incarceration…
#5 your job as an infant and toddler caregiver can be stressful. How do you release stress
so that can give your best self to the children in your care?
#6 Eight-Month-old Marissa has started becoming very upset when her mother gets ready
to leave her your care Marissa cries and sometimes screams for ten or fifteen minutes.
How can you help Marissa and her mother work through this transition?
#7 What are some signs that you are feeling stressed in your work as an infant and toddler
caregiver?
#8 Name three ways you help families feel proud of their culture and Identity in your care.
Competency
Reflection
My plans to achieve these goals.
I want to strengthen my practice in:
My plan to achieve this goal:
Notes
Page 2 #1 Define social- emotional development in infants and toddlers.
#2 Name three things you do in your classroom to support infant’s and toddler’s social
development.
# 3 Name two social emotional developmental milestones for a six- month-old, 18-monthold, and 36-month-old respectively.
#`4 Six-month old Ella has started crying every day when her mom drops her off in your
classroom. What do you think is happening in this situation and how can you support Ella
and her mom?
# 5 Describe two strategies you can use to support infants and toddlers who are
experiencing social and emotional difficulties.
#6 you have been asked to share information at an in-service training with colleagues on
how environments can promote healthy social-emotional development. What are the three
things you will include?
#7Name three ways the environment can help prevent Challenging behavior.
#8 you have noticed that Sophie seems fussy before nap time. How can you engage
Sophie’s family in her social-emotional development by discussing this behavior?
#9 Describe how the philosophy ‘goodness of fit’ impacts your work as an infant and
toddler caregiver.
# 10 Name three strategies that support play and friendship skills among infants and
toddlers.
# 11 Name three things you can do to be a responsive infant and toddler caregiver.
#12 Describe what it means to be a socially and emotionally competent infant and toddler
caregiver.
#13 Your trainer, coach, or administrator has asked you to share ideas about engaging
families to cultivate Social-emotional competence in your program. Name three ideas you
will share.
My plan to achieve this goal.
Page # 3
# 1 Describe Three ways you serve as a manager in your role as an infant toddler caregiver.
# 2 Why is it important to implement culturally sensitive practices in your work with infants’
toddlers, and their families?
#3 how do you collaborate and work as a team in your practice with infant toddlers and
their families?
# 4 A parent in your infant – toddler program asks why you believe your program’s is
effective. What do you say?
#5 discuss how to stay current in your field and remain responsible for your own
professional development.
# 6 Name three ways you implement family- centered practice in your classroom.
# 7 Your colleague asks for ideas of how to help family members feel welcome and involved
in their infant or toddler care. What suggestion do you make?
# 8 Give an Example of a type of formative evaluation that is used in your program.
# 9 Name three things you do in your classroom to evaluate your own practices which will
ultimately benefit your program.
Page 4
#1 Name three areas in your practice as a direct care staff member in which you strive to
maintain high professional standards.
# 2 Describe a difficult ethical situation you have encountered in your work as a direct care
staff member and share how handled it.
#3 What are four important elements of professional behavior?
# 4 Discuss the issue of confidentiality in your work with children, youth families, and
colleagues.
# 5 Your colleague Nia who works in the school age program, lives next door to three-yearold Stefan who is in your classroom. Nia comes to you and asks how Stefan is doing. His
parents are concerned about his behavior at home and want to make sure he is behaving at
preschool. How do you respond?
#6 Continuing to learn and grow in your practice as a direct care staff member enhances
your work with children, youth families, and colleagues. Describe three ways you will
continue learning and growing in your practice.
#7Your co-teacher, Jayce, shares with you that he is feeling very stressed at work and at
home. He asks you for suggestions on how to cope with stress.
# 8 How do you use visualization in your work as a direct care staff member?
My plan to achieve these goals.
Page 5
# 1 A two-months old infant is dropped off in the morning. You notice right away that her
eyes aren’t focusing, and she doesn’t seem like herself. Her mother seems upset and say,
‘she fell of the coach she’s fine.’’ You don’t think she is fine, what should you do.
# 2 Name the 5 protective factors that can strengthen families and help prevent child abuse
and neglect.
# 3 What does it mean to be a mandated reporter of child abuse and neglect?
# 4 Name at least three possible signs of child abuse in an infant. 5. What is institutional
abuse?
# 6 what is a sign of possible physical abuse in your program ( i..e. institutional abuse) ?
# 7 What is a sign of possible emotional abuse in your program?
# 8 What is a sign of possible sexual abuse in your program?
# 9 What is a sign of possible neglect in your program?
# 10 How do you make a report of child abuse or neglect? describe specific procedures for
your installation or state. Include information about who you call and? Or notify.
# 11 list the discipline procedure that is never acceptable in your program.
# 12 Your co-worker is nervous about making a report of child abuse. She wants to know
what might happen if she makes a report. What would you tell her based on what you
learned in this lesson?
# 13 Choose one of the five protective factors and discuss how you can use it to manage
your own stress level. Parental resilience: Knowledge of child development and parenting;
social connections: concrete support in times of need: Social and emotional competence
of children:
# 14 Brianna’s family is recovering from a recent trauma, her mother is taking parenting
classes and often seems nervous when she drops Brianna off. What can you do to support
Brianna’s mother and strengthen this relationship?
# 15 A parent asks what procedures your program has put into place to prevent child abuse
and neglect by staff members. What procedures do you share with this parent?
# 15 Twelve-month-old Cheyann has been crying most of the morning. Your co-worker,
Nora, picks Cheyann up roughly, shakes her, and says, “quit crying! You are so spoiled!” is
this an example of child abuse or inappropriate caregiving practices? Give rational for your
response.