Nothing. This is a domestic situation and you must stay out of it.

Tell Sam's mother she is supposed to be sharing the information you send home, that it’s not just for her.

Remind Sam when special events are going on so he can tell his father.

Create a special folder with copies of all Sam's important paperwork and samples of his artwork and projects. Sam's father can stop by and pick it up at his convenience and get all the same information the other parents are getting.

Use warm water and liquid soap to lather and rinse their hand and paper towels to dry them.

Use cold water and any kind of soap to lather their hands and paper towels to dry them.

Use hot water and soap to lather for three minutes and then dry hands.

Run hands under water for a long time then dry with paper towels.

John built a 10 block tower.

Jason wanted John's tower to fall down.

Christopher counted to 21.

Lisa used alternate feet when climbing the stairs.

Apples and milk

Orange juice and crackers

Pretzels and apple juice

Jello and grape juice

Make observations about the situations Paul is in at the times of his tantrums to find the cause.

Ask Paul's parents to keep him at home until he outgrows his tantrums.

Keep Paul from participating in the center's activities until he learns to control his temper.

Tom should keep Paul separated from the class for a whole day to see if he has any tantrums while he is alone.

Talk to the children all the time.

Engage children and other adults in meaningful exchanges.

Read to the children at least once a day.

When one child asks another a question, answer for the child so they can see how they should be doing it.

Assure there are sufficient blocks in your block area for several students to play at the same time.

You rotate materials as needs and interests change.

There are duplicates of the more popular toys.

All the above

Develop a positive relationship with your students’ families.

Be sure you send each child home with the right person every day.

Establish that you are the teacher and they are just visitors.

Remember your students’ names.

How they interact with other students.

How they handle new situations and experiences.

Their development of cognitive skills.

All of the above.

Add subjective judgments to observations

Compare the child to others in the program.

Record interpretations of behaviors.

Record only behavioral statements.

Talk with your assistant about what you plan to do next.

Meet with your director regarding a concern you have.

Move among the centers, talking with students.

Take a break so you can be ready to teach the next lesson.

You want the classroom to look nice at all times.

The children could get splinters when coming in contact with the bookshelf.

It could fall apart.

Your director has stated there is no money in the budget for new furniture.

Parents phone numbers and poison control.

Emergency contact information for each student, poison control and local emergency numbers.

Local emergency numbers and poison control.

Parents phone numbers and local emergency phone numbers.

John, I need you to help me.

I am going to put these brushes in the sink so I can wash them later.

I am tired today.

I need you to line up.

Put the children in time-out whenever they argue.

Remove the toy from the room for a period of time.

Buy an identical toy so that they don't have to share.

Ask the parents to send in an identical toy for each of the children.

Nothing, the parents pack the lunches, it is out of your control.

Teach the children about healthy food choices.

Take the sugary items away from the children.

Tell the class what a bad choice it is to eat sugar.

Your personal attitudes, ideals and understanding about educating young children

A list of documents which are necessary for maintaining a well-run program

A reflection on the wide scope of responsibilities required as educators of young children

Your understanding of how young children learn

Turn your lesson plans in to your director.

Not duplicate lessons from previous weeks.

Provide for experiences that are meaningful for your students.

Have five art activities a week.

Follow all program policies.

Attempt to effect change by positive and constructive actions.

Accept a difference-denial approach.

Acknowledge values of identity and culture.

A self-concept activity

Accommodations made for individual issues

A copy of a certification certificate for pediatric first-aid

A list of professional organizations to which one belongs

Wet hands, add soap, rinse, dry hands for 20 seconds, turn off water with paper towel.

Wet hands for 20 seconds, add soap, wash, rinse and dry.

Wet hands, add soap, wash for 20 seconds, rinse, dry, turn off water using paper towel.

Wet hands, add soap, wash, rinse for 20 seconds, dry, turn off water using paper towel.

Nothing. Siblings are a fact of life and Billy is going to have to get used to it.

Be very stern with him. Little sisters are no reason to misbehave in school.

Tell his parents they need to spend more time with him.

Share what you are seeing with his parents. Share some strategies with them for dealing with this big change and talk to them about how you can support them and Billy at school.

Conduct fire drills on a monthly basis.

Have a plan for evacuation of students with disabilities.

Review your fire drills as center staff to assure you are addressing any issues that may arise.

All the above.

"That is fine. The library is not an essential center."

"I'd like you to have a library but I won't require you to do so."

"Having a quiet area where the children can select their own books to read is an essential part of your classroom and you will need to make room for this area."

"As long as you take the children to the library once a week, you should be fine."

Get books from the library on pandas.

Make a panda snack.

Make a panda house in one of your center areas to give kids the experience of living on a leafy mountain.

All of the above.

Have him sit in time out when he has an accident, this will help him to learn it’s not ok to go in his pants.

Leave him in his wet pants, this will make him uncomfortable and then he will want to stay dry.

Talk to his parents about his accidents and suggest they put him in pull ups as an in between step to help him avoid any frustration with toilet training. You want his experience to be positive.

Keep cleaning him up, this is part of the process. He can't help it.

Label children's artwork.

Display children's artwork at eye level.

Allow children to share their artwork during circle.

All of the above.

Using research to create new knowledge, policies, and practices which improve teaching and learning

Developing an inclusive environment of collective responsibility in the learning institution which focuses on continuous improvement in instruction and learning

Establishing policies which support the evolving nature of learning and teaching in order to promote, design and facilitate professional learning

Becoming cognizant of educational policies made at local, state, and national levels.

Provide crayons and markers and have the children draw a picture of a cow that types.

Provide feathers, glue, construction paper, pom poms and crayons and ask the children to make a picture of an animal doing something silly.

Provide feathers, markers and glue and have the children draw chickens that cook dinner.

None of the above.

Send it home every day.

Display it in your classroom at the children's eye level.

Have a bulletin board in the hallway for art.

Throw away anything that is not claimed and looks like scribble.

Go out on the date, what could it hurt?

Tell all your friends at work about it - they will be so jealous.

Politely let him know, as his child's teacher, you would like to keep the relationship professional as it’s in the best interest of his child.

Ask to have his child moved to another classroom so you can date him.

Have a stethoscope for them to try.

Provide gauze and bandages for them to play with.

Have a doctor's coat to try on.

Have a few clip boards and "patient information" sheets for the patients to fill out.

In the toddler room but are not required in the preschool room.

In all of your centers because children spend a lot of time there.

In all outlets in your classroom.

In all outlets in your classroom lower than four feet off the ground.

The variety of learning styles exhibited by students are valued and respected.

Opportunities for intellectual and physical growth are included in the program.

A weekly bulletin which includes upcoming activities, parenting tips, child development information and community resources is compiled and distributed.

A strict policy of confidentiality is maintained.

Let his mother know what you are seeing at school. Reassure her you will give Gregory extra support while he adjusts to this big change.

Read books to your class that talk about being a new big brother or sister. Encourage the children to talk about having brothers and sisters.

Make sure there are baby dolls in the home living center. Add diapers, bottles and blankets so the children can pretend to take care of the babies. Be available to help the children express what they are doing and how it makes them feel.

All the above.

Have the school secretary escort the child to your classroom, asking Mom to wait in the lobby.

Explain to Mom how important it is for her son to be on time and share with her what he is missing during the time when he's not there. Let her know you enjoy chatting with her but that your priority has to be the children and their school routine. Thank her for her understanding and cooperation.

You don't want to make her angry, so talk to her as long as she wants to as long as it’s about her son and not personal things.

Tell her you are frustrated with her, she needs to get her son to school on time. She is teaching him bad habits and school is very important.

Have him sit out until he can get himself calmed down.

Tell him he can try again tomorrow but no swings today.

Let him know that it will be his turn shortly. Tell him you know he's sad, but he will get a turn.

Make one of the kids get off the swings so he can have his turn. He shouldn't have to cry.

Client satisfaction

Job competency

Staff morale

Access to resources

It’s clear - if he won't wear the shoes inside, he cannot go outside.

Hold him down and put the shoes on his, he needs to follow the rules.

Ask his mother to send in a pair of slippers he likes and let him wear those at school.

Until he agrees to wear shoes, he cannot come to school.

Lots of books are read every day.

Children have access to pencils and crayons.

Exposing children to the written word: signs, labels and books.

Toy containers have pictures on them so students know what is in them.

An endorsement from a recognized national organization which rates child care programs

A written document that shows that an applicant met a specific standard of the CDA credentials

A unit which is for college credit

A unit which confirms participation in a sponsored, continuing education session conducted by a professional instructor

Aiden sat in the library by himself during music time.

Aiden doesn't like loud noises.

Aiden would not finger paint today. He asked to wash his hands several times after touching the paint.

Aiden sat by the fence during recess. He did not participate during our parachute activity.

Tell them they will have to take turns with the other children.

Use cones to mark off the area where they can ride and share this idea with the class.

Tell the other children they cannot ride today.

Use your body as a barrier between the bike riders and the rest of the class.

Little girls like to be sure they look ok and we don't want them to spend the entire day in the bathroom.

It’s important that they wipe food off their faces after lunch and the mirrors will make it easy for them to clean up.

Having mirrors allows students to begin to develop their sense of self.

Your director has asked you to do many things you don't understand, this is just one more.

Encourage Jack to participate in program activities. He will soon learn the cues from the routine and from interacting with the other students.

Separate Jack from the group and try to teach him a few verbal commands and responses.

Ask his parents to keep him at home until he learns some rudimentary English. Having him in school would be a safety issue.

Speak loudly when giving Jack verbal cues. Have him sit apart from the group so that he can observe the other children and learn some English.

Let the teacher know you cannot accommodate this request as it will put you out of ratio and is not safe.

Do this favor for her, after all, it’s an emergency and you'd want her to help you if the tables were turned.

Have her get the director's permission, then do it for her.

Tell her to ask another teacher, you know someone will help her.

During circle, have the children take turns retelling a recent story that was read to them.

During circle time, read their favorite book to them again.

During circle time, have each of them sit on the letter who's sound you make.

During circle time, teach them a new song.

Have enough rules to cover every possible infraction.

Post the rules everywhere so the children can't miss them.

Make sure the children know what the punishment is for breaking the rules.

Have the children help you create the rules.

Pick one that is an inviting color for preschoolers.

Choose one that has a non-skid backing.

Confirm the amount of money you are allowed to spend on your new rug.

Measure the space carefully to assure you get the correct size for your room.

When most of the children have finished, remove the snack from the slow children and take them all to the story area.

Give the slow children less to eat so that they will finish with the rest.

Wait for all of the children to finish before starting the story. Keep the quicker eaters at the table until all are finished.

Let the early finishers look at books in the story area while the others finish.

Blocks are used for building.

Blocks can be used in all areas of the classroom.

Blocks can be used in the art center.

Blocks cannot be used at the water table.

Paint the cubbies bright colors.

Put the cubbies in the classroom not in the hallway.

Have the boys' cubbies on one side and girls' on the other.

Put a picture of each child and a name tag in their cubbie.

Make Phillip do a worksheet every day.

Tell Phillip's mother that Phillip is also learning through play and interacting with other students.

Remove the worksheets from her plans so that no other mothers will comment.

Send the worksheets home with Phillip so that his parents can work with him. He can return them the next day.

Outside on the playground. Children need to be active.

Sitting in a chair at a table. Children need to learn to sit still so they are ready for Kindergarten.

In centers where they can choose their activity. An adult should be available to help guide their play.

In large group activities. Children need to learn to cooperate in group settings.

Custodial parents

Foster parents

Biological parents

Adoptive parents

Speak to his mother at pick up and let her know Jeffrey is not eating his lunch. Help her come up with some alternatives he will eat and let her know you will keep in contact regarding this situation.

Give Jeffrey part of your lunch, he has to eat.

If another child has extra food, give it to Jeffrey. It’s not his fault his mother packs things he doesn't like.

Don't do anything, Jeffrey will learn to eat his lunch or be hungry. He's old enough to know better.

Weekly newsletters and an informational bulletin board outside your room.

Email blasts and a monthly newsletter.

Quick announcements at pick up time and notes home in book bags.

All the above.

Making a turkey out of their traced hands.

Coloring a mimeographed picture of a turkey.

Putting five feathers on a cut out of a turkey.

Using a variety of materials on the table to make a turkey.

The on-going, formal preparation that gives staff the knowledge and skills they need to better serve children and families

A formal orientation program for newly hired staff which includes policies, procedures, and confidentiality practices

A code of ethics which includes behaviors expected of child care workers and managers

Rating employees regularly based on standards provided by the CDA

This is a great way to cool the children off.

Balloons are a choking hazard and are not a safe toy for preschoolers.

Many children are afraid of balloons so check with your preschoolers first before throwing them a balloon.

Be sure to pick up all the popped balloon pieces when you're done.

Take the trucks away. There are not enough for each student so you should put them away until they are no longer interested in playing with the trucks.

Buy enough trucks so each child can have one to ride if they want to. Favorite toys should be plentiful enough so that all children can have one.

During circle time, explain to the children that you have noticed the problems with the trucks. Ask them to come up with ideas on how they can best be shared. Help the children problem solve and come to a solution. Follow up that day with the plan, helping the children to remember what they agreed upon.

Stand near the trucks and tell the students when it’s time to get off the truck and give it to another child.