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Designing Spaces that Promote Competence

 

Competence is important to kids. That sense of “I can do it” fuels the child’s drive to explore and succeed as, says Jim Greenman in the Article, Design for competence: How Competent can I Be?  Greenman also recommends that early care and education environments support competence through the following ways:

  • appropriate expectations
  • appropriate scale
  • clear organization the child understands
  • a variety of things to do and places to do them

In the article: Design for Competence: How Competent Can I Be? Greenman wrote: ” The best way to evaluate and then design the environment for competencies is simply to track a child as she goes about his or her way.”

A quick competence check list:

  • Child size styrofoam or dixie cups along with a child size water pitcher is available for the children  to get their own drink when they are thirsty
  • Children are able to go to the restroom with very little assistance
  • Children help to set the table, serve themselves and are involved in clean-up
  • Children choose their own materials during a free choice time
  • Children dress themselves, hang up their own coats and take care of their personal belongings

Creating an environment that promotes competence is a sure way to boost a child’s confidence level and create a sense of belonging in the classroom. Most of all… Create an “I can” environment!

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Administration, Desgning Saces, Home Daycare, Quality Care

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5 Ways to Build Enrollment

The #1 way to have a successful childcare business is by building and maintaining enrollment. Child care is a need all over the world. Working parents and College students all over the world need childcare. The key is to find out where they are and draw them to you. Here are five ways to build enrollment:

1. Offer a Trial Day. Offering a trial day sends that message that you are confident about your program and you want them to give it a try.  In most cases, if the child loves the program, the parents will too.

2. Create an incentive program for your current customers/parents to tell other families about your program. Offer a discount when the referred family enrolls.

3. Get the Staff involved. At weekly meetings, announce your enrollment openings and encourage staff members to tell families about the program. Offer a monthly bonus or incentive to staff members that refer families.

4. Hang Balloons along your playground fence. This will draw attention to your building and give the impression that you are open for childcare business.

5. Advertise, Advertise! If parents do not know that your business exist, they will not come to you. Here are some suggestions to boost exposure to your program: advertise with your local yellow pages, the local child resource and referral agency, place flyers in local businesses, send flyers to the local schools, create a free website and join free social networking sites such as facebook, twitter and myspace.

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Child Care Center, Enrollment Building, Home Daycare

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