Step One: For this assignment, you’ll observe the videos below, take notes, and record in detail specific examples of the teachers or caregivers in each setting providing the three-R interactions of quality infant and toddler care. You must document one instance of respectful care, one instance of responsive care, and one instance of reciprocal care being provided in each observed setting; in the end, you’ll have six (6) instances of three-R interactions total.
Infant Classroom:
https://youtu.be/LIjjCDBchSw (youtu.be/LIjjCDBchSw)
Toddler Classroom:
https://youtu.be/GSR8PIGLkZY (youtu.be/GSR8PIGLkZY)
Step Two: After observing and documenting your observations, you’ll write a report describing each interaction you witnessed, along with your assessment of whether or not the caregivers you observed provided respectful, responsive, and reciprocal care to the children in their charge. Your completed essay will consist of two parts; part one will focus on your infant observations, and part two will focus on your toddler observations. In the end, you’ll have 16 fully developed paragraphs of four to six sentences each.
Use the outline below to help organize your essay.
© 2021 Penn Foster Inc. Infant and Toddler Care (v2) : Lesson 4 : Page 10 Paragraph One. Begin with an introductory paragraph that introduces the reader to the setting in the infants’ classroom and previews what the reader will be learning in your report. For example, where does the observation take place? How many teachers, teacher’s assistants, or caregivers are present?
Paragraph Two. Describe in detail an instance when you observed the infants’ teacher providing respectful care. Provide objective (fact-based) observations.
What did respectful care look like? How did you recognize the care being provided was, in fact, respectful care? What was the environment or event, situation or challenge the teacher encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do?
What did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the infant react and respond to the teacher when they were provided with respectful care? Use descriptive details and be specific in sharing your observations within your report.
Paragraph Three. Assess the quality of respectful care provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the infants’ teacher was effective in providing respectful care? What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or she have done differently or done better? What would you have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn from your observation of this type of care?
What will you do if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants’ classroom?
Paragraph Four. Repeat the steps above, this time describing an instance when you observed the infants’ teacher providing responsive care. Provide objective fact-based) observations. What did responsive care look like? How did you recognize the care being provided was, in fact, responsive care? What was the environment or event, situation or challenge the teacher encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do? What did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the infant or infants react and respond to the teacher when they were provided with responsive care? Use descriptive details and be specific in sharing your observations within your report.
Paragraph Five. Assess the quality of responsive care provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the infants’ teacher was effective in providing © 2021 Penn Foster Inc. Infant and Toddler Care (v2) : Lesson 4 : Page 11 responsive care? What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or she have done differently or done better? What would you have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn from your observation of this type of care?
What will you do if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants’ classroom?
Paragraph Six. Repeat the steps above, this time describing an instance when you observed the infants’ teacher providing reciprocal care. Provide objective (factbased) observations. What did responsive care look like? How did you recognize
the care being provided was, in fact, reciprocal care? What was the environment or event, situation or challenge the teacher encountered in that moment? What did the teacher do? What did the teacher say? What were the teacher’s facial expressions, body language, and tone of voice? How did the infant or infants react and respond to the teacher when they were provided with reciprocal care? Use descriptive details and be specific in sharing your observations within your report.
Paragraph Seven. Assess the quality of reciprocal care provided by the infants’ teacher above. Do you believe the infants’ teacher was effective in providing reciprocal care? What did he or she do well? In your opinion, what should he or she have done differently or done better? What would you have done if you were the infants’ teacher? What did you learn from your observation of this type of care?
What will you do if/when you encounter a similar event in your infants’ classroom?
Paragraph Eight. Summarize your observations, and share what you’ve learned in your time, observations, and assessments in the infants’ classroom. Share several suggestions for improvement. What are your views of respectful, responsive, and reciprocal care in infants’ care? In your own practice, how will you know when to provide each type of care?
Paragraphs Nine through Sixteen. Following the steps outlined above, next share your detailed observations and assessments of the three-R interactions observed in the toddlers’ setting.
