Pretend you have been hired to work as the lead teacher in a 2-year-old classroom for a new center. That purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate that you understand the key components of creating a safe environment for young children.
t is going to open in a week. Your first task is to verify that the indoor and outdoor environments are safe for children to play and explore.
Create a plan on how you will verify that both the indoor and outdoor environments are safe. In your plan you must include the following:
- Identify three hazards you must avoid in the two-year-old indoor environment to keep children safe.
- Identify three hazards you must avoid in the two-year-old outdoor environment to keep children safe.
- Identify three developmental characteristics of a two-year-old that could lead to injury.
- Identify three examples of how you will keep the indoor and outdoor environment for two-year-olds safe. Use information from the lesson to support your position that the examples you have provided will keep two-year-old children safe.
