What does attachment have to do with caregiving as curriculum?

1 Curriculum Reflection Questions

Instructions:

Answer the following reflection questions based on the chapter reading. Use complete sentences.

What does attachment have to do with caregiving as curriculum?

What are ways the programs promote attachment?

Does attachment usually happen more easily in family child care homes? Why or why not?

2. What Does Curriculum Mean to You?

Instructions:

Let us take some time to think about the word “curriculum”. How would you define this term? What Does Curriculum Mean to You?

For this assignment you will represent the term “curriculum” in infant and toddler programs by using the list below to pick TWO ways to represent your own definition of curriculum for infants and toddlers:

1. writing a definition;

2. making a list of words;

3. creating a poem;

4. drawing a symbol or a picture

3. Primary Caregiving and Continuity of Care Scenario

Instructions:

Why do we want to implement primary caregiving and continuity of care in infant-toddler programs? Think about the value it has for children’s learning and development. This activity will help us to think about why primary caregiving and continuity of care are essential practices to implement in infant-toddler group care settings.

Review the scenario and provide answers to all the questions.

Scenario: Imagine you are recovering from an illness, and during this recovery period

you will need assistance with feeding, bathing, and using the restroom. (The scenario does not involve being in danger.)

You are recovering from an illness, and during this recovery period you will need assistance with feeding, bathing, and using the restroom.

Would you prefer to stay at the hospital during your recovery or be at home? Please explain why.

When it’s time to receive assistance with your feeding, bathing, and restroom needs, whom would you like to assist you? A nurse, a relative, a friend? Please make a list of people you would allow to give you a sponge bath.

What characteristics would you like the person caring for you to have?

Requirements: indefinite