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Gentle Caregiving

The goal of gentle caregiving is to raise confident, independent, and happy children through empathy, respect, and understanding, and setting healthy boundaries. 

Why Am I Using It in a Daycare/Preschool?

Well, because all children deserve to be respected and treated with empathy even as they are learning how to be little human beings.

What does it look like at Children of Jubilee?

  • I get on the child's level when talking to them
  • I hold their hands, and touch their face, shoulder, arm, or head while talking to them 
  • If there is misbehavior, I ask them if they need something that is causing them to misbehave on the first offense
  • On the second offense of misbehavior, I sit down with the child in a 'time in' and talk through the problem, help them calm down, talk about how they can fix the problem, etc.
  • I make sure the children have a healthy snack as often as they need it. They are allowed a snack whenever they are hungry.
  • I make sure the children have access to water as often as they need it.
  • I remind the little ones to use the restroom often.
  • I make sure to give praise and positive attention as often as possible.
  • I try to quickly identify when a child is tired of an activity.
  • There are many, many, many other aspects to this philosophy that I employ in my home. 

 

What It Looks like here:

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