DIEEC Microlearning: Active Supervision and Engagement
Active supervision is active teaching. It is watching, listening, staying present physically and mentally, interacting, counting, and preventing problems.
DIEEC Microlearning: Stress Management
Staying calm under pressure isn’t always easy but it is important. Learning tools to help you manage stress are important and can help you move from “reacting” to “responding.” Check out the video to learn more.
DIEEC Microlearning: Safe Sleep Practices for Infants
Safe sleep means putting an infant to sleep in ways that can help protect him from dangers, like choking and suffocation (not being able to breathe), and sudden infant death syndrome (also called SIDS). SIDS is the unexplained death of a baby younger than 1 year old. SIDS usually happens when a baby is sleeping. … Read more
DIEEC Microlearning: Proper Supervision: Maintaining Ratios and Attendance Practices
Active and appropriate supervision is vital to keep children safe. You need to know ratios, group sizes, and ways to track attendance for children in your care. Remember, maintaining safe ratios and group sizes helps prevent educators from being overwhelmed and keeps supervision manageable. Check out this video and quick quiz to learn more.
DIEEC Microlearning: Physical Activity
Keeping kids active will help them stay healthy and help them grow. You may even find that children have an easier time resolving conflicts and are generally happier when they get enough physical activity. Remember, even if weather or space do not permit outdoor play, teachers are still required to provide opportunities for vigorous movement … Read more
DIEEC Microlearning: Morning Greetings
Morning greetings can help children smooth the transition from home to school. They don’t take much time, but morning greetings can have a big impact on relationships with children and families. This microlearning session focuses on “the why” behind morning greetings. It also provides tips for establishing a morning arrival routine and individualizing your morning greetings.
DIEEC Microlearning: Mealtime Conversations
Meals and snacks in the infant, toddler, and preschool classrooms are filled with learning opportunities! In this microlearning lesson, you’ll learn strategies for strengthening relationships with children while also building their social-emotional, language, and conversational skills.
DIEEC Microlearning: Handwashing
Handwashing is a regular routine that keeps children, staff, and their families safe and healthy. We spend lots of time handwashing – to reap the benefits, it is important to handwash at the correct times in the correct way. Push it further: making handwashing a learning opportunity is an effective use of time and keeps … Read more
DIEEC Microlearning: Feeding Infants
Did you know that more growth happens during the first year of life than at any other time? Making appropriate food choices for infants is very important! Breast milk and formula are designed to be the primary sources of nutrition throughout this first year. You should meet individual infants’ needs by feeding on an individual … Read more
DIEEC Microlearning: Departures
Adjusting from school life to home can be challenging for children, families, and teachers. For many children, transitioning at the end of the day may be frustrating, confusing, or may provoke anxiety. These feelings and accompanying behaviors are normal for young children. Family members who pick up children may be stressed during this transition time … Read more
