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Three Basic Needs. In order to provide quality of life, care and education, we must provide for the three basic needs of all children. Protecting their health and safety. Providing opportunities for stimulation and learning from experience.
Safe, engaging, and age-appropriate environments facilitate children’s purposeful play, learning, and development to help meet their individual and diverse needs. Spaces and furniture that are clean, well-kept, and appropriately sized communicate to children that they are valued community members. EFQAlignment:
Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale®, Third Edition (ECERS-3™) The Third Edition of the ECERS is a major revision that introduces innovations in both the content and administration of the scale while retaining the continuity of the two principal characteristics of the ECERS, namely its comprehensive or global definition of quality and ...
ECERS. EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT RATING SCALE – REVISED. (ECERS-R) Statements of Developmentally Appropriate Practice. SPACE AND FURNISHINGS. 1. Indoor space. Children need sufficient space that is well lit and has a comfortable temperature for learning and playing.
The second edition of the ITERS, designed to assess center-based child care programs for infants and toddlers up to 30 months of age. It is more inclusive and culturally sensitive. It also addresses professional needs of staff, and reflects the latest health & safety information.
High quality care environments for children must provide for three basic needs that all children have: protection of their health and safety, the facilitation of building positive relationships, and opportunities for stimulation and learning from experience (CITE website).
In order to provide care and education that will permit children to experience a high quality of life while helping them develop their abilities, a quality program must provide for the three basic needs all children have: Protection of their health and safety. Building positive relationships.
