8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1402-1-2.226
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.226 - ACTIVITIESA. Activity Schedules 1. The center must carry out a planned program suitable to the needs of the children. This program must be described in writing and be available for review when requested by the Department or by parents or guardians of children in care.2. Daily physical gross motor activities, with or without equipment or materials, must be provided outdoors, or indoors during inclement weather, to children toddler age and older for no less than sixty (60) minutes total for full day programs. Activities do not have to occur all at once. a. Programs who qualify for an outdoor space hardship per rule section 2.232(B), must provide daily physical gross motor activities indoors or outdoors.3. Children's access to outdoor space must be provided daily, except during inclement weather.4. Infants must be provided access to outdoor play at least three (3) times per week, weather permitting.5. If the center takes children on routine short excursions, such activities and locations must be posted at the center.6. Portable first aid kits must be available to staff at all times, including field trips and short excursions, and must be checked and restocked on at least a monthly basis.7. If a child participates in activities away from the facility, the center must obtain the parent or guardian's written permission for the child to participate in the activity at a specific location and day. Staff ratios found at rule section 2.217, must be maintained.B. Screen Time and Media Use 1. Screen time, which includes, television, recorded media, computer, tablet, cell phones, video games, and other media devices, is prohibited for children less than two (2) years of age.2. Screen time is prohibited during snack or meal times.3. All media that children are exposed to must not contain explicit language or topics.4. For children two (2) to five (5) years of age, screen time must be limited to no more than thirty (30) minutes per day.5. For children two (2) years of age and older, screen time may only exceed sixty (60) minutes for a special occasion and must not occur more than once every two (2) weeks.6. All children must be provided with a developmentally appropriate alternative activity once the child(ren) loses interest in the media activity.7. There is no time restriction for children using personal adaptive equipment or assistive technology or participating in mandatory school activities.C. Field Trips 1. The center must notify the children's parents or guardians in advance of any field trip. The staff-child ratio found at rule section 2.217, must be maintained at all times.2. All groups of children must be actively supervised by a qualified early childhood teacher at all times.3. Children must be actively supervised at all times.4. An accurate itinerary must remain at the center.5. When taking children on a field trip, staff must have the following information about each child: name, address, and phone number of the child's physician or other appropriate health care professional and the written authorization from the parent or guardian for emergency medical care.6. If children attending the field trip require routine medications be administered during the field trip or have special health needs, a staff member with current medication administration training and delegation must attend on the field trip.7. A list of all children and staff on a field trip must be kept at the center.46 CR 22, November 25, 2023, effective 12/15/2023