14 Del. Admin. Code § 933-VI-80.0

Current through Reigster Vol. 28, No. 6, December 1, 2024

Section 933-VI-80.0 - Interactions with Preschool and School-Age Children

80.1 A licensee shall ensure staff members interact with preschool-age children at their eye level, and whenever appropriate, sit on the floor with the children. A licensee shall ensure that interactions are adapted to support all children's learning. Staff members shall use activities and interactions, such as those found in the Delaware Early Learning Foundations including the following:

80.1.1 Offering frequent face-to-face interactions with children;

80.1.2 Having conversations with children during play, meals, and routine care;

80.1.3 Reading to and looking at books with children individually and in groups;

80.1.4 Using rhymes, songs, and other ways to help children connect sounds and letters and develop other literacy skills;

80.1.5 Helping children develop mathematical and scientific concepts through play, projects, and investigations of the center's environment;

80.1.6 Supporting the development of social competence through play and cooperative work with other children;

80.1.7 Providing materials and encouragement for more extended and complex pretend play alone and with other children and staff;

80.1.8 Providing varied materials, sights, sounds, and other experiences for children to investigate and talk about;

80.1.9 Providing opportunities for children to walk, run, climb, stack, balance, scribble, draw, write, and refine fine and large motor skills, including daily opportunities for outdoor play as described in subsection 76.3;

80.1.10 Responding to children's words and actions with interest and encouragement;

80.1.11 Giving names to objects and experiences in the children's environment; and

80.1.12 Supporting children's development of independence and mastery of skills.

80.2 When caring for school-age children, a licensee shall ensure staff members provide activities, opportunities, materials, and equipment as described in Part VIII Additional Provisions for School-Age Only Centers.

14 Del. Admin. Code § 933-VI-80.0

25 DE Reg. 1115 (6/1/2022) (Final)