14 Del. Admin. Code § 935-69.0

Current through Register Vol. 28, No. 7, January 1, 2025

Section 935-69.0 - Stimulation of Young Children for Parenting Adolescent Facility

69.1 A licensee shall ensure infants are held, spoken to, and placed in a position to observe activities when they are awake during the day.

69.2 A licensee shall ensure infants are held for feedings until they can hold their own bottles.

69.3 A licensee shall ensure infants have access to age-appropriate toys and are provided opportunities for visual and sound stimulation.

69.4 A licensee shall ensure when a resident parent is in school or is working, the infant is appropriately cared for in a licensed child care center, a licensed family child care home, or in the facility.

69.5 A licensee shall ensure children under 18 months of age are engaged in at least 4 of the following activities with their resident parent for at least 45 minutes each day:

69.5.1 Sensory activities, such as the use of mobiles, teething toys, busy boxes, baby mirrors, rattles, melody chimes, squeeze toys, or other comparable toys or equipment;

69.5.2 Language activities, such as the use of picture books, toy telephones, audio equipment with age-appropriate music or sounds, hand puppets, stuffed animals, soft washable dolls, photographs, or other comparable items;

69.5.3 Manipulative activities, such as the use of squeeze toys, grip toys, sorting and stacking toys, 3-piece or 4-piece inlay type puzzles, puzzle blocks, simple threading toys, mobile pull toys, balls, or other comparable age-appropriate play equipment;

69.5.4 Building activities, such as the use of building blocks, toy cars, figures of animals and people, nesting toys, and other comparable toys or equipment;

69.5.5 Large muscle activities, such as the use of low climbers, slides, riding or rocking toys, foam or plastic balls, gym mats, play tunnels, or other comparable play equipment; and

69.5.6 Music activities, such as the use of rhythm instruments, record player and records, toys equipped with musical tones, musical mobiles, busy boxes, drums, xylophones, piano, or other comparable equipment or toys.

69.6 A licensee shall ensure children 18 months of age or older are engaged in at least 4 of the following activities with their resident parent for at least 1 hour each day:

69.6.1 Language activities, such as being read to from a book, playing with flannel boards and telling a story or having the child tell the story, pictures, identification or classification, puppets, audio-visual equipment, or other comparable equipment or toys;

69.6.2 Science and math related activities, such as planting or gardening, playing with sand or the use of a sand table, fish or small animal care, and other comparable activities;

69.6.3 Manipulative activities, such as the use of puzzles, pegs and a pegboard, lacing boards, table-top building toys, dominoes, and other age-appropriate comparable toys and equipment;

69.6.4 Building activities, such as the use of unit blocks, transportation toys, farm animals, play people, age-appropriate, child size work bench, or other household equipment;

69.6.5 Art activities, such as the use of crayons, tempera paint, large brushes and newsprint, finger paint, construction paper, paste or glue, blunt scissors, collage materials, non-toxic felt-tip markers, clay or playdough, or other comparable play equipment or toys; and

69.6.6 Music activities, such as the use of rhythm sticks, drums, cymbals, bells, tape recorder, piano, or other comparable equipment.

14 Del. Admin. Code § 935-69.0

27 DE Reg. 599 (2/1/2024) (Final)