School Age Flashcards
According to the Saskatchewan Child Care Regulations, 2015, who is a school-age child?
School-age child” means a child who attends school and is enrolled in grade 1 or a higher grade. This includes a child who has completed kindergarten but has not yet commenced grade 1.
According to the Saskatchewan Child Care Regulations, 2015, what is considered a school-age child care space?
A “school-age child care space” means a licensed child care space that is focused on child care services to school-age children.
Outline the four ways school-age children develop a sense of self.
-school success
-feelings of power
-acceptance by peers
-understanding and trying out good and bad behaviour
Explain how the self-concept of children in middle childhood changes and matures with age.
In kindergarten, children use physical features to describe themselves. As they grow older, they talk about themselves using personal preferences or personality traits. They develop the ability to classify their social world in multiple ways. They understand that people can be the same and different later in middle childhood.
Children gain some of their sense of self through feelings of power. What are sources of power for school-age children?
-status with peers
inner control over their own behaviour
Describe how friendship changes for children between early childhood and age twelve (12).
Young children: share activities, carry on conversations, provide support for attempts at independence.
School-age: often have friends of the same gender, similar interests and values.
Older school-age children: intimate conversations about problems, dreams, and expectations, people who remain loyal and can be relied on, circle of friends becomes smaller and more selective.
How can cliques be positive for children? How can cliques be limiting for children?
Positive: help children learn appropriate social behaviour, consequences of misbehaviour, provide children with a sense of belonging and social identity.
Limiting: prescribe specific ways of behaving, dressing, or associating with others.
How can cliques encourage children to participate in actions outside their family values?
People outside the group can be treated badly by the group and members. A school-age child may go along with the behaviour to stay in the group and be accepted.
Describe the three essential skills for school-age children to make friends.
Three essential skills:
-ability to understand that others may have other viewpoints
-ability to recognize that others have separate identities and feelings of their own
-understand that each encounter with others is a part of a relationship
Explain the value of allowing school-age children the chance to “just hang out” with friends.
allows the opportunity to talk and share. It gives them time to build friendships. They’re learning a lot about friendships and groups when they aren’t in organized activities.
How will understanding the developmental characteristics of middle childhood assist your work with school-age children?
It provides support in understanding the children in the program. You can better understand individual behaviours and interactions among children. This helps you to know what goals to set for individual children. You’ll understand the kinds of tools, materials, and activities that are appropriate and interesting for school-age children.
Define ‘ Cliques ‘
A group of children who have similar characteristics and interests
Define “ gangs”
A group of children who gather together out of the realm of adults but also to be antisocial
What are three (3) reasons educators are hesitant about using resources in the community and building partnerships?
-Challenges involved in recruiting and training volunteers
-Transportation problems
-Limited time children spend at the program
List three (3) benefits for school-age children when using resources in the community and building partnerships.
School-age children are:
-Eager and ready to learn about the world
-Ready developmentally
-Able to postpone rewards
-Able to work on projects
-Ready to consider different points of view and ways of doing things
-Likely to consider options
,Motivated, creating a higher energy level
The program will also become better known in the community.
Describe five (5) ways volunteers can share their cultural traditions with school-age children.
-Demonstrate cultural musical instruments
-Cook and taste traditional food
-Display cultural toys and games used by children
-Read children’s books from different countries
-Show folk arts or crafts
-Share how cultural holidays are celebrated
How might you effectively use a volunteer in your school-age program?
-Show your appreciation of them
-Provide ongoing supervision and training
-Ask for a specific time commitment to ensure consistency in the program
-Plan an orientation, sharing the program’s policies and philosophies
-Have realistic expectations
-Begin by assigning simple and specific tasks
Identify nine (9) ways to remove barriers to community participation and partnership.
-Use public transportation
-Walk to places that are close by
-Rent a bus or van
-Transport small groups instead of large ones using public transportation
-Divide children according to age group and take one age group at a time
-Use volunteers to assist staff on trips
-Ensure appropriate adult to child ratios when on trips according to licensing requirements
-Have parents pick up their children at the place being visited
-Raise money for field trips (fundraising)
How are child care centres able to care for school aged children?
Child care centres may care for up to 90 children from six weeks old to 12 years old. They can have a school-age program, but their license needs to indicate this.
How is school-age child care defined in your reading?
Care outside school hours for children under 13 years old in a mixed age centre, family child care home, or in a program solely for school-age children not located in a school.
How are family child care homes able to accommodate school-age children?
-A family child care home can have up to eight children (including the provider’s own children under 10 years) between six weeks and 12 years old.
A group family child care home can have up to 12 children (including the provider’s and assistant’s own children under 13 years).
A teen student support family child care home can have up to six children (including the provider’s own children under 13 years).
School-aged care is considered after completing Kindergarten in Saskatchewan. How old must a child be to begin Kindergarten? Is Kindergarten mandatory in Saskatchewan?
Children must be five years old by December 31 of the year in which they begin Kindergarten.
Attendance in Kindergarten is not mandatory
In a child care centre, what is maximum group size for school-age children if they’re in a single age category?
The maximum group size for school-age children is thirty (30) children.
What is the staff-to-child ratio of school-age children in a single age category?
1/15
What is the staff-to-child ratio of school-age children in a single age category while the group is on a neighbourhood walk?
1/10
What are the guidelines for supervision in a family child care home for school-age children?
Supervision is such that it:
protects the health and safety of each child; and
is appropriate to each child’s developmental age.
The caregiver ensures a balance between children’s need to explore independently and the need for adult-child interactions for maximum learning opportunities and safety. For example, school-age children are allowed more freedom within the home and in the outdoor play yard. The provider must know where they are at all times and checks on them every 5 to 10 minutes.
