Description: The following is a comprehensive, but not exhaustive group of various skills, which we work to help our children to master: SOCIAL: developing a sense of self-worth & value which we implement through exploring ideas & questions; seeing their work as important; realizing that all people matter. Learning to associate with adults & other children in a positive & caring manner which we implement through including them in rule making process, establishing limits, helping them take responsibility for their actions, self-regulating their own behavior, taking turns, respecting other's feelings, learning that our feelings matter and when it is or is not appropriate to act on them; taking responsibility for materials. PRE-MATH: Counting in sequence, counting objects, distinguishing between numbers & other symbols, recognizing numbers & knowing their names, ordering numbers, matching amount with numeral & simple addition. COLOR SKILLS: encouraged through art activities, games, environments color awareness & discrimination. PRE-READING: encouraged through reading a great deal to our children & allowing them to read along in a book, beginning to recognize own name & names of friends & family, learning the alphabet, labeling, rhyming, recognizing sounds of letters, recognizing simple words. PRE-SCIENCE: cooking, experiments, nature observation, seasonal observation, weather, environment & learning about our own bodies. LANGUAGE: dramatic play, conversation, questioning verbalizing wants & needs, listening, following directions, books, music, rhyming & reading, dictating individual & group stories, experience charts done after events, exposure to new words. SENSE OF AWARENESS: encouraged through visual (smaller/larger, taller/shorter, narrow/wide), hearing (sounds: near/far, music: high/low) taste (sweet/sour, chewy/liquid, salty/bland, bitter/sweet), smell (variety of scents; touch(rough/smooth, heavy/light, warm/cold). SMALL MOTOR: art, painting, drawing, pasting, paper mache,tearing, folding & cutting paper; pouring & sorting: rice, water, beans, sand, buttons, etc. LARGE MOTOR: sweeping, raking, field trips, games which include: running, jumping, climbing, yoga, play equipment for riding, swinging, digging, climbing & balance. SELF-HELP: zippers, buttons, laces, snaps, Velcro, buckles, ties, hand-washing, setting & washing table, taking care of belongings, special jobs. EXTRAS: At times we provide various groups of our children with possibilities for enrichment including movement classes & music classes. These extras are fit in, as we are able & charged directly to parents when fees apply. We go on a limited number of fiend trips, mostly to places in the village, to the library & the park, program on the green, river walk, Mertens House, the Homestead.
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| Type | Create Date | Due Date | Corrected Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violation | 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-06-23 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 6.2.1.3: The program director shall ensure that the number of staff present meets requirements described in the chart below for ages of children, maximum group size, and staff/child ratios at any time of day. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-05-14 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.3.3: Safe Use Zones For all play equipment that is thirty (30) inches or higher from the ground, including climbing equipment, slides, swings and other similar equipment, the licensee shall ensure that the surface under and around the equipment, including recommended use zones, is of approved resilient material that protects children if they fall. * Materials in the use zone shall consist of wood chips, pea stone, mulch, engineered wood fibers, sand, safety-tested shredded or rubber like material or rubber mats designed for protective cushioning; * Materials used in the use zone shall follow the recommendations listed in the most recent publication of U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Public Playground Safety Handbook regarding critical depth of tested materials determined by the height of the highest climbing surface of the equipment; * Materials used in the use zone shall be installed and maintained according to the manufacturer's instructions; * If the loose material such as sand, mulch, or shredded rubber is used in use zones, the licensee shall ensure that the material is raked regularly and replenished to maintain depth and resilience; and * If the resilient material in use zones freezes, staff shall ensure that children will not play on the equipment until the resilient material has thawed and is once again resilient. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-06-10 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.10.1.2.1: The licensee shall ensure that the CBCCPP is in compliance with Vermont Division of Fire Safety rules at all times. This includes but is not limited to: * Complying with Vermont Division of Fire Safety inspection reports; * Having regular fire systems inspected with violations identified during the inspection noted as corrected; and * Having fire extinguishers tagged with valid inspection tags. | ||||
| Violation | 2022-05-06 | 2022-06-21 | 2022-06-17 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 3.7.2.2: The licensee shall ensure that evacuation drills are conducted at least once a month, and children and staff are evacuated in under three (3) minutes. Licensees of a CBCCPP located within a public or independent school building may count a lock-down drill performed while the CBCCPP is in operation in place of a monthly evacuation drill with the CBCCPP children and staff and at least three (3) of the monthly drills conducted within 365 days shall be evacuation drills. | ||||
| Violation | 2021-08-12 | 2021-09-14 | 2022-02-22 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.1.3: The licensee, in consultation with the program director, shall establish written program policies and procedures and provide these to staff and to auxiliary staff left alone with children and/or counted in staff/child ratio as specified in the rule 6.2.1.8 of these regulations during an orientation training session approved by the Division prior to being left alone with children. Trainees under eighteen (18) years of age and other staff not left alone with children shall complete the orientation training within at least one (1) month of their first date of working with children. Complete written information and the orientation training session shall include: Basic knowledge of child growth and development; Routine and emergency health protection of children including health related exclusions; Safety and sanitation requirements including handling and storage of hazardous materials and disposal of bio contaminants; Positive behavior management; Supervision of children; Child accident and injury procedures including building and physical premises safety; Safe sleep practices; Administration of medication requirements; Emergency and evacuation requirements; Nutrition and food safety including prevention of and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions; Recordkeeping; Transportation and child passenger safety; Release of children; Respectful engagement of families; Preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect; including information about the signs and symptoms of sexual abuse, sexual violence, grooming processes, recognizing the dangers of child sexual abuse, and other predatory behaviors of sex offenders; Recognition of and response to the symptoms of common childhood illnesses; Preventing the spread of infectious disease; Providing developmentally appropriate activities and experiences for children; Inclusion of children with special needs; Guidelines for volunteers, partner staff, auxiliary staff, and business managers; Responsibility to comply with current applicable licensing regulations; Staffing requirements to include opening and closing; and Ensuring children have extra clothes and diapers available. | ||||
| Violation | 2021-08-12 | 2021-09-14 | 2022-02-22 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 7.6.10: The program director shall ensure that the business manager is oriented to the program's policies and practices of the CBCCPP as required in the rule 7.1.3 of these regulations within one (1) month of his/her employment start date. | ||||
| Violation | 2021-08-12 | 2021-09-14 | 2021-09-15 | Final |
| Regulation/Restriction: 5.2.3.4: The licensee shall ensure that there is a sturdy diaper changing area with a clean, washable and non-absorbent surface. The diaper changing area shall not be located in the kitchen or any area where food is stored, prepared or served. | ||||
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