Toddler Lab Odds n Ends Assignments

All Assignments MUST BE APPROVED by your faculty supervisor before they are completed!
Task
Due
Who
1. Enter child information from paperwork into Child Information document First day of UpEveryone
on lab jump drive
Front Training
2. Create a Lab parent reminder note for 1st home visit for all teachers in
your lab to take to their families. The note is to include Your Lab name
(which is the days & times of your lab): Parent Orientation dates, first day
of lab date, any holiday dates that correlate with us not having lab,
midterm home visit dates, final home visit dates, last day of lab date, a
place for the toddler teacher contact info., any other important lab info.
See I-Learn for example
3. Create Lab Check-in/out Sheets (22 copies) & Child Authorized Pick-up
Sheet See I-Learn for examples
4. Create/Laminate toddler lab poster for door See I-Learn for example
5. Create toddler lab allergy and special considerations sheet and distribute
to teachers See I-Learn for example
6. Create/Laminate lab locker tags See I-Learn for example
7. Create Lab Name Tags See I-Learn for example, get supplies from the
front office
8. Create Child File Folders See I-Learn for example, get supplies from
supervisor and front office
9. Create toddler class book See supervisor for cloth book (located in your
labs apron bucket)
10. Get Lab Observation forms and put in lab binder - located in filing cabinet
See supervisor for the forms
11. Get copies of the Lead Teaching Checklists for the entire semester (21)
and put in your labs file drawer See faculty for forms
12. Print/Laminate Child pictures to put up in classroom
See I-Learn for example
13. Create Transition Activities/Songs (one for gathering to large group and
one for transitioning to outside) and teach them to your lab. See I-Learn
for example
14. Make clean-up CD (2 minutes transition warning song and a clean-up
song repeated several times. DO NOT USE the Barney song. See faculty
supervisor for examples
15. Make class Large Group Activity box (the box only) See I-Learn for
example
16. Make play dough to be used in your lab and to be kept on your toddler
lab shelf Recipe and ingredients are in the kitchen
17. Create snack poster and pictures to use during snack time
18. Create hand washing pictures to post at the sink
19. Class Key carrier Give your name and I# to Suanne Ellsworth, you will
receive an email with instructions when it is ready to be picked up
20. Gather the Class Emergency Backpack documentation See I-Learn for
instructions
21. Design and decorate class wall with lab name, a bordered area for
Everyone
childrens art to be hung and bordered area for childrens pictures to be
hung. Keep it simple.
22. Class Treasurer - See I-Learn for responsibilities, procedures and Excel
document to track lab expenses
23. Assemble Class Picture List for first week Parent Handout Out See ILearn for example/template

Things To Do Before Toddler Lab Begins

(See I-Learn for Due date of this form)
Administrative
Know the names of my fellow teachers
Schedule home visits
Review Student Handbook (from ECD 350A)
Review the Fire Drill directions located by the doors
I know where the Child Lab Resource Rooms, student workroom, kitchen, laundry, playgrounds, gross garage,
and front office are located (review from ECD 350A)
Prepare a snack in the kitchen learn where items are located and practice dish washing procedures
Filled out the teacher information form
Complete Odds n Ends checklist assignments
Classroom Preparation
Complete Odds n Ends checklist assignments
Design the physical lay-out of the lab for easy access and wide open spaces for toddlers
Class wall is ready to go
Curriculum
Go over activity plan for the first week
Understand and know how to find resources for centers, set up a center, and clean up the center
Practice class transition songs
Practice Large Group activities
Preparing for Toddlers
Review Developmental Checklist what CAN toddlers do???
Be familiar with sanitation/safety procedures in Student Handbook (Review from ECD 350A)
Entered my toddlers information into my labs Child Information Table
I have ideas or a plan to help my toddler transition securely the first week of toddler lab (review from ECD
350A)
Preparing for My Learning
Whats the expectation for completing assignments?
Whats the expectation for goal setting and data collection?
Whats the expectation for Pre-Plan, Activity Planning and Parent Handouts?
Whats the expectation for Planning Large Group activities for Toddlers and making my own props?
Whats the expectation for working with parents, peers and professionals?
Have I signed up for thought/prayer?
Have I read and reread the syllabus and core calendar and looked at the course on Brain Honey??

Sign here indicating you have met and/or done the above stated criteria

BYU-Idaho Child Labs Health and Safety Checklist

During the next week, please plan to train your staff in the following health and safety procedures. Check
off items when they are completed and return form to your faculty supervisor.
Safety and Prevention
____ Show students where the fire extinguisher is located. Discuss how to use it.
____ Teach students what to do in case of a fire or other emergency. Study chart posted in classroom of
fire evacuation procedures. Practice fire and earthquake drills and discuss how to teach these drill
procedures to the children in your classroom. Schedule where you will teach the children.
____ Check to see that the phone number for the Poison Control Center is posted on the lab telephone
and is in your cell phone.
____ Discuss setting expectation for children such as:
____ Walking (no running) in the classroom,
____ Keeping all four chair legs on the floor.
____ Staying seated when using rhythm sticks or sharp objects
(i.e. not playing with these items in in the loft).
____ Make sure all the electrical outlets have covers.
____ Children use helmets on the strider bikes
____ Supervision outdoors (South playground: teacher at the alleyway, south east point, watch north gate
and play area, garden and retaining wall, north playground: supervision in the treehouse, by the play
structure and gate, and one at the north end stairs and slide.).
____ Teach staff how to supervise woodworking area (discuss how many children to allow in space;
wood must be in vise when sawed, never held; goggles must be worn when in woodworking area;
put equipment away when finished, if neededmake illustrations to indicate where materials
should be stored)
____ Teach staff that bean bags, furniture, and other stepping aids should not be placed on upper floor of
loft.
Accidents
____ Discuss who should be told when an accident occurs.
____ Show students where the accident report forms are kept.
____ Discuss situations when accident report forms should be filled out.
____ Identify who fills out the accident report form.
____ Discuss difference between accident report form and incident report form.
____ Show where the completed accident report forms are kept.
First Aid Kit
____ Show students where the first aid kit is kept.
____ Check that first aid kit is stocked. Let Suanne know if any items need to be replenished.
Health
____ Check for fever, running nose or nausea at the door
____ Practice correct hand washing procedure and decide how you will teach children.
____ Show students how to prepare bleach solution. Teach them that A.M. lab makes fresh solution each
day, and P.M. lab dumps solution at end of lab.
____ Teach correct way to wash and sanitize counters and tables (wash with warm soapy water, spray
bleach solution, let air dry or wipe with paper towel)
____ Teach how to correctly wash and sanitize dishes.
____ Make a list of special medical conditions of any children, including allergies. Turn in list with this
assignment.
____ Show students where rubber gloves are located and teach them how to remove contaminated gloves.
Teach when gloves must be worn.
____ Teach students how to change diapers and wet/soiled pants.