Philosophy of Respect

By: Ceci Baltazar

*By being actively engaged with the child * speaking with the

child during every day taskslike, diaper

changing, feeding

Principle 1: Involve Infants and Toddlers in Things that Concern Them

*Be fully present with child

* play a game that requires interaction

*Don’t sit next to child as he/she plays

* Stay available at all times

Principle 2: Invest in Quality Time

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Principle 3: Learn Each child’s Unique Ways of Communicating and Teach Yours

* When putting toys out play with the child and also mix the environments.

* Indoor activities as well as outdoor.

* the more exposure the child has early on the more well rounded he/she will become.

Principle 4: Invest Time and Energy to Build a Total Person

* “We would all be better off to ask directly for what we need than to use emotional displays to get hugs and touching”.

Principle 5: Respect Infants and Toddlers as Worthy People

* “Children in child care need to be around real people,not warm, empty role players”.

* If the parents are going Away they need to express their feeling with the child

Principle 6: Be Honest About Your Feelings

* If children begin to see that parents and caregivers are reading or playing sports the child will mimic that behavior.

* the exposure each child gets enriches their environment.

Principle 7:Model the Behavior You Want to Teach

* “Let children, even babies, handle their own problems to the extent that they can”.

* It’s fine for parents and caregivers to let children explore and try to hold a bottle by themselves, it begins to create independence.

Principle 8: Recognize Problems as Learning Opportunities, and Let Infants and Toddlers Try to Solve Their Own

* When Infants discover that they can express a need and it will be satisfied, they develop trust in the adults who care for them.

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Principle 9: Build Security by Teaching Trust

* “ Each child has a built-in timetable that dictates just when he or she will crawl, sit up and start to walk”

* Don’t put pressure on a child, but do allow them to attempt each milestone.

* If there is a delay in milestones, seek professional help to aid the child achieve goals.

Principle 10: Be Concerned About the Quality of Development in Each Stage

Gonzales-Mena, J & Eyer, D.( 8th ed.) Infants,Toddlers, and Caregivers, Mc Graw Hill;Boston,2008