Tag: Crying

Toddlers – Guidelines for Caregivers

We ask caregivers who come to Babies Project with toddlers to follow these guidelines.

  • Transitions can be challenging for toddlers (of all ages).
    • We encourage you to respect their timing about entering the room, choosing to play, and choosing to return to you for orientation, comfort, or cuddles.
  • We encourage you to appreciate that toddlers are fully and intensely immersed in becoming themselves.
    • We believe that allowing each child to tell their own story and make their own meaning supports their sense of agency.
    • We encourage you to comment on your child’s (and other children’s) actions in non-deterministic, non-judgmental ways,
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Babies – Guidelines for Caregivers

We ask caregivers who come to Babies Project with babies to follow these guidelines.

  • You are welcome to come and go anytime. You do not need to be present for the whole class.
  • Please, no cell phones and no photos in the room.
  • Infant Developmental Movement Educators (IDMEs) will be moving around the room to be with different age groups and in different areas of the room.
    • Feel free to listen in on what the IDMEs are sharing with other caregivers — and ask questions!
    • The IDMEs have expertise in developmental movement from birth to walking for the normal developmental
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