Childcare Classroom Manual for Two – Three-Year-Olds
Designed with the needs of teachers in mind, our classroom manual is a valuable tool packed with essential information and resources to enhance your teaching experience. Whether you're a lead teacher, assistant teacher, floater, or substitute, this binder offers a structured guide to help you navigate your role with confidence and success.
Contents include
Welcome
- A warm introduction to the Two to Three-Year-Old Classroom Binder.
Job Responsibilities and Descriptions
- Detailed outlines of job responsibilities and descriptions for various roles.
- Yearly duties and responsibilities checklists for Assistant Teachers and Lead Teachers.
- Guidelines for daily performance, classroom management, curriculum integration, and more
Organizational Classroom Structure
- An overview of our staff and classrooms.
- Insight into the philosophy and layout of the Two and Three-Year-Old Classroom.
- A daily schedule to keep your classroom organized and engaging.
Classroom Management, Curriculum, and Activities
- Guidance on creating a positive and engaging learning environment.
- Tips for creating visually stimulating and safe classroom spaces.
- Strategies for lesson planning, developmentally appropriate practices, and managing challenging behaviors.
- Tools for maintaining a daily childcare log.
Assessments and Evaluations
- Tracking and reporting child progress.
- Developmental assessments cover self-regulation, social and emotional skills, physical development, language, communication, literacy, cognitive development, and approaches to learning.
- Communicating assessment results effectively to parents.
Policy and Guidelines Quick Reference
- Clear and concise information on staff-to-child ratios, supervision guidelines, diaper-changing procedures, potty training policies, feeding guidelines, illness procedures, medication administration, record-keeping, arrival, and departure procedures.
Table of Contents
WELCOME
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES AND DESCRIPTIONS
Introduction to Job Responsibilities and Descriptions
Job Responsibilities and Descriptions
Outline of Job Descriptions
Lead Teacher
Assistant Teacher
Floater
Substitute
Job Responsibilities and Expectations
Assistant Teacher Yearly Duties and Responsibilities Checklist
Assistant Teacher General Daily Performance
Classroom Management and Curriculum Integration
Student Interactions
Employee Interactions
Daily Duties Checklist
Lead Teacher Yearly Duties and Responsibilities Checklist
General Daily Performance
Classroom Management and Curriculum Integration
Student Interactions
Employee Interactions
Daily Duties Checklist
ORGANIZATIONAL AND CLASSROOM STRUCTURE
Our Staff
Our Classrooms
Introduction to the Two and Three-Year-Old Classroom
Philosophy
Classroom Layout and Set-Up
Two and Three-Year-Old Classroom Daily Schedule
CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT, CURRICULUM AND ACTIVITIES
Guidance on Creating a Positive and Engaging Learning Environment
Tips on Creating a Visually Stimulating and Safe Environment
Creating Lesson Plans
Developmentally Appropriate Practice
Learning Domains
Finding Activities
Lesson Plan Additives
Preparation for Activities and How to Format
Putting Your Lesson Plans into Action
Strategies for Handling Challenging Behaviors and Maintaining a Positive Environment
Maintaining Preschool Daily Childcare Log
Preschool Daily Childcare Log
ASSESSMENTS AND EVALUATIONS
Tracking and Reporting Child Progress
Two and Three-Year-Old Developmental Assessment
Self Regulation
Social and Emotional Regulation
Physical Development and Health
Language Development, Communication and Literacy
Cognitive Development
Approached to Learning
Communicating Developmental Assessment Results to Parents
POLICY AND GUIDELINES QUICK REFERENCE
Staff-to-Child Ratios
Supervision Guidelines
Potty Training
Potty Training Policy for Parents
Feeding Young Children
Age-Appropriate Feeding
Illness
Administering Medications
Record Keeping Procedures
Arrival and Departure Procedure and Record-Keeping
Arrival
Departure
Attendance Record-Keeping Procedure
Children Records
Classroom Opening Procedure
Classroom Welcoming Procedure
Classroom Closing Procedure