Safety Practices and Policies

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Section1: Safety Practices and Policies

EDUC 1005

My age group is preschool children at this age children at this age our curious and active and eager to learn through play.  There are a few potentially hazardous situations or safety threats common to preschoolers.  For example entrances and exits, walls, toys, and poisons are just a few things we have to be mindful and watch children to avoid unsafe situations. 

Entrances and exits are a big risk for children, they love to open doors and some children will even run out of school behind a parent or family member.  Some ways we prevent this type of safety threat is by making sure all of our doors have panic bars so the entire building will alarm if a door is open improperly, since we can’t lock doors that’s against fire safety rules.

We also have to be mindful of the walls especially electrical outlets since children will stick their fingers and objects anywhere and that could be an extremely unsafe situation.  Not only outlets but bulletin boards I know in my center everything is eye level and need to be secured to the wall to prevent choking of any foreign objects since children put everything in their mouths.

We check our classroom daily and the include toys and every center to avoid any mishaps.  Broken toys or loose parts on any center equipment are either repaired or thrown away daily if necessary to avoid children from getting hurt or choking or hurting themselves in any manner. Windows is also something we check to ensure they are fully closed and locked daily.

At the end of each day we clean and sanitize toys, table’s windows, and any objects that come directly in contact with the children to avoid the transfer of germs.  While doing this we also have to properly dispose of cleaning supplies and material especially since a lot of time s when I leave the center children are still there with a different teacher and it’s up to the staff as a whole to keep children safe.

These are just some of the measures we have taken to prevent hazardous situation from occurring.  It’s our responsibility to keep children safe at all times by always supervising them and teaching safety rules to ensure a safe and positive learning atmosphere.