Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major Conflicts with ECEAP, revisions; Concerns; Head Start, Schools Suggested Alternate District Standards and Language Practices WAC 170-296A-4925 WAC 170-295-2130; 5090 170-300-0145 X X Space for gross motor play Outdoor early learning (1) You must provide an program space. (1) The licensee must outdoor program that promotes An early learning provider provide a safe outdoor play the child's coordination, active must inspect outdoor play area on the premises. play, and physical, mental, areas daily to ensure (a) The outdoor play space emotional, and social outdoor program space is must contain seventy-five development based on their safe and free of hazards. square feet of usable space per age. The play area must: Weight #6 child for the number of children (a) Adjoin the indoor stated on the license. premises directly or be Outdoor play space must X (b) If the premises does not reachable by a safe route or contain a minimum of 75 X have seventy-five square feet method; square feet of licensed of available outdoor space per (b) Have adequate drainage space per child accessing child, the licensee may provide and be free from health and the play space at any given an alternative plan, approved safety hazards; time. An early learning by the department, to meet the (c) Contain a minimum of provider may develop an requirement for all children in seventy-five usable square feet alternate plan if an early care to have daily opportunities per child using the play area at learning program does not for active outdoor play. any one time. If the center have enough outdoor play (2) The licensed outdoor uses a rotational schedule of space to accommodate all play space must be securely outdoor play periods so only a enrolled children at once enclosed with a fence of a portion of the child population (for example, rotating minimum height of four feet. uses the play area at one time, groups of children to play When a fence has slats, you may reduce outdoors or using an off-site openings between the slats correspondingly the child's play play area). The department must be no wider than three area size. must approve plans to use and one-half inches.
Family Home WAC Center WAC Proposed WAC Satisfactory/Minor/Major revisions; Concerns; Suggested Alternate Language Conflicts with ECEAP, Head Start, Schools District Standards and Practices WAC 170-296A-4925 Space for gross motor play (1) The licensee must provide a safe outdoor play area on the premises. (a) The outdoor play space must contain seventy-five square feet of usable space per child for the number of children stated on the license. (b) If the premises does not have seventy-five square feet of available outdoor space per child, the licensee may provide an alternative plan, approved by the department, to meet the requirement for all children in care to have daily opportunities for active outdoor play. (2) The licensed outdoor play space must be securely enclosed with a fence of a minimum height of four feet. When a fence has slats, openings between the slats must be no wider than three and one-half inches. WAC 170-295-2130; 5090 (1) You must provide an outdoor program that promotes the child's coordination, active play, and physical, mental, emotional, and social development based on their age. The play area must: (a) Adjoin the indoor premises directly or be reachable by a safe route or method; (b) Have adequate drainage and be free from health and safety hazards; (c) Contain a minimum of seventy-five usable square feet per child using the play area at any one time. If the center uses a rotational schedule of outdoor play periods so only a portion of the child population uses the play area at one time, you may reduce correspondingly the child's play area size. 170-300-0145 Outdoor early learning program space. An early learning provider must inspect outdoor play areas daily to ensure outdoor program space is safe and free of hazards. Weight #6 Outdoor play space must contain a minimum of 75 square feet of licensed space per child accessing the play space at any given time. An early learning provider may develop an alternate plan if an early learning program does not have enough outdoor play space to accommodate all enrolled children at once (for example, rotating groups of children to play outdoors or using an off-site play area). The department must approve plans to use X X X X
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