Explain hygiene practices and demonstrate through positive staff practices and daily routines Communicating effectively with children helps them to develop self-sufficiency in completing self-care and self-help tasks. How we communicate with children can impact on their understanding about the importance of certain practices as well as their confidence in completing tasks themselves. Thinking about the words you use, what you communicate non-verbally, and the behaviours you model are central to ensuring that children understand and develop positive attitudes about self-care. Demonstrating hygiene practices to children through positive staff practices and staff routines Arguably, hygiene is one of the most critical of learning when it comes to help skills. Along with ensuring personal safety, maintaining appropriate hygiene is basic to our health and survival. Most of us can’t remember when we were toilet trained, first washed our hands independently or learned about keeping ourselves and our immediate environment clean and free. However, as ‘germ’ adults we perform regular or daily routine hygiene tasks unconsciously. In short, the hygiene habits developed in early childhood continue through the rest of our lives. There are a range of factors that will influence the child’s ability to maintain their own hygiene. These include: age/stage of development. The the child’s family places on the particular skill. Opportunities to practise the particular skill. The type of environment they are practising in. A nurturing, supportive environment will encourage children to continue to practise and feel good the progress they make. Encourage children
Explain hygiene practices and demonstrate through positive staff practices and daily routines Communicating effectively with children helps them to develop self-sufficiency in completing self-care and self-help tasks. How we communicate with children can impact on their understanding about the importance of certain practices as well as their confidence in completing tasks themselves. Thinking about the words you use, what you communicate non-verbally, and the behaviours you model are central to ensuring that children understand and develop positive attitudes about self-care. Demonstrating hygiene practices to children through positive staff practices and staff routines Arguably, hygiene is one of the most critical of learning when it comes to skills. Along with ensuring personal safety, maintaining appropriate hygiene is basic to our health and survival. Most of us can’t remember when we were toilet trained, first washed our hands independently or learned about keeping ourselves and our immediate environment clean and ‘germ’ free. However, as adults we perform regular or daily routine hygiene tasks unconsciously. In short, the hygiene habits developed in early childhood continue through the rest of our lives. There are a range of factors that will influence the child’s ability to maintain their own hygiene. These include: age/stage of development. The the child’s family places on the particular skill. Opportunities to practise the particular skill. The type of environment they are practising in. A nurturing, supportive environment will encourage children to continue to practise and feel good the progress they make. Encourage children help
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