Day Care Center Observation (Essay Sample)

Student's Name: Professor's Name: Subject Title: Due Date: Day Care Center Observation ‘All My Children Day Care and Nursery School' is located in112 Ridge Street Manhattan, New York. It is noticed by the large brand name on the front wall of the building and the logo of the business with pictures of playing children below it. The compound is clean with well trimmed planted trees and beautiful flowers that capture the eyes and the brown color of the building and the fresh air that blows quietly and slowly brings out a soothing atmosphere that one can't tell that there are children inside the building At the main entrance, there is a security and identification check by friendly security officers that ensures safety for everyone in the compound and after that one is directed to the parking lot which is just in front of the daycare building. Also, cyclists have their section in the parking lot to park their bicycles. The safety of all cars and the bicycles is ensured by the security personnel of the day care. There are many doors into the building, but the one that is used to gain access into the building is the glass door that has a small gate around it. The door is opened by either pulling or pushing it and after entering, there is a colorful doormat at the door. Also, on the left side wall at the entrance, there is a suggestion box placed on the wall, and it felt that they were concerned about the customer's feedback on their services. Just before entering, it was expected that one would find children with toys scattered all around the room, but the anticipation was turned down as it was a well-partitioned room with clean white painted walls blended cartoon and children's fun graphics. Green flowers placed in glass walls on the partitioning walls brought out the beauty with the lighting in the room just making everything bright and enhanced the beauty of every detail in the room. The strawberry fragrance that filled the room just made everything about the room perfect. Into the reception, there was a small wooden gate with small wooden chairs in the waiting section and a flat screen television placed on one of the corners of the room displaying cartoons just to remind one that they are in the world of children. At the reception desk, a well groomed beautiful lady that put on a smile said "Hello Sir, welcome to All My Children Day Care and Nursery School, my name is Christine. How may I help you”, and I replied, "Hi, my name is Paul and I'm a sociology student wanting to observe and learn how a day care functions and what activities do take place”. She said "Thank you for choosing us. You may have a sit as I call a staff that will take you around the day care" and then I replied, "Thank you”. After less than five minutes of waiting, the receptionist called for me, and she introduced me to a man by the name Collins who is one of the teachers in the day care. Before walking me around, he emphasized on safety and hygiene as the first considerations to take before doing anything in a day care, and so they ensured I didn't carry anything edible with me, and they gave me a clean pair if sandals to walk on during the tour. It was totally unexpected, but it was ensured it was nothing personal but a precaution on the safety and hygiene of the children in the daycare. For formality purposes, it was explained that when a parent/guardian brings a child for the first time, they are informed of all the services offered, with quality assured, cost, rules and regulations and the terms and conditions so that they are aware of every detail. When one agrees with everything, they are given a form where the fill one's necessary particulars and that of the child and then sign an agreement form (Kathleen M, and DeWalt). On the payment details, they have an option of either paying monthly or daily. All the information is then fed into a computer. All parents/guardians are required to bring along with the child food, a few clothes and diapers every day when they bring their children The day care is composed of well-trained personnel that include caregivers, teachers, and three nurses that are very friendly, kind and jovial. The staff has a working white flowered uniform that they can be noticed from far from the colors. The first thought that anyone can handle children was proven wrong as the way the caregivers/teachers/nurses related with the children clearly showed there is a special connection between them. The daycare is divided into sections: creativity, eating, sleeping, and changing sections. In a closer look at the whole daycare, all rooms were filled with large plastic or wooden toys, parquet floors high windows. On asking Paul why he answered "SAFETY." Also, the rooms were well ventilated; dust free and spotless clean (Maria C). All toys and books in every room were orderly and neatly arranged on wooden racks while others were put in a basket then placed on the rack. It was for sure that every toy that a child has ever wished for was for sure available in the daycare. One couldn't help but notice the colorful paintings and graphics on everything from the wall to the carpets in every room. Everything in the rooms had something that a child can learn for example a carpet had alphabet letters, a wall had numbers one to ten and colored toy tea cups had the name of the color written on it. This showed that they not only give care to the children but they also make them grow in terms of knowledge. In every room, there was the caregiver that took care of the children and how the children played inside showed they were happy and on peeping outside a window, there were older children playing on jumping castles and others riding on scooters. The little children below two (2) years were busy playing with their toys while others crawled to get other toys that they had seen lying idle on the floor. It was for sure that the children's talents were noticed in the day care. Paul explained that they identify what a child likes playing with most of the times, and they nature that talent and an example is when a child likes playing with paint more than other toys, they take the child to the creativity section where they help the child paint and if a child likes playing a toy piano, the teach him/her to play a real piano. When a child has played enough and needs to rest, they are taken to the sleeping section where it's quiet and t...