Environmental Safety3 Clock Hours of Early Childhood Education
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Missing Child |
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Many instances have been reported where a child has hidden when the group was moving to another location, or where the child wandered off when a door was opened for another purpose. Counting children routinely is important to assure that a child has not slipped into an unobserved location.
Educators should record the count on an attendance sheet or on a pocket card, along with notations of any children joining or leaving the group. You should do the counts before the group leaves an area and when the group enters a new area.
The child care program should assign and reassign counting responsibility as needed to maintain a counting routine. Facilities might consider counting systems such as using a reminder tone on a watch or musical clock that sounds at timed intervals (about every 15 minutes) to help the staff remember to count.
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