Take a video tour of Little Angels Learning Academy in Missouri.  As you watch the video, analyze various aspects of the facility and how it is designed, organized, used, and maintained.  Support your analysis by referencing the philosophy, vision, and mission statement that you created in Week One.  Facility aspects include:  safety, welcoming environment, indoor space, outdoor space, health and well-being, philosophy of learning, staff, developmentally appropriate practice, parent communication, etc.

In your post, assess one aspect that you feel is commendable with support from Chapter 5 of the textbook.  Then, evaluate one aspect that you feel could be improved with support from the text (these may include aspects of the facility that were not addressed in the video).  Lastly, offer specific ideas for improving these aspects.  Your discussion post should be at least 200 words in length.

Guided Response:  Respond to at least two of your peers with whom you disagree (in other words, they cited an aspect of the program as being commendable while you thought that it could be improved; or vice versa).  Explain why you disagree.  Each response should be at least 50 words in length.

One of the most important responsibilities of early childhood administrators is to ensure that children’s nutrition, health, and safety needs are met.  For this discussion, select one of the following nutrition, health, or safety concerns to research:

1. Meal planning:  A child who is on a gluten-free diet 
2. Playground safety:  A child who repeatedly breaks the rules at the playground 
3. Immunizations:  Parents who choose not to immunize their child 
4. Childhood obesity:  Parents who send their overweight child to school with unhealthy snacks 
5. Food safety and sanitation:  A food service worker at the center who doesn’t use a hairnet or gloves 
6. Communicable disease prevention:  A teacher who does not wash her hands after helping children in the bathroom

Describe two to three strategies to address this nutrition, health, or safety concern.  Support your ideas with a reference to at least one outside source and be sure to cite that source.  Your discussion post should be at least 200 words in length.

Guided Response:  After reviewing the strategy ideas of several of your classmates, respond to at least two of your peers.  Discuss a possible obstacle they may face when addressing their nutrition, health, or safety concern.   Each response should be at least 50 words in length.