Certificate III in Early Childhood Education: Sleep and Rest Checklist

This assignment presents two sleep and rest checklists designed for early childhood education settings. The first checklist addresses the needs of a 3-year-old child named Tim, focusing on creating a comfortable sleep environment, ensuring adequate nap times, and establishing consistent routines. The checklist emphasizes the importance of room temperature, lighting, and the use of calming music. The second checklist is for a 1.5-year-old child named Kevin, who is new to the center and comforted by his mother's voice. This checklist focuses on maintaining a comfortable room temperature, playing a recording of the mother's voice, providing appropriate bedding, and ensuring a smoke-free environment. Both checklists highlight the need for individualized care and adherence to approved standards for sleep and rest practices, including the provision of familiar objects and the establishment of safe and quiet sleep spaces.

Sleep and Rest Time Checklist
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 1: Task 1.1
Instructions:
Tim is 3 years old. He likes to sleep with his favourite blanket that his mom packs for him when he
goes to the centre. His mum informed you that Tim gets very agitated throughout the day when he
does not get his afternoon nap, and prefers that the centre ensures he gets his nap before she picks
him up in the afternoon.
Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet the Tim’s needs by
creating a checklist for his sleep and rest time in the centre.
# Sleep and rest checklist for Tim: Y N
1 Make sure about the temperature of the room that should be comfortable.
2 The room should darkened for sleep but also has small amount of light for
safety reasons.
3 The soft relaxation music can be used because it is helpful to child to unwind.
4 A child with age of 36 months like Tim need at least 10 to 11 hours of sleep.
5 Make sure that child should take a deep sleep to regain energy
in body.
6 Let the children set their own room for sleep and rest time.
7 Develop specific sleep or rest time and routines for kids.
8 Ensure that child has taken their nap of afternoon or not.
9 Make sure that a child should be at right positioned on back.
10 The face should be uncover while sleeping.
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Sleep and Rest Time Checklist
Certificate III in Early Childhood Education
Assessment Workbook 1: Task 1.1
Instructions:
Kevin is 1 and a half years old and is still used to sleeping in a cot. He just started going to the centre
and is still afraid to be left in the centre without his mum. Hearing his mum’s voice calms him down
and helps him go to sleep. So his mum provided the centre with a recording of herself reading
bedtime stories to play for Kevin when he is having difficulty sleeping.
Ensure sleep and rest practices are consistent with approved standards and meet the Kevin’s needs
by creating a checklist for his sleep and rest time in the centre.
# Sleep and rest checklist for Kevin: Y N
1 Maintain appropriate and comfortable temperature of room to make baby
sleep.
2 Make sufficient light in room which eliminate baby's fear.
3 Play recording of mother's voice which make babies calm and make sleep.
4 Babies of 24 months and plus spend 12 out of 24 hours asleep without waking.
5 A nap during the say averages 1.5 hours to 2.5 hours.
6 Make sure proper bedding of baby to rest in comfortable manner.
7 Develop rest time spaces for children where they can sleep safety and quietly.
8 Ensure availability of favorite of thing of children like soft toy, blanket, dummy
etc.
9 Male baby sleep with uncovered head and face.
10 Keep baby in smoke free environment.
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