Daycare Centers in the Development of the Children

Question: Describe about Daycare Centers in the Development of the Children? Answer: Day care or childcare is considered as the care of children during daytime. Today, day care is a typical commercial service as most of the parents are engaging themselves in work. In the United Kingdom, the service is known as Child Care, crche in New Zealand and Ireland. Although in most of the countries, especially in the United Kingdom the children are taken care by the nanny, grandparents or by extended family, today the society is depending more on the Day Care Services, which offers better education, discipline and child development even preschool education (Gunnar et al., 2010). The educational system in Day Care System is helpful to develop different characteristics among the children. Mainly four types of developments are identified among the children, such as physical development, cognitive development, emotional development and psychosocial development. The physical development of a child indicates the physical growth of a child. In Child Care, teachers can take several steps in the development of the physical growth. Teachers in day care can teach children about the physical education and engage them to play in playgrounds (Herbst Tekin, 2010). In the playground, children will be able to play in different rides, which is helpful to develop their muscle strength. Promotion of football and other outdoor games is also helpful in the physical development of the children as well as building team spirit. From day care, a 3-year-old toddler can learn how to take care of themselves, how to play in outdoors, how to climb. Run and be a part of a team. Cognitive development of a child is considered as the ability of a child to understand the world (Phillips Lowenstein, 2011). The thinking procedure of a child is different from the adults; therefore, the teachers in the day care need to involve children in several activities that influence their thinking and learning styles. Teachers should provide new materials such as drawing sets, cooking sets, puzzle box as well as expose them to new "experiences", such as making sand art, clay figures, etc. From day care, a 3-year-old toddler can learn how to keep pace with the changing environment and make new friends. It is observed that the children, especially the toddlers, show a different state of social and emotional development. Most of the toddlers think that the world revolves around them. However, the teachers in day care involve them into team games or engage them with each other in such a way that develops their emotional state (Gunnar et al., 2010). From day care, a 3-year-old toddler can learn how to share emotion and thoughts with each other. In day care system, the teacher can engage the children to play together and work together in a same project (making sand art, color matching games, etc.) in order to develop their psychosocial activities. In day care, the teacher provides a friendly environment where the children can talk with each other and share their ideas (Vandell et al., 2010). It is found that when a 3-year-old toddler graduated from the day care they showed more helpful than the others did. Today, it is observed that the parents are too busy in their works to take care of their children. However, daycare systems proved as fruitful not only to take care of the children but also in their physical, cognitive, emotional and psychosocial development. Reference Gunnar, M. R., Kryzer, E., Van Ryzin, M. J., Phillips, D. A. (2010). The rise in cortisol in family day care: Associations with aspects of care quality, child behavior, and child sex.Child Development,81(3), 851-869. Herbst, C. M., Tekin, E. (2010). Child care subsidies and child development.Economics of Education Review,29(4), 618-638. Phillips, D. A., Lowenstein, A. E. (2011). Early care, education, and child development.Annual review of psychology,62, 483-500. Vandell, D. L., Belsky, J., Burchinal, M., Steinberg, L., Vandergrift, N. (2010). Do effects of early child care extend to age 15 years? Results from the NICHD study of early child care and youth development.Child development,81(3), 737-756.